South Australian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 1 OF 2005) - SECT 10

10—Amendment of section 37—Search of prisoners

        (1)         Section 37(1)(c)—delete "specimen of his or her urine" and substitute:

biological sample

        (2)         Section 37—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         The manager of a correctional institution may also cause a prisoner's belongings to be searched if, for the purpose of detecting items prohibited by the regulations, the manager—

            (a)         proposes that the belongings of all prisoners within the institution, or a part of the institution, be searched; or

            (b)         causes the random selection of prisoners from the whole, or a part, of the institution for the purposes of such a search and the prisoner falls within the selection.

        (3)         Section 37—after subsection (5) insert:

        (6)         The annual report submitted under this Act by the Chief Executive Officer in respect of a financial year must include particulars of—

            (a)         the number of searches conducted under subsection (1a) in respect of each correctional institution during the year; and

            (b)         the number and general description of items prohibited by the regulations detected in the institution during those searches.