Visits to national security interest detainees
30A Visits to national security interest detainees
A person may visit a national security interest detainee only if the person has been approved by the Secretary as a visitor to that detainee.
The Secretary may require a visitor to undergo a criminal record check before approving the person as a visitor to a national security interest detainee.
The Secretary is to ensure that any criminal record check of a visitor to a national security interest detainee is carried out as quickly as is practicable.
The Secretary may refuse to approve a person as a visitor to a national security interest detainee on the basis of a criminal record check or national security concerns.
Note.
The Secretary may also ban a person from visiting a particular detention centre or detention centres generally or from visiting a particular detainee or detainees generally under clause 37.
The Secretary may revoke an approval of a person as a visitor to a national security interest detainee at any time.
This clause does not apply to a visit to a national security interest detainee by an exempt person or an officer of an exempt body.
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