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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Regulations

201: Regulations relating to good management of corrections system

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"Rules to Help Manage Prisons and Keep People Safe"

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The law says regulations can be made to help manage the corrections system. You can think of the corrections system like the rules and places that help keep people who have done something wrong safe and on the right track. These regulations might cover things like how prisoners get into and out of prison. They might also cover who can visit prisoners and when they can visit. You might need to get approval from the person in charge before you can visit someone in prison. Some people, like kids under 16 who are alone, might not be allowed to visit prisoners. The regulations can also cover things like prisoners' bank accounts, how they behave, and how complaints are handled. They might say how prisons and other places are inspected to make sure they are running well.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Regulations

201Regulations relating to good management of corrections system

  1. Regulations made under section 200(1)(a) may include (without limitation) provisions—

  2. regulating the admission of prisoners to prisons and their discharge from prisons:
    1. regulating the visiting of prisoners including (without limitation)—
      1. requiring members of the public or any specified class of persons to obtain approval from the chief executive before visiting prisoners:
        1. providing for the restriction or prohibition of any visiting by any specified class of person or persons (for example, unaccompanied children aged under 16 years), by the chief executive or a prison manager:
        2. regulating the opening of bank accounts into which prisoners' money may be deposited, regulating the operation of those accounts (including deposits and withdrawals or other payments), and the closing of those accounts:
          1. ensuring the discipline of prisoners, including (without limitation) regulating the granting and loss of privileges, regulating the laying of complaints relating to offences against discipline, and prescribing the procedures for the hearing of those complaints:
            1. prescribing procedures to be used for the purposes of dealing with complaints:
              1. providing for the inspection of prisons, community work centres, probation offices, and other places where offenders are undertaking work or training.

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                • 1954 No 51 s 45(1)