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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters - Matters relating to management or administration

121: Matters to be included in annual report of department

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"What the department must include in its yearly report about people's safety and protection"

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The department must write an annual report that includes information about people detained under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act. You can find out more about what this report should have in it by looking at section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989. The report must state how many people are being held in residences and prisons, and for how long.

The report must also include information about people who have been released on protective supervision, and those who have been detained again. It must say how many times the chief executive asked the court to review a public protection order, and how many appeals were made against orders under this Act. The report will tell you what happened with each appeal.

The department's report must also talk about any serious incidents that happened in residences, including the use of force or restraints on residents. It must say how many times residents were put in seclusion, and why, and how many times they were hospitalised. The report will also include the number of residents who died, and any emergencies that needed help from correction officers. The chief executive can decide to include other important information in the report as well. The report will also cover what inspectors did during the year.

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Matters relating to management or administration

121Matters to be included in annual report of department

  1. The department's annual report under section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989 must state in respect of the year to which the report relates—

  2. the number of persons who, at the end of that year, are detained, under this Act, in residences and state, for each person so detained, the number of months for which the person has been detained in a residence:
    1. the number of persons who, at the end of that year, are detained, under this Act, in prisons and state, for each person so detained, the number of months for which the person has been detained in prison, and the reasons for that detention:
      1. the number of persons who have been released on protective supervision:
        1. the number of persons who were on protective supervision and who have again been detained under this Act:
          1. the number of times that the chief executive applied to the court, ahead of time and pursuant to a direction of the review panel, for a review of a public protection order:
            1. the number of appeals against orders made under this Act, and the outcome of each appeal:
              1. the number and nature of any serious incidents involving residents or staff members of residences, or both:
                1. the number and nature of any incidents involving the use of significant force or restraints on residents:
                  1. the number of times seclusion was imposed on residents, and the duration of, and reasons for, each episode of seclusion:
                    1. the number of times that residents were hospitalised:
                      1. the number of residents who died:
                        1. the number of emergencies in residences that required assistance from correction officers:
                          1. any other matter that the chief executive considers should be included in the annual report.

                            1. The annual report referred to in subsection (1) must also include a report on the activities undertaken by inspectors during the year to which the annual report relates.