Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Inmate Searches) Regulation 2018 (NSW)

New South Wales

Crimes (Administration of Sentences)

Amendment (Inmate Searches) Regulation

2018

under the

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999.

DAVID ELLIOTT, MP Minister for Corrections

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to enable correctional officers to search inmates using an electronic or X-ray and 271 (the general regulation-making power).
scanning device.

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Inmate Searches) Regulation 2018 [NSW]

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Inmate

Searches) Regulation 2018

under the

Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Inmate
Searches) Regulation 2018.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014

Clause 46 Searching of inmates and cells

Omit “(including strip-search) an inmate” from clause 46 (1) (a).

Insert instead “an inmate (including by means of a strip-search or the use of an electronic or X-ray scanning device)”.