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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 78G

When may the powers under this Division be exercised?

    (1)     Subject to subsection (3), a specified officer may exercise powers under this Division in relation to a prisoner on parole if authorised to do so by the Commissioner.

    (2)     The Commissioner may authorise a specified officer to exercise powers under this Division if the Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that the supervision of the prisoner on parole would otherwise pose a high risk of violence or other threat to the safety of any person engaged in that supervision or to any other person.

    (3)     A specified officer may exercise powers under this Division—

        (a)     when engaged in the supervision of the prisoner on parole or assisting in that supervision; and

        (b)     in accordance with any direction given by the Commissioner.

S. 78G(4) amended by No. 27/2018 s. 355(18).

    (4)     The powers that may be exercised by a specified officer under this Division are in addition to any powers the specified officer may exercise under this Act or the Serious Offenders Act 2018 .

S. 78H inserted by No. 57/2016 s. 8.



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