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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Management of prisons

198: Management of prisons under contract

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"The government can hire someone to run a prison, but they need permission first."

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The chief executive can make a contract with someone else to manage a prison. You can think of the chief executive as a person who is in charge of making big decisions. The contract is made on behalf of the government, which is sometimes called the Crown. The chief executive needs to get permission from the Minister before making a contract to manage a prison or before extending the time of an existing contract. You can find more information about changes to this law by looking at the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act 2009. A prison can only be managed by someone else if there is a contract in place.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Management of prisons

198Management of prisons under contract

  1. The chief executive may from time to time, in the name and on behalf of the Crown, enter into a contract with any other person for the management, by that other person, of a corrections prison.

  2. The chief executive must not, without the prior written consent of the Minister in each case,—

  3. enter into a prison management contract; or
    1. agree to an extension of the term of a prison management contract.

      1. No prison may be managed by a person other than the Crown except under a prison management contract.

      Compare
      • 1954 No 51 s 4A
      Notes
      • Section 198: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 59).