Visitors other than official or professional visitors
12 Visitors other than official or professional visitors
A resident of a training centre is entitled to at least
2 visits each week.
The manager of a training centre must encourage and facilitate visits to the residents of the centre by relatives, friends and other significant persons, including by directing the type of visit depending on the needs of the particular resident.
[Note: ExampleThe manager of a training centre may direct that a visit by a particular person to a particular resident of the centre is to be a contact or non‑contact visit in a separate or private, or in a public, meeting room.]
The manager of a training centre may authorise a visit or visits to a resident of the centre in circumstances that do not fall within the centre's usual visiting arrangements if the manager is satisfied that—
the resident has a family emergency, such as illness in the family or a bereavement; or
the visitor has travelled a long distance to visit and is unable to visit during scheduled visiting sessions due to financial, work or other difficulties; or
the circumstances are otherwise such as to warrant the visit or visits.
A person may not visit a resident unless the person provides such evidence as the manager of the training centre thinks appropriate as to the person's identity.
The manager of a training centre may—
cause a person to be screened and approved for a visit prior to allowing a visit with a resident of the centre; and
if of the opinion that special reasons exist for doing so, order that a particular person is barred from visiting a resident of the centre for any period the manager thinks fit, or until further order of the manager.
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