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

40: Receipts for residents to be paid into trust accounts

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"Money you earn or get goes into a special account to keep it safe"

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If you are a resident, any money you earn or get as a benefit must be paid into a special account called a trust account. This account is looked after by the person in charge of your residence. When you earn money from a job, some of it might be taken out to help pay for your care, following certain guidelines or instructions.

You can use some of the money in your trust account, but there might be some limits on how you can use it. These limits must be reasonable and follow the rules of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014.

If you leave the residence, you will get all the money that is yours in the trust account, as long as you are being released under section 93. If you pass away while in care, the money in your trust account will be given to the person looking after your estate.

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This page was last updated on 7 August 2025

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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

40Receipts for residents to be paid into trust accounts

All money earned by a resident or due to the resident as a benefit must be paid into a trust account operated by the residence manager for the resident.
Where any money that a resident earns from work is paid into the resident's trust account, the manager must deduct from that money any amount required to be deducted under guidelines or instructions to offset the cost of the resident’s care.
Residents may have access to funds held on their behalf in the trust account to dispose of as they see fit, subject to any reasonable limitation imposed in accordance with this Act.
A resident must be paid all money held exclusively for that resident in a trust account when the resident is released from the residence under section 93.
If a resident dies while in legal custody, any money held for that resident in the trust account must be paid to the executor or administrator of the resident’s estate.