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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 - Management of residents - Written communications or items withheld or not sent

49: Procedure where written communication or item withheld or not sent

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"What happens when someone stops you getting a message or item at a residence"

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If a residence manager stops you from getting a written message or an item, they must handle it in a certain way. They have to return it to the sender if they know the sender's address. If they do not know the sender's address, they must either send it to an inspector or show it to the inspector when they next visit. The manager might also decide not to send a written message or item. In this case, they must either send it to an inspector or show it to the inspector when they next visit. The manager has to tell you if they have stopped a written message or item from reaching you, unless they think telling you would be bad for you or someone else.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Management of residents: Written communications or items withheld or not sent

49Procedure where written communication or item withheld or not sent

  1. If, under section 45, the residence manager withholds from a resident a written communication or, under section 48(4), withholds an item from a resident, the communication or item must be dealt with as follows:

  2. if the address of the sender is known to the manager, it must be returned to the sender:
    1. if the address of the sender is not known to the manager, it must either be—
      1. sent to an inspector; or
        1. produced to the inspector when he or she next visits the residence after the receipt of the communication or item.

        2. If the manager directs, under section 45 or 48(4), that a written communication or an item not be dispatched, the communication or the item must either be—

        3. sent to an inspector; or
          1. produced to the inspector when he or she next visits the residence following the manager's direction.

            1. The manager must inform the resident that a written communication or an item has been withheld or has not been dispatched unless the manager is satisfied that to do so would be detrimental to the interests of the resident or of another person.