Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (SOR/92-620)

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Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations

SOR/92-620

CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE ACT

Registration 1992-10-29

Regulations Respecting Corrections and the Conditional Release and Detention of Offenders

P.C. 1992-2223 1992-10-29

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Solicitor General of Canada, pursuant to sections 96 and 156 of the Corrections and Conditional Release ActFootnote *, is pleased hereby to revoke the Penitentiary Service Regulations,

C.R.C., c. 1251, the Parole RegulationsFootnote **, made by Order in Council P.C. 1978-1528 of May 4, 1978Footnote ***, and the Penitentiary Inmates Accident Compensation Regulations, made by Order in Council P.C. 1982-1026 of April 1, 1982Footnote ****, and to make the annexed Regulations respecting corrections and the conditional release and detention of offenders, in substitution therefor, effective on the day the Corrections and Conditional Release Act comes into force.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Corrections and Conditional Release Act; (Loi)

“CORCAN”

“CORCAN” means the part of the Service that is responsible for penitentiary industry; (CORCAN)

“correctional plan”

“correctional plan” means a correctional plan developed in accordance with section 102; (plan correctionnel)

“independent chairperson”

“independent chairperson” means a person appointed pursuant to section 24 to conduct hearings of serious disciplinary offences; (président indépendant)

“inmate grievance committee”

“inmate grievance committee” means a committee that is established in a penitentiary for the purpose of reviewing inmates' grievances and making recommendations with respect thereto to the institutional head and that consists of an equal number of inmates and staff members; (comité d'examen des griefs des détenus)

“net approved earnings”

“net approved earnings”, in respect of an inmate, means the inmate's income per pay period from pensions, institutional work, programs referred to in paragraph 78(1)(a) of the Act, authorized employment in the community and sales of hobby crafts, less any deductions made for the purposes of reimbursement pursuant to subsection 104(4); (gains nets approuvés)

“offender”

“offender” means

  • (a) in Part I, an offender as defined in section 2 of the Act, and

  • (b) in Part II, an offender as defined in section 99 of the Act; (délinquant)

“outside review board”

“outside review board” means a committee of members of the community, other than staff members or inmates, that is established for the purpose of reviewing inmates' grievances and making recommendations with respect thereto to the person who is reviewing the inmate's grievance; (comité externe d'examen des griefs)

“parole supervisor”

“parole supervisor” has the same meaning as in subsection 134(2) of the Act; (surveillant de liberté conditionnelle)

“region”

“region” means one of the following regions, namely, the Atlantic region, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie region and the Pacific region; (région)

“releasing authority”

“releasing authority” has the same meaning as in subsection 133(1) of the Act; (autorité compétente)

“unauthorized item”

“unauthorized item” means an item that is not authorized by a Commissioner's Directives or by a written order of the institutional head and that an inmate possesses without prior authorization; (objet non autorisé)

“working day”

“working day” has the same meaning as in subsection 93(5) of the Act. (jour ouvrable)