New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) REGULATION 2014 - REG 133

133 Report on use of force

(1) Any correctional officer who uses force on an inmate must immediately give a report about the use of force to the governor.

(2) The report must--

(a) be in writing, and

(b) specify the name or names of the inmate or inmates and the name or names of the correctional officer or correctional officers involved in the use of force, and

(c) specify the location where the force was used, and

(d) describe the nature of the force used and the circumstances requiring its use, and

(e) be signed by each correctional officer involved in the use of force.

(3) This clause does not require a correctional officer to include information in a report if it is impossible or impracticable for the officer to obtain the information.

(4) This clause does not apply in respect of--

(a) a threat of the use of force, or

(b) the use of an instrument of restraint in circumstances where--

(i) the inmate is restrained for the purposes of being moved from one location to another, and

(ii) the move and use of the restraint is required to be noted administratively.