sec.272Ordinary visitor

### sec.272 Ordinary visitor This section does not apply to any of the following persons— a community visitor (child); a child advocacy officer; a member of the UN subcommittee; a person who is accompanying the UN subcommittee as a UN expert, interpreter or other person assisting the subcommittee; the inspector of detention services. The chief executive may approve the entry of visitors to a detention centre either generally or in a particular case. The chief executive may refuse entry to a detention centre to a person if— in the chief executive’s opinion, the person’s presence in the detention centre would prejudice the security or good order of the detention centre; or the person does not, on request, give the person’s name, address or proof of identity; or the person refuses to comply with a request made under subsection (5) . Subject to section 276 , the chief executive may require a visit to a detention centre to take place in the presence, or under the supervision, of a member of the staff of the detention centre. The chief executive may, on reasonable grounds, ask a visitor to a detention centre— to submit to an external physical search by a member of the staff of the detention centre; or to submit anything in the visitor’s possession to a search by a member of the staff of the detention centre. The chief executive may give a visitor who has entered a detention centre a direction it considers necessary for the security or good order of the centre. If a visitor refuses to submit to a search requested under subsection (5) or fails to comply with a direction under subsection (6) , the chief executive may ask the visitor to leave the centre immediately. A police officer or a member of the staff of a detention centre may, using force that is reasonable and necessary, remove from the centre a visitor who refuses to leave the centre immediately when requested to leave. s 272 amd 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 1996 No. 22 s 74 ; 1998 No. 39 s 51 ; 2000 No. 60 s 175 sch 3 ; 2014 No. 26 s 284 ; 2023 No. 13 s 30 ; 2022 No. 18 s 105 (amdt could not be given effect); 2023 No. 21 s 75 (sec.272-ssec.1) This section does not apply to any of the following persons— a community visitor (child); a child advocacy officer; a member of the UN subcommittee; a person who is accompanying the UN subcommittee as a UN expert, interpreter or other person assisting the subcommittee; the inspector of detention services. (sec.272-ssec.2) The chief executive may approve the entry of visitors to a detention centre either generally or in a particular case. (sec.272-ssec.3) The chief executive may refuse entry to a detention centre to a person if— in the chief executive’s opinion, the person’s presence in the detention centre would prejudice the security or good order of the detention centre; or the person does not, on request, give the person’s name, address or proof of identity; or the person refuses to comply with a request made under subsection (5) . (sec.272-ssec.4) Subject to section 276 , the chief executive may require a visit to a detention centre to take place in the presence, or under the supervision, of a member of the staff of the detention centre. (sec.272-ssec.5) The chief executive may, on reasonable grounds, ask a visitor to a detention centre— to submit to an external physical search by a member of the staff of the detention centre; or to submit anything in the visitor’s possession to a search by a member of the staff of the detention centre. (sec.272-ssec.6) The chief executive may give a visitor who has entered a detention centre a direction it considers necessary for the security or good order of the centre. (sec.272-ssec.7) If a visitor refuses to submit to a search requested under subsection (5) or fails to comply with a direction under subsection (6) , the chief executive may ask the visitor to leave the centre immediately. (sec.272-ssec.8) A police officer or a member of the staff of a detention centre may, using force that is reasonable and necessary, remove from the centre a visitor who refuses to leave the centre immediately when requested to leave. - (a) a community visitor (child); - (b) a child advocacy officer; - (c) a member of the UN subcommittee; - (d) a person who is accompanying the UN subcommittee as a UN expert, interpreter or other person assisting the subcommittee; - (e) the inspector of detention services. - (a) in the chief executive’s opinion, the person’s presence in the detention centre would prejudice the security or good order of the detention centre; or - (b) the person does not, on request, give the person’s name, address or proof of identity; or - (c) the person refuses to comply with a request made under subsection (5) . - (a) to submit to an external physical search by a member of the staff of the detention centre; or - (b) to submit anything in the visitor’s possession to a search by a member of the staff of the detention centre.