Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part III · Officers
16. Terms of engagement and re-engagement of prison officers
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
All prison officers shall be engaged in accordance with the conditions of service applicable to them at the date of their engagement.
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
Every subordinate officer who shall have completed the period of service for which he was engaged may offer himself for re-engagement for a further period and, if approved, may be re-engaged on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director.
subordinate officer
“subordinate officer” means any prison officer below the rank of Principal Officer;
Every such re-engagement shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the original engagement signed by the person re-engaged and by the
Director.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
No prison officer shall be entitled, without written permission of the Director, to resign or withdraw from prison duties unless he has given not less than one month notice in writing to the Director of his intention to resign.
prison officer
“prison officer” means any Chief Officer, Warden, Principal Officer, Probation Officer, Matron, Warder or Wardress and includes the Director and the Assistant Director;
Every such notice shall be given on or before the first day of the month at the end of which such officer intends to cease performing prison duties.
Any prison officer who contravenes the provisions of subsection (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$500 and imprisonment for 3 months; and all arrears of pay due to him may be forfeited.
The Director may at any time, with the consent of the Minister, discharge any Warder whose appointment has been confirmed —
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if the Director considers that the officer is unlikely to become or has ceased to be an efficient prison officer;
the officer is certified by a Government Medical Officer to be physically or mentally unfit for service in the Prison Service; or
on reorganisation or reduction of the establishment of the
Prison Service.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
Medical Officer
Defined · s 2“Medical Officer” means the Medical Officer or Dental Officer appointed under section 14;
prison
Defined · s 2“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
prison officer
Defined · s 2“prison officer” means any Chief Officer, Warden, Principal Officer, Probation Officer, Matron, Warder or Wardress and includes the Director and the Assistant Director;
subordinate officer
Defined · s 2“subordinate officer” means any prison officer below the rank of Principal Officer;
Part IV
Custody and Removal of Prisoners
Part V
Employment and Prison Discipline
Part VI
Discipline as Affecting Prison Officers
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