General Manager to deal with inspected items
155 General Manager to deal with inspected items
(1) This section applies if a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item is given to the General Manager under section 154(3)(b).
(2) If the nominated examiner found that the thing was not a protected/legal item, the General Manager must deal with it under section 157(3) as a confiscated thing.
(3) If the nominated examiner found that the thing was a protected/legal item, subject to subsections (4) and (5), the General Manager must:
(a) if the protected/legal item was confiscated from a person – return it to that person; or
if the protected/legal item was mail:
if it was sent to a prisoner – give it to the prisoner; or
otherwise – send it to the addressee.
(4) If the General Manager reasonably believes that the protected/legal item is a prohibited thing, the General Manager may deal with it under section 157(3).
(5) If the General Manager reasonably believes that the protected/legal item contains a thing that is a prohibited thing, the General Manager:
(a) may remove the thing and deal with it under section 157(3); and
(b) must deal with the rest of the protected/legal item under subsection (3).
(6) However, if the protected/legal item is a document and only part of it is a prohibited thing, the General Manager may redact that part of the document and deal with the document under subsection (3).
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