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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Establishment and operation of prisons - Assessment, use of time, management plans, and programmes

51: Case management plans

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"A plan to help prisoners while they are in prison"

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This part of the law applies to some prisoners. The chief executive must make a case management plan for each of these prisoners. The plan is made according to rules and instructions, including those in section 196. The plan helps manage the prisoner and can have many documents in different places. The chief executive must make sure the plan is possible with the resources they have. You can think of a case management plan like a special plan to help the prisoner. The plan must be updated regularly and follow the rules. It is like a roadmap to help the prisoner and the chief executive know what to do. The chief executive is in charge of making sure the plan is followed.

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Establishment and operation of prisons: Assessment, use of time, management plans, and programmes

51Case management plans

  1. This section applies to 1 or more classes of prisoners prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

  2. The chief executive must ensure that an individual case management plan is devised for every prisoner to whom this section applies.

  3. Each plan must be prepared, and revised at regular intervals, in accordance with any requirements prescribed by regulations made under this Act and any relevant instructions issued under section 196.

  4. A plan may comprise more than 1 document, and those documents may be kept in different physical or electronic locations.

  5. Each case management plan must be consistent with the resources available to the chief executive to manage the prisoner.

Notes
  • Section 51 heading: replaced, on , by section 11(1) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).
  • Section 51(1): replaced, on , by section 11(2) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).
  • Section 51(2): amended, on , by section 11(3) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).
  • Section 51(3): amended, on , by section 11(4) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).
  • Section 51(3A): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).
  • Section 51(4): replaced, on , by section 11(5) of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).