Requirement to attend and to give document or information
29 Requirement to attend and to give document or information
The ombudsman may by notice given to a person, require the person—
to attend before the ombudsman at a stated reasonable place and time; and
at the stated place and time, to do 1 or more of the following as stated in the notice—
give the ombudsman information of a stated type relevant to the investigation;
answer questions relevant to the investigation the ombudsman reasonably requires to be answered;
give the ombudsman a stated document or other stated thing relevant to the investigation, or a copy of a stated document;
give the ombudsman all documents of a stated type containing information relevant to the investigation, or copies of documents of the stated type.
If the person is a prisoner, the ombudsman may, by notice given to the chief executive (corrective services), direct that chief executive to produce the prisoner named in the notice at a stated time and place.
A direction mentioned in subsection (2) is lawful authority to the chief executive (corrective services) for production of the prisoner as directed.
The chief executive (corrective services) must comply with the direction served on the chief executive.
A prisoner produced under this section remains in the custody of the chief executive (corrective services).
In this section—prisoner means a person in the custody of the chief executive (corrective services).
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