CORRECTIONS REGULATIONS 2009

Victorian Consolidated Regulations

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CORRECTIONS REGULATIONS 2009

S.R. No. 40/2009
Version incorporating amendments as at 4 November 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

PART 1-PRELIMINARY

1. Objectives
2. Authorising provisions
3. Commencement
4. Revocation
5. Definitions

PART 2-OFFICERS

6. Conduct of all officers
7. Officers under sections 14(f) and 85(e) of the Act

PART 3-MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY

Division 1-Firearms

8. Issue of firearms
9. Unauthorised removal of firearms etc.
10. Discharge of firearms

Division 2-Dogs

11. Approved dogs
12. Use of dogs

Division 3-Restraint

13. Prescription of instruments of restraint and their manner of use
14. Use of restraint for lengthy period
15. Use of restraint during transport
16. Report to Governor by prison officer

Division 4-Control of communication

17. Control of letters and parcels
18. Register of letters and parcels
19. Restrictions of communications during emergency

Division 5-Leave of absence to attend court or a hearing

20. Absence to attend court or a hearing
21. Wearing of non-prison clothing

Division 6-Classification

22. Classification of prisoners
23. Sentence management panels
24. Review and assessment committees
25. Determination of classification

Division 7-Placement

26. Determination of placement
Division 8ŻSeparation
27. Separation by the Secretary

Division 9-Prisoners' money

28. Prisoner trust account
29. Regulation of prisoners' money
30. Expenditure of prisoner's money
31. Prisoner savings

Division 10-Property of prisoners

32. Bringing property into prison
33. Entry of property
34. Storage of prisoner's property
35. Refusal to store prisoner's property
36. Dealing with a prisoner's property
37. Transfer of prisoner's property
38. Giving or selling of prisoner's property
39. Deceased prisoner's personal effects

Division 11-Work and remuneration

40. Remuneration
41. Dismissal from work

Division 12-Prisoner privileges

42. Prisoner privileges

Division 13-Children of prisoners

43. Temporary placement of prisoner's children
44. Placement of prisoner's children
45. Review of placement
46. Record of children living in prison
47. Restrictions on children

Division 14-Custodial community permits

48. Issue of permit
49. Conditions of permit

PART 4-PRISON DISCIPLINE

Division 1-General

50. Prison offences

Division 2-Governor's hearing

51. Conduct of disciplinary officers
52. Conduct of Governor's hearing
53. Prisoner must be given details of the charge and hearing procedure
54. Preliminary steps if prisoner present at the hearing
55. Procedure if prisoner pleads not guilty
56. Procedure if prisoner pleads guilty
57. Procedure if prisoner not present when charge heard
58. Governor may dismiss charge any time after plea recorded
59. Steps to be taken once Governor's decision made

PART 5-ACCESS TO PRISONERS

Division 1-Professional and official visitors

60. Visits by lawyers to prisoners in prison
61. Visits to prisoners awaiting trial
62. Visits by police
63. Visit by an official visitor

Division 2-Contact and residential visiting programmes

64. Contact and residential visiting programmes

Division 3-Visits to prisoners in hospital

65. Visits to prisoners at a hospital or other medical facility

Division 4-Conditions of visits

66. Information to be given by a visitor
67. Compliance with terms of visit
68. Refusal of entry

PART 6-SEARCH, SEIZURE AND TESTING

Division 1-Search of prisoners

69. Strip searches at prisons
70. Random searches

Division 2-Searches of persons other than prisoners

71. Searches of persons other than prisoners

Division 3-Concealing or leaving articles

72. Concealing or leaving articles

Division 4-Seizure

73. Record of seized articles
74. Dealing with seized articles or substances

Division 5-Testing of substances

75. Taking of samples of drugs and alcohol
76. Analysis of sample
77. Breath tests

PART 7-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DAYS

78. Emergency management days

PART 8-RELEASE FROM PRISON

Division 1-Discharge procedures

79. Notice of discharge
80. Property of a prisoner

Division 2-Adult Parole Board

81. Procedure

Division 3-Parole

82. Parole eligibility date
83. Parole order
84. Release on parole
85. Person on parole attending a location
86. Variation, cancellation or revocation of a parole order
87. Warrant under section 77(6)(a)
88. Reception into prison of person on parole

PART 9-COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS

Division 1-Definitions

89. Definitions

Division 2-Community work

90. Community work

Division 3-Offences

91. Offences by offenders participating in community corrections programmes

Division 4-Search and seizure

92. Searches
93. Register of seized articles or substances
94. Dealing with seized articles or substances

Division 5-Offender's property

95. Purchase of offender's property

PART 9A-PRISONER COMPENSATION QUARANTINE
FUNDS

95A. Notification of claim
95B. Notification of determination of claim

PART 10-EXEMPTIONS

96. Exemptions for emergency
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SCHEDULE 1-Revocations
SCHEDULE 2-Order to bring a prisoner before a court or
coroner
SCHEDULE 3-Certificate of analyst
SCHEDULE 4.
Form 1-Parole Order
Form 2-Declaration by person granted parole
SCHEDULE 5.
Form 1-Notice of Variation of Parole Order
Form 2-Declaration
SCHEDULE 6-Revocation or Cancellation of a Parole Order
SCHEDULE 7-Warrant for Apprehension and Return to Prison
SCHEDULE 8-Notification to the Secretary of Legal Proceedings Against a Prisoner in Respect of a Criminal Act
by the Prisoner
SCHEDULE 9-Notification to the Secretary of the Final Determination of Legal Proceedings Against a Prisoner in Respect of a Criminal Act by the Prisoner
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details

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