Page 3196 - Week 08 - Thursday, 16 August 2018
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Justice and Community Safety (JACS)
Community Rooms at the following ACT Emergency Services (ESA) facilities are available to be used by community groups and not-for-profit organisations outside of normal business hours:
• South Tuggeranong Fire and Rescue Station
• West Belconnen Co-Located Facility (ACT Fire and Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service)
• Belconnen Co-Located Facility (ACT Fire and Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service)
Community groups will need to book the room with the respective facility Station Officer on the following numbers:
• South Tuggeranong Fire and Rescue Station: 6207 8580
• West Belconnen Co-Located Facility: 6207 8560
• Belconnen Co-Located Facility: 6207 8540
The ACT Courts and Tribunal (ACTC&T) make courtrooms and hearing rooms available to community and non-government organisations, usually for moot courts or educational purposes.
The Human Rights Commission has allowed Community Groups to use office space, however this is during normal office hours.
ACT Corrective Services (ACTCS) does not make its facilities available outside of normal working hours. ACTCS has a Memorandum of Understanding in place with Karralika Programs Inc. for space to use as interview room services and to provide other services to offenders serving community based orders.
(a) Groups that use the Community Rooms at ESA facilities are required to leave the rooms in the condition that they were found in (for example: clean and in good order).
(b) The use of ACTC&T courtrooms or hearing rooms must be approved by the relevant head of jurisdiction.
The Community Rooms at ESA facilities can be utilised by members of the public and community organisations for free.
The hire cost for ACTC&T courtroom and or hearing room is around $83 per hour ($664 per day) plus the actual costs of security/sheriffs (which under the relevant contract or industrial agreement must be for a minimum of three to four hours depending on the services to be provided).
The Human Rights Commission has allowed community groups to use space for free.
Cultural Facilities Corporation (CFC)
CMAG meeting rooms are made available to members of the public or community organisations outside of working hours on a venue hire basis.
(a) A staffing fee is applied after hours for security and workplace health and safety requirements.
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