Victorian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 41 OF 2015) - SECT 15

    (1)     For section 47B(2) of the Corrections Act 1986 substitute —

    "(2)     If the letter is to, or from, one of the following correspondents—

        (a)     a lawyer;

        (b)     the Health Services Commissioner;

        (c)     the Human Rights Commissioner;

        (d)     the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner appointed under section 51 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 ;

        (e)     the Freedom of Information Commissioner appointed under Part IA of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 ;

        (f)     the Mental Health Complaints Commissioner appointed under section 226 of the Mental Health Act 2014 ;

        (g)     the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection appointed under section 96 of the Privacy Data Protection Act 2014 ;

        (h)     the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission continued in existence by section 154 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 ;

              (i)     a person authorised to act on behalf of a person or body referred to in paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h);

        (j)     a person or body prescribed for the purposes of section 47(1)(m)—

the Governor may hold the letter and notify the prisoner and the correspondent of the Governor's suspicions.

    (2A)     The Governor may open and inspect a letter referred to in subsection (2)—

        (a)     in the presence of the prisoner and a representative of the correspondent; or

        (b)     in accordance with any alternative arrangement agreed with the correspondent.".

    (2)     In section 47B(3) of the Corrections Act 1986 , for "the relevant Commissioner or lawyer" substitute "the correspondent".