16BPresumption of mandatory imprisonment for offence causing serious bodily harm to frontline worker

16B Presumption of mandatory imprisonment for offence causing serious bodily harm to frontline worker

[Section 16B Inserted by No. 29 of 2024, s. 4, Applied:13 Dec 2024]

(1)  In this section –

child safety officer means a person who is a State Service officer, or a State Service employee, employed or appointed under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 to provide services related to the protection of children;

correctional services officer means –

(a) a correctional officer, within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 ; and

(b) a probation officer; and

(c) a person who is a State Service officer, or a State Service employee, and who administers or provides all or part of a program that is –

(i) a community corrections program referred to in section 88 of the Corrections Act 1997 ; or

(ii) provided for the purposes of this Act to persons who are subject to community correction orders; and

(d) a person who is a State Service officer, or a State Service employee, and whose duties include one or more of the following:

(i) monitoring persons who are subject to home detention orders;

(ii) having regular contact with persons who are subject to home detention orders;

(iii) supervising persons who have the duties referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii) ; and

(e) a person who is a State Service officer, or a State Service employee, and who, pursuant to section 66(2) of the Corrections Act 1997 , is made available to, and serves, the Parole Board; and