Corrections Amendment Regulations 2006 (TAS)

Corrections Amendment Regulations 2006

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Corrections Act 1997 .20 November 2006

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

STEVEN KONS

Minister for Justice and Workplace Relations

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Corrections Amendment Regulations 2006 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Corrections Regulations 1998 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 18A insertedAfter regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 3: 18AReturn of property after release (1)  This regulation applies if any property of a prisoner or detainee (in this regulation referred to as "the released person") is not, for any reason, taken by or returned to him or her on release. (2)  As soon as practicable after becoming aware that the property has not been taken or returned, the Director is to send the released person a notice advising – (a) that the property is still being held; and (b) what the property consists of; and (c) that the released person, within a period of not less than 30 days specified in the notice, may arrange with the Director to – (i) collect the property in person; or (ii) have someone collect the property on the released person’s behalf; or (iii) have the property sent to the released person, or to an address nominated by the released person, at his or her expense; and (d) that, in the absence of such an arrangement, the property will be disposed of; and (e) where, for the purposes of collection, the property is held; and (f) such other matters as the Director thinks fit in the circumstances. (3)  The notice is to be sent to the address of the released person last known to the Director. (4)  The released person may arrange for the property to be collected or forwarded in accordance with the terms of the notice. (5)  However, the property may be disposed of in such manner as the Director thinks fit if – (a) the released person fails to make such an arrangement; or (b) the Director is unable to send the notice at all because he or she does not have an address for the released person and is unable, after making reasonable enquiries, to discover such an address. (6)  Any money received from the sale of property under this regulation is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 November 2006

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the