Disposal of prisoner's property
61 Disposal of prisoner's property
If a Governor refuses to store an item of a prisoner's property under regulation 58(5) or (6), or refuses to transfer a prisoner's property under regulation 60(2), the Governor must ensure that the prisoner is notified in writing that—
the prisoner's property cannot be stored or transferred; and
the prisoner must make arrangements to remove the property from the prison within a specified time.
Subject to subregulation (4), if a prisoner is unable to make arrangements to remove the prisoner's property from the prison within the specified time referred to in subregulation (1)(b), the Governor may dispose of the property.
The Governor must ensure that the removal of a prisoner's property by the prisoner in accordance with subregulation (1)(b) or the disposal of a prisoner's property in accordance with subregulation (2) is recorded in the inventory of that prisoner's property.
If a prisoner is unable to make arrangements to remove the prisoner's property from the prison within the specified time referred to in subregulation (1)(b), the prisoner may apply to the Governor of that prison to request that the prisoner's property is not disposed of.
(5) The Governor, on receiving a request under subregulation (4), may authorise the storage of a prisoner's property for a specified time.
Subject to subregulation (7), the Governor must pay into a prisoner's prisoner trust account any money received in relation to the disposal of the prisoner's property under subregulation (2).
The Governor may deduct from any money paid into a prisoner's prisoner trust account under subregulation (6) an amount that is no more than the cost of disposing of the prisoner's property under subregulation (2).
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