Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022

A person is authorised to disclose to the inspector any information that is relevant to the inspector performing a function under this Act.

Without limiting subsection (1)—

an informed person within the meaning of the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 341(1), including, for example, an official visitor, may disclose confidential information within the meaning of section 341 of that Act to the inspector; and

a person mentioned in the Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 10.1 may disclose information mentioned in that section to the inspector; and

a person mentioned in the Youth Justice Act 1992, section 287 may disclose confidential information within the meaning of part 9 of that Act to the inspector; and

a person mentioned in the Public Guardian Act 2014, section 140(2) may disclose confidential information within the meaning of that Act to the inspector.

Also, without limiting subsection (1)—

the inspector may ask a person to whom the Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 5AA.14(1)(a)(i) and (b) applies to disclose relevant information about someone else; and

the person may disclose the relevant information to the inspector.

Note—

See also the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, section 157A, the Mental Health Act 2016, section 785A and the Ombudsman Act 2001, section 91A.

In this section—

relevant information see the Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 1.4.