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"branch" repealed: SBC 1997-7-1(a) effective July 11, 1997 (BC Reg 226/97).
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"commissioner" repealed: SBC 1997-7-1(a) effective July 11, 1997 (BC Reg
226/97). |
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"correctional centre" means a lawful place of confinement in British Columbia,
including, without limitation, a jail, prison, lockup, place of imprisonment,
camp, correctional institution, or place for treatment of alcoholics,
and any land connected with it, but does not include, subject to the exception
of a shared facility under section 13.1, any of the following: |
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prisons or lockups operated by police forces or police departments; | ||
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prisons or lockups operated by designated policing units, as defined in section 1 of the Police Act, or by designated law enforcement units, as defined in section 1 of the Police Act; | ||
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penitentiaries under the control of Canada; | ||
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"court" includes the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Provincial Court and a justice of the peace; |
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"director" means the Director of the Investigation, Inspection and Standards Office; |
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"inmate" means a person who is sentenced to imprisonment, or lawfully detained, or is being confined for treatment, at a correctional centre, and includes a prisoner or trainee; |
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"minister" includes any person designated in writing by the minister;
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"office" means the Investigation, Inspection and Standards Office;
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"work program" means a program designed to assist inmates or young persons in acquiring work skills and to encourage them to engage in work; |
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"young person" means a young person as defined in the Young Offenders (British Columbia) Act or in the Young Offenders Act (Canada); |
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"youth containment centre" repealed: SBC 1997-7-1(c) effective July 11,
1997 (BC Reg 226/97). |
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"youth custody centre" means a youth custody centre designated under section
27 of this Act and includes |
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a place of secure custody designated under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and | ||
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a place of open custody or a place of temporary detention designated under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant Governor in Council or by a delegate of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. | ||
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