Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Statutory roles and responsibilities - Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

15: Hearing adjudicators

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"Who can be a hearing adjudicator in a prison to help make fair decisions"

The chief executive chooses employees to be hearing adjudicators for each prison, except for contract prisons or Police jails. You need to have enough hearing adjudicators for the prison to work properly. The chief executive picks the employees they think are suitable for the job.

For contract prisons, the person in charge of the prison chooses the hearing adjudicators. They pick people they think are suitable, but only if the chief executive has already approved them. The chief executive must approve the people before they can be chosen as hearing adjudicators.

The person in charge of a contract prison can only choose hearing adjudicators who have been approved by the chief executive. This means the chief executive has a say in who gets to be a hearing adjudicator, even if it's not a regular prison.

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Part 2Corrections system
Statutory roles and responsibilities: Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

15Hearing adjudicators

The chief executive must designate in respect of each prison (other than a contract prison or a Police jail) as many suitable employees of the department as hearing adjudicators as are required for the purposes of this Act.
The contractor responsible for the management of a contract prison must designate in respect of that prison as many suitable persons as hearing adjudicators as are required for the purposes of this Act.
The contractor may only designate persons who have been approved for the purpose by the chief executive.