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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

23: Residents may not possess prohibited items

You could also call this:

"No prohibited items allowed for residents, unless you have special permission."

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If you are a resident, you may not have a prohibited item. The manager of your residence will take a prohibited item away from you if they find it. They will keep the item if they think it is prohibited.

If the manager finds a prohibited item, they can decide what to do with it, such as give it to the Police, give it to someone who is entitled to it, or destroy it. The manager can search for prohibited items under section 63 or 64. They will follow the rules when deciding what to do with the item.

There is an exception to this rule. If you have permission to have an item under rules made under section 119, then you can have the item. This means you can have some items if you are allowed to have them.

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

23Residents may not possess prohibited items

  1. A resident may not possess a prohibited item.

  2. If the residence manager is satisfied that an item found in, or sent or delivered to, the residence, or found in the course of a search under section 63 or 64, is a prohibited item, the manager must take possession of, and retain, the item.

  3. The residence manager may deal with any item taken and retained under subsection (2) as the manager considers appropriate, including by—

  4. giving it to the Police; or
    1. giving it to a person (other than a resident) who appears to be entitled to it; or
      1. destroying it.

        1. This section does not apply to any item that is in the possession of, or that is delivered to, a resident who is permitted to possess the item in accordance with a permission given under rules made under section 119.