Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Use of Force) Regulation 2016 (NSW)
New South Wales
Crimes (Administration of Sentences)
Amendment (Use of Force) Regulation 2016
under the
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
His Excellency the Lieutenant-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 Corrective Services
Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:
| (a) | to authorise a correctional officer to use force to allow a medical practitioner to carry out necessary medical treatment on an inmate, and |
| (b) | to provide that a use of force report is not required when force is only threatened or when an inmate is restrained in order to be moved from one location to another. |
This Regulation is made under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, including sections 79 and 271 (the general regulation-making power).
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Use of
Force) Regulation 2016
under the
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Use of
Force) Regulation 2016.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014 |
[1] Clause 131 Use of force in dealing with inmates
Insert after clause 131 (4) (i):
(i1) to allow a medical practitioner to carry out medical treatment on an
inmate in accordance with section 73 of the Act,
[2] Clause 133 Report on use of force
Insert after clause 133 (3):
(4) This clause does not apply in respect of:
(a) a threat of the use of force, or (b) the use of an instrument of restraint in circumstances where: (i) the inmate is restrained for the purposes of being moved from one location to another, and
(ii) the move and use of the restraint is required to be noted administratively.
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