Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may suspend a visitor's access approval for a corrective services facility if the visitor—
(a) fails to comply with a lawful and reasonable direction of the chief executive or a corrective services officer; or
(b) fails to comply with a condition of the approval; or
(c) is charged with an offence; or
(d) engages in threatening behaviour towards a prisoner or another visitor at the facility.
(1A) Also, the chief executive may suspend a visitor's access approval for a corrective services facility if the chief executive reasonably believes the suspension is necessary to preserve the security or good order of the corrective services facility.
(2) The suspension may be—
(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply—for a period of up to 1 year; or
(b) if the visitor is charged with an offence allegedly committed in a corrective services facility—until the end of the proceedings for the offence.
(3) In deciding whether to suspend the access approval, the chief executive must consider—
(a) the effect of the proposed suspension on a child for whom approval has been given to accompany the visitor to visit the prisoner; and
(b) whether the child may, unaccompanied by an adult, visit the prisoner.
(4) If the chief executive suspends the access approval for 1 year under subsection (2)(a), the chief executive must ensure a written record is made stating the reasons for the decision.
(5) If the chief executive suspends the access approval, the chief executive may order that, during the suspension period, the visitor is refused access to—
(a) another corrective services facility in stated circumstances; or
Example—
Because of disorderly behaviour, the wife of a prisoner is suspended from visiting the corrective services facility where her husband is, and any corrective services facility to which he is transferred, during the period of the suspension.
(b) all corrective services facilities.
(6) If the chief executive suspends the access approval, the visitor may, in writing, ask the chief executive to reconsider the decision.
(7) The chief executive must reconsider the decision and may confirm, amend or cancel the decision.
(8) The chief executive must advise the visitor of the reconsidered decision.