Corrective Services Amendment Bill 2001 (Qld)

Queensland

CORRECTIVE SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 2001

Queensland

CORRECTIVE SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page 1 Short title... eens 4 2 Act amended... 2... e eee ee 4 3 Amendment of s 14 (Directions to prisoners).................0000008 4 4 Amendment of s 25 (Power to search) ........ 0.0... eee eee eee eee 4 5 Amendment of s 26 (Personal searches)........... 0.000.000 cece eee 4 6 Insertion of news 26A 2... eee eee eee eee 5

26A Strip searches generally. ......... 0.6.0 c cece cece eee eee ee 5 7 Amendment of s 27 (Strip searches)....... 0.0... eee eee eee eee eee 6 8 Insertion of news 27A 2... eee eee eee eee 6

27A Strip search requirements. ..........60 000 cece eee eee eee ee 6 9 Amendment of s 112 (Authority to use reasonable force) .............. 7

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Corrective Services Act 2000

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sl 4 s5 Corrective Services Amendment Bill 2001

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Corrective Services Amendment Act 2001.

2 Act amended This Act amends the Corrective Services Act 2000.

3 Amendment of s 14 (Directions to prisoners) Section 14(1)(c)— omit, insert—

'(c) to ensure compliance with an order given or applying to the prisoner; or

Example—

A corrective services officer could give a prisoner a direction the officer reasonably believes to be necessary for searching the prisoner under an order, given by a person in charge under section 26A (Strip searches generally), that applies to the prisoner.'.

4 Amendment of s 25 (Power to search) Section 25(2), 'believes'— omit, insert—

'suspects'.

5 Amendment of s 26 (Personal searches) (1) Section 26(1)— omit, insert—

'(1) The person in charge of a secure facility may give an order for the personal searching of prisoners whenever they leave a part of the facility, stated in the order, where prisoners have access to concealable prohibited things.