Commissioner to maintain trust accounts
161 Commissioner to maintain trust accounts
The Commissioner must maintain a trust account for a prisoner.
The Commissioner must pay the following into the account:
(a) any amount that the Commissioner is required under this Act to pay into the account;
(b) any amount paid to the Commissioner (by the prisoner or another person) for payment into the prisoner's account.
The Commissioner may deduct the following from the account:
(a) any amounts that the Commissioner is permitted under this Act to deduct from the account;
(b) any amounts that the prisoner requests the Commissioner to pay out of the account.
Examples for subsection (3)(b)
Examples of amounts that a prisoner might request the Commissioner to pay include the following:
educational expenses;
(b) a fine or other amount that the prisoner has been ordered to pay as a result of a conviction for an offence;
(c) an amount for the purchase of an allowable item.
When a person ceases to be a prisoner the Commissioner must:
if the balance of the account:
(i) is positive – pay an amount equal to the balance to the person; or
is negative – write off the amount of the balance; and
close the prisoner's trust account.
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