Pursuant to section 170 of the Corrections Act 2004,
I, Damien Peter O’Connor, Minister of Corrections, hereby give notice that:
Firstly, on 1 August 2006, the Chief Executive of
the Department of Corrections and Chubb New Zealand Limited entered into Variation (No.2) to the Agreement for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Courtroom Custodial Services in the Auckland/Northland Region, being a security contract.
Variation (No.2) was effective from 1 August 2006.
In summary, Variation (No.2):
? replaces Mt Eden Women’s Prison with Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility as a location for the provision of prisoner escort services;
? allows remand prisoners to be escorted to courts when appearing as witnesses;
? permits emergency escorts to and from locations outside the Auckland/Northland region; and
? permits inter-prison escorts between Northland Region Corrections Facility and other prisons in the Auckland region, from a date to be notified.
Secondly, on 26 April 2007, the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections and Chubb New Zealand Limited entered into Variation (No.3) to the Agreement for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Courtroom Custodial Services in the Auckland/Northland Region, being a security contract.
Variation (No.3) was effective from 26 April 2007.
In summary, Variation (No.3):
? ensures the separation of youths under the age of 18 from all other prisoners during prisoner escorts;
? amends the agreement to clearly state the obligations of all parties involved in the provisions of the services;
? increases the annual price payable, to reflect the cost impacts of increasing tasking volumes; and
? increases the contract number of tasking volumes annually from 1 July 2006.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of May 2007.
DAMIEN PETER O’CONNOR, Minister of Corrections.