Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2016

The custody manager for a detained person or protected suspect who is a vulnerable person is to inform any support person for the detained person or protected suspect that the support person is not restricted to acting merely as an observer during an interview of the detained person or protected suspect and may, among other things—

assist and support the detained person or protected suspect, and

observe whether or not the interview is being conducted properly and fairly, and

identify communication problems with the detained person or protected suspect.

The custody manager is to give a copy of the summary referred to in section 122(1)(b) of the Act, to—

the support person, and

any interpreter for the detained person or protected suspect who attends in person at the place of detention.

If the support person or the detained person’s or protected suspect’s legal representative is present during an interview of the detained person or protected suspect, the support person or legal representative is to be given an opportunity to read and sign any written interview record.

Any refusal by the support person or legal practitioner to sign a written interview record when given the opportunity to do so must itself be recorded.