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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

27: Controlling officer of probation area

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"Who's in charge of supervising people on community sentences in your area"

The chief executive must appoint a controlling officer for each probation area under the Public Service Act 2020. You will have a controlling officer who oversees community-based sentences and sentences of home detention in your area. The controlling officer is in charge of probation officers and community work centres in that area.

The controlling officer can give some of their powers to other officers or employees, but only if they write it down. If you are in charge of a community work centre, you might be able to give some powers to your employees. If someone is doing a job that a controlling officer would do, it means they have the authority to do it.

A controlling officer has the same powers as a probation officer in their area. They can make decisions and take actions just like a probation officer. The chief executive can give directions to the controlling officer, and the controlling officer must follow them.

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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

27Controlling officer of probation area

  1. The chief executive must appoint under the Public Service Act 2020 a controlling officer for each probation area.

  2. A controlling officer must oversee the administration of all community-based sentences or sentences of home detention imposed under section 80A of the Sentencing Act 2002 being served in his or her probation area and is responsible for probation officers and community work centres in that area.

  3. Subject to any directions given by the chief executive, a controlling officer may delegate, in writing, to any probation officer or to any other officer or employee of the department all or any of his or her powers and functions as a controlling officer in respect of his or her probation area.

  4. A person appointed or designated to manage a community work centre may, if permitted by a delegation referred to in subsection (3), delegate to any employee engaged at the centre any power so delegated.

  5. The fact that any officer or employee of the department exercises or performs any power or function of a controlling officer is conclusive evidence of his or her authority to do so.

  6. A controlling officer has and may exercise all the powers of a probation officer in respect of his or her probation area.

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Notes
  • Section 27(1): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
  • Section 27(2): amended, on , by section 58 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).