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PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 85A

85A .         Identification system for persons entering specified prisons

        (1)         A person shall not be permitted to enter a prison specified in the Table to this regulation unless —

            (a)         an officer has stamped a visible part of the person’s skin with an identification mark that is visible under ultraviolet light; or

            (b)         an officer has applied an identification band to the person’s wrist.

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to — 

            (a)         a person who is in possession of a current identification card issued by the Department to that person; or

            (b)         a child under 12 years of age.

        (3)         A person who is admitted to a prison specified in the Table to this regulation may be required to submit to, and satisfy, a system for checking or removing the identification mark or band applied under subregulation (1) before being permitted to leave the prison, and an officer may have reasonable physical contact with such a person for this purpose.

Table

Acacia Prison

Casuarina Prison

        [Regulation 85A inserted in Gazette 27 Mar 1992 p. 1343; amended in Gazette 12 Apr 2001 p. 2102.]



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