Functions of prison officers, police officers and others
5 Functions of prison officers, police officers and others
S. 5(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 88.3).
A prison officer, police officer and any other official of this jurisdiction may exercise and perform any function conferred or expressed to be conferred on the official—
by or under the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding law; or
in accordance with any arrangements referred to in section 6.
S. 5(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 88.3).
It is lawful for a prison officer, police officer or other official of this jurisdiction—
to hold and deal with any prisoner in accordance with the terms of a warrant issued under the Commonwealth Act in respect of the prisoner; and
to take any action in respect of a prisoner transferred, or to be transferred, to or from Australia in accordance with the Commonwealth Act that the official is authorised to take by or under that Act.
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