Tasmanian Numbered Acts Tasmanian Numbered Acts6. Powers and duties of Director
(1) The Director is responsible to the Secretary –
(a) for the care and direction of all prisons, prisoners and detainees and the control of all prisons; and
(b) for the order and control of all prisoners and detainees.
(2) The Director has the powers, functions and duties vested in or conferred or imposed on him or her by this Act, the Sentencing Act 1997 and the Mental Health Act 1963 .
(3) The Director may make
standing orders for the management and security of prisons and for the
welfare, protection and discipline of prisoners and detainees.