Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2018

In this part:

Commonwealth Ombudsman means the person appointed under the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cwlth), section 21.

custodial inspector means the custodial inspector appointed under the Custodial Inspector Act 2017, section 9.

investigative entity means an entity with power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions including, for example, the chief police officer, the human rights commission, the ombudsman, the custodial inspector and the integrity commissioner.

NPM coordinator means the Commonwealth Ombudsman or another entity on which the function of the National Preventive Mechanism Coordinator is conferred from time to time.

Note See the Ombudsman Regulations 2017 (Cwlth), s 17 (1).

staff of the NPM means—

any public servant or person mentioned in section 8G; and

any consultants and contractors engaged under section 8H.

Division 1A.2 Establishment and functions of NPM