South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts51—Offences by persons other than prisoners
(1) A person
who—
(a)
communicates with a prisoner in a manner prohibited by the regulations; or
(b)
delivers to a prisoner, or introduces into, or has possession of in, a
correctional institution without the permission of the CE, any item prohibited
by the regulations; or
(c)
loiters outside a correctional institution for any unlawful purpose,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an offence against paragraph (b) of this subsection where the
prohibited item is a controlled drug (within the meaning of the
Controlled Substances Act 1984 )—imprisonment for 10 years;
(ab) in
the case of an offence against paragraph (b) of this subsection where the
prohibited item is an item of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this paragraph—imprisonment for 5 years;
(b) in
any other case—imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) A person who,
without the permission of the CE or without lawful excuse, has possession of a
controlled drug (within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act 1984
) in a correctional institution buffer zone is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
(3) A person who,
without the permission of the CE or without lawful excuse, has possession of a
prohibited item of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of
this subsection in a correctional institution buffer zone is guilty of an
offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(4) In this
section—
"correctional institution buffer zone"—see subsection (5).
(5) The Minister may,
by notice in the Gazette, declare an area surrounding the boundary of a
correctional institution to be the correctional institution buffer zone for
the correctional institution.
(6) The Minister may,
by notice in the Gazette, revoke or vary a declaration under
subsection (5).