Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Statutory roles and responsibilities - Persons with powers and functions in relation to administration of community-based sentences, sentences of home detention, conditions of release, or parole

24: Probation officers

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"Who can be a probation officer and what they do"

The chief executive appoints probation officers under the Public Service Act 2020 as needed. You might wonder how many probation officers are appointed, and the answer is as many as are required for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment. The chief executive decides this.

The chief executive can appoint part-time probation officers if there is not enough work for a full-time officer. You can be appointed to act as a part-time probation officer with all the powers and functions of a probation officer. The chief executive can also designate persons to carry out specific functions or powers of a probation officer.

The chief executive can designate persons to manage or work at community work centres. You can be appointed to do this if you are a probation officer or if you have been designated to carry out specific functions. Any appointment or designation can be combined with another office or position if the chief executive is satisfied that the functions are not inconsistent.

If you are appointed as a part-time probation officer, you can be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament. The Minister determines your remuneration and any allowances. In this context, a probation area has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002.

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23: Restrictions on exercise of certain powers, or

"Some laws don't apply to Armed Forces members or non-police officers, limiting their powers."

25: Functions of probation officers, or

"What probation officers do to help people follow the rules and stay safe in the community"

Part 2Corrections system
Statutory roles and responsibilities: Persons with powers and functions in relation to administration of community-based sentences, sentences of home detention, conditions of release, or parole

24Probation officers

The chief executive must appoint under the Public Service Act 2020 as many probation officers as are required for the purposes of this Act or any other enactment.
Despite anything in subsection (1), the chief executive may appoint any person, or the holder for the time being of any office or appointment, to act as a part-time probation officer, with all the powers and functions of a probation officer, if there are insufficient duties to justify the appointment of a full-time probation officer under that subsection.
The chief executive may designate persons to carry out any particular function or functions, or to exercise any particular power or powers, of a probation officer that the chief executive may specify in respect of that person.
The chief executive may designate persons appointed under this section to manage or work at 1 or more community work centres within any probation area.
Any appointment or designation under this section may be combined with any office, appointment, or position if the chief executive is satisfied that the functions of that office, appointment, or position are not inconsistent with those of a probation officer.
Any person appointed under subsection (2) may be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose any remuneration by way of salary or fees, and any allowances, that are determined by the Minister.
In this section and in sections 25 and 27, probation area has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002.

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1985 No 120 s 124

Notes

Section 24(1): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).