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Corrections Act 2004

Transitional provisions - Appointments

226: Superintendents deemed to be prison managers

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"Some prison superintendents are automatically considered prison managers under the law."

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If you were a superintendent of a prison before this law started, you are now considered the prison manager. This happens automatically when the law commences. You are deemed to have been appointed as the manager under section 11(1), (2), or (3), depending on your situation.

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Part 3Transitional provisions
Appointments

226Superintendents deemed to be prison managers

  1. Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, holds office as a superintendent of a penal institution is, on the commencement of this section, deemed to have been appointed, under section 11(1), (2), or (3) as the case requires, as the manager of that prison.