Prisons Act 1952 Regulation relating to confidentiality of prisoners' mail (1995-343) [GG No 97 of 11.8.1995] (NSW)

1995—No. 343

PRISONS ACT 1952—REGULATION

(Relating to confidentiality of prisoners, mail)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 97 of I I August 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council,
and in pursuance of the Prisons Act 1952, has been pleased to make the

Regulation set forth hereunder.

Bob Debus
Minister for Corrective Services.

The Prisons (General) Regulation 1989 is amended by omitting from clause 118 (1) and (2) the words “the State Drug Crime Commission,” wherever occurring and by inserting instead the words “the New South Wales Crime Commission, the Anti-Discrimination Board, a member of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal,”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to provide that correspondence between prisoners and the Anti-Discrimination Board, or between prisoners and members of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal, must be treated confidentially by prison officials; and
(b)	to update references to the State Drug Crime Commission (which is now called the NSW Crime Commission).

This Regulation is made under the Prisons Act 1952, including section 50 (the general regulation making power, and section 50 (1) (i) in particular).