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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 15 OF 2007 ) - SECT 158

Action by administrator

    (1)     This section applies if an administrator is given a report under section 157 about an alleged disciplinary breach by a detainee.

    (2)     After considering the report and making any further investigation the administrator considers appropriate, the administrator may do 1 or more of the following if the administrator believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is appropriate in the circumstances:

        (a)     take no further action in relation to the report;

        (b)     counsel the detainee;

        (c)     warn the detainee about committing a disciplinary breach;

        (d)     reprimand the detainee;

        (e)     refer the allegation to—

              (i)     the chief police officer; or

              (ii)     the director of public prosecutions;

        (f)     charge the detainee under section 159 (Disciplinary charge);

        (g)     subject to section 161 (Grounds for investigative segregation), direct that the detainee be segregated from other detainees for the purposes of this part;

        (h)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     A referral under subsection (2) (e) must be in writing and be accompanied by the investigator's report.

    (4)     A corrections officer who is also an administrator, or who is or has been an investigator, must not exercise any function as an administrator under this section in relation to any report made by the officer under section 156 or section 157.



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