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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Status of residents - Rights of residents

34: Visitors and oral communications with people outside residence

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"Who can visit or talk to you when you're living in a special residence"

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You can have visitors when you are living in a residence, but the manager of the residence gets to decide who can visit you. The manager can also say whether your visits need to be supervised or not, unless it is a special kind of visit that does not need supervision to help you get better. Some people, like inspectors, certain office holders as described in section 128(4), or your lawyer, can visit you without supervision.

You are allowed to use a phone or other device to talk to people outside the residence, but only if the manager says it is okay. The manager gets to decide who you can talk to. There are some rules that might limit when you can use a phone or device, which are explained in sections 50 to 62.

The residence manager is in charge of making sure these rules are followed, and they get to make decisions about your visits and phone use.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Status of residents: Rights of residents

34Visitors and oral communications with people outside residence

  1. A resident may, subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed by the residence manager, receive visits from persons who are for the time being permitted by the manager to visit the resident.

  2. All visits to residents must be supervised unless the residence manager permits a particular visit to be unsupervised in order to meet the resident's rehabilitative needs.

  3. Subsection (2) does not apply to a visit to a resident by an inspector, or a specified office holder within the meaning of section 128(4), or a lawyer of the resident.

  4. A resident must be allowed access to a telephone or other electronic communication device to communicate with persons with whom such communications are permitted by the manager.

  5. Subsection (4) is subject to sections 50 to 62.

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