Remuneration and Disposal of Goods Produced

No remuneration or reward

Offenders must not accept any reward of money or gift(s) for work on a project. Offenders are informed of this at induction.

At the establishment of the project, the probation officer or community work supervisor should make clear to the project sponsor that neither the project sponsor nor their staff should offer any such reward.

Legislative reference: Section 71(1)(e), Sentencing Act 2002.

No labour for staff

The labour of the offender must not result in any benefit:

• personally to any community probation service staff member, or
• to any vehicle or other property of any community probation service staff member.

Disposal of goods produced

If the work project results in the production of goods or materials, rules and guidelines apply to their disposal in the following areas:

• the project sponsor responsibility for the disposal of goods
• removal of materials to the CWC, and
• removal of goods from the CWC or worksite.

Details of the rules and guidelines are given below.

Project sponsor responsibility

Community work staff members must not be involved in the disposal of goods or materials produced in the course of a work project. The project sponsor is responsible for arranging this.

Goods produced in the course of a project are considered to be the property of the project sponsor.

Goods may be donated, given away or sold.

Exception: Goods may not be sold to the project sponsor for profit

Removal of materials

If it is inappropriate that work be completed at the worksite, materials such as timber, firewood, construction materials, etc. may be removed to the CWC. When work is completed, the goods are prepared for distribution as per the work project agreement by the:

• project sponsor
• a service organisation arranged by the project sponsor, or
• the CWC.

If materials left over at the worksite are not wanted by the project sponsor and can be used for other work projects, they can be removed to the CWC once written acknowledgment is received from the project sponsor.

Removal of goods

The rules given in the table below apply to the removal of goods from either CWCs or worksites.