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Prisons Act 1981
Div 5Intervention in, and termination of, contracts
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Division 5 — Intervention in, and termination of, contracts
15W. Intervention in contracts 34
15X. Termination or suspension of contracts 34
15Y. Administrator where intervention in contract 35
15Z. Administrator where termination or suspension of contract 36
15ZA. Administrator’s functions 36
15ZB. Compliance with administrator’s directions 37
15ZC. Requisitioning property on intervention in, or termination of, contract 37
Part IV — Custody, removal and release of prisoners
16. Prisoners in custody of chief executive officer 39
17. Reckoning of sentence 40
18. Conveyance of prisoners for trial etc. 40
19. Warrants of commitment 41
20. Proof of imprisonment 41
23. Prisoner assigned to external facility in lawful custody 42
24. Prisoner absent under permit in lawful custody 42
25. Prisoner attending legal or investigative proceedings in lawful custody 42
26. Removal of prisoner to another prison 43
31. Chief executive officer and superintendent’s powers of early discharge 44
32. Prison offences by prisoners due for release 44
33. Provision of fare home on release 45
Part V — Management, control and security of prisons
35. Chief executive officer may make rules 47
36. Superintendents of prisons 48
37. Superintendent may issue standing orders 48
41. Search of prisoners and taking of things found 49
42. Restraint 50
43. Separate confinement 50
46. Medical examination for evidentiary purposes 51
46A. Inspection of medical records and mandatory taking of blood or other body sample where prison officer may have been exposed to infectious disease 52
46B. Review of s. 46A 52
47. Use of firearms 53
48. Use of force on serious breach of security 54
49. Power to search and question persons entering prison 55
49A. Use of dogs 57
49B. Possession of certain items by prison officers 58
50. Penalty in respect of unauthorised articles 59
51. Superintendent may delegate powers under s. 49 60
52. Offences in respect of loitering, unauthorised entry and unauthorised communications 61
Part VI — Prison visits and communications involving prisoners
54. Appointment of visiting justices 63
56. Duties of visiting justice 63
57. Right of entry of independent prison visitors and judges 64
58. Cooperation with official visitors 64
59. Visits by friends and relations of prisoners 64
60. Declaration of visitors 65
60A. Protection of proof of identity of visitor to prison 66
61. Visits by certain officials 67
62. Visits by legal practitioner 67
63. Visits by police 67
64. Visits by public officers 67
65. Other visitors to prisoners 68
66. Visitor may be refused entry or removed 68
67. Letters and parcels from by prisoners 70
67A. Prisoner’s mail not to be sent to certain persons 71
68. Letters and parcels addressed to prisoners 71
Part VII — Prison offences
69. Minor prison offences 73
70. Aggravated prison offences 74
71. Charges of prison offences 74
72. Visiting justice may determine minor prison offences 75
73. Visiting justice and aggravated prison offences 75
74. Hearing of charges 76
74A. Charges may be heard and determined by video link 77
75. Procedure for hearing charges of minor prison offences 77
76. Prisoner not to be legally represented 78
77. Imposition of penalties by superintendent 78
78. Imposition of penalties by visiting justice 79
79. Imposition of penalties by court of summary jurisdiction 80
80. Punishment book 81
81. Reports of punishments under s. 79 to chief executive officer 81
82. Punishment by confinement 82
Part VIII — Authorised absences from prison
83. Permits to be absent from prison 83
83A. Effect of permit 84
83B. Revocation or cancellation of permit 84
84. Breach of condition of permit 85
85. Attendance of prisoner at legal or investigative proceedings 85
86. Consequence of escape or of failure to comply with absence permit or order 86
87. Regulations about absences from prison 86
88. Interstate arrangements 87
Part IX — Prisoner wellbeing and rehabilitation
95. Preparation and implementation of activity programmes 89
95A. Medical care of prisoners 90
95B. Duties of medical officers 91
95C. Health inspection of prisons 92
95D. Power of medical examination and treatment 92
95E. Practice of religion or spiritual beliefs by prisoners 93
Part X — Discipline of prison officers
Division 1 — Preliminary
96. Term used: prison officer 94
Division 2 — General discipline
97. Regulations, rules to be strictly observed 94
98. Application of *Public Sector Management Act 1994* Part 5 94
Division 3 — Removal of prison officers due to loss of confidence