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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XIV : Public-Private Partnership Correctional Centres

109. Appointment of custody officials

 

1) The Contractor must appoint custody officials to perform custodial duties.

 

2) No employee of the Contractor may perform custodial duties unless he or she has been certified as a custody official by the National Commissioner.

 

3) A custody official may be certified by the National Commissioner, only if the standards of qualifications, prescribed by regulation are satisfied.

 

4) The National Commissioner must keep a register, with-
a) the full names and identity number of each certified custody official;
b) particulars of each custody official whose certification has either been suspended or revoked; and
c) such other particulars as required by the National Commissioner.

 

5)
a) The certification of any custody official may be suspended by the Controller-
i) pending trial for any offence;
ii) pending any disciplinary hearing into a charge of misconduct arising from, or in connection with, the performance of his or her duties; or
iii) pending any investigation into his or her fitness or competency to perform custodial duties.
b) The Controller must notify the National Commissioner of the decision to suspend the certification of a custody official.

 

6) The National Commissioner may, after a custody official has been suspended and been given the opportunity to make representations, revoke the suspension or the certification.