Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59R. Power to enter and search
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A police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, or a police officer authorised by the firstmentioned police officer, may —
Superintendent
“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;
enter and search a place without a warrant to effect the arrest of any prisoner who has failed to return to prison after —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
the prisoner has been recalled by the Superintendent under section 59O(1)(b); or
the Commissioner revokes the employment preparation order under section 59P(1); and
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
in order to effect an entrance into that place, break open any outer or inner door or window of that place if the police officer cannot otherwise obtain entry into that place.