Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICERS AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2017 (NO. 45 OF 2017) - SECT 13

After section 77B(1) of the Corrections Act 1986 insert —

    "(1A)     Under a warrant issued pursuant to subsection (1)(a), a protective services officer on duty at a designated place may arrest the prisoner if the prisoner is at or in the vicinity of the designated place.

    (1B)     If a protective services officer arrests a prisoner under subsection (1A), the protective services officer must hand the prisoner into the custody of a police officer as soon as practicable after the prisoner is arrested.

    (1C)     Subsection (1A) applies despite the warrant not being directed to a named protective services officer or generally all protective services officers.".