Corrections Amendment Act 2013 (TAS)

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Corrections Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Corrections Act 1997

[Royal Assent 21 October 2013]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Corrections Amendment Act 2013 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Corrections Act 1997 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 3 amended (Interpretation) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting "and includes a person declared as a dangerous criminal under section 19 of the Sentencing Act 1997 " after "imprisonment" in the definition of prisoner ; (b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of standing orders : State Service corrections employee means a person, other than a correctional officer or probation officer, appointed or employed pursuant to section 5(2) ; 5Section 5A insertedAfter section 5 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 2: 5AAppointment of interstate correctional officers and probation officers (1)  The Secretary, with the consent of the employer of a correctional officer or a probation officer employed in another State or a Territory (however described in that State or Territory) may appoint such a correctional officer or probation officer to be a correctional officer or a probation officer for the purposes of this Act if the Secretary considers it is necessary to do so. (2)  An appointment under subsection (1) is to be  – (a) for such period not exceeding 90 days as may be determined by the Secretary; and (b) on such terms and conditions as are specified in the instrument of appointment. 6Section 8 amended (Confidentiality) Section 8(1) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "prisoner or a correctional officer" from paragraph (g) of the definition of confidential information and substituting "prisoner, a correctional officer or a State Service corrections employee". 7Section 10 amended (Official visitors) Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "to each prison"; (b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1) : (1A)  A person appointed as an official visitor is to be – (a) appointed for a term, not exceeding 3 years, specified in his or her instrument of appointment; and (b) appointed on terms and conditions specified in his or her instrument of appointment; and (c) paid such remuneration and allowances as the Minister may determine. (c) by omitting from subsection (2) "one or more prisons" and substituting "all prisons in the State"; (d) by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections: (3)  The Minister may appoint a Coordinator of the Official Visitors Scheme. (3A)  The Coordinator of the Official Visitors Scheme is to ensure that each prison is visited at least once a month by an official visitor…

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