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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984
sec.21AGuidelines for dealing with suitability information
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### sec.21A Guidelines for dealing with suitability information
The chief executive must make guidelines, consistent with this Act, for dealing with information obtained by the chief executive under section 21 .
The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure—
natural justice is afforded to a person about whom the information is obtained; and
only relevant information is used in making decisions about a person’s membership of a community justice group ( membership decisions ); and
membership decisions, based on the information, are made consistently.
The chief executive must give a copy of the guidelines to a person on request.
s 21A ins 2007 No. 59 s 21
(sec.21A-ssec.1) The chief executive must make guidelines, consistent with this Act, for dealing with information obtained by the chief executive under section 21 .
(sec.21A-ssec.2) The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure— natural justice is afforded to a person about whom the information is obtained; and only relevant information is used in making decisions about a person’s membership of a community justice group ( membership decisions ); and membership decisions, based on the information, are made consistently.
(sec.21A-ssec.3) The chief executive must give a copy of the guidelines to a person on request.
- (a) natural justice is afforded to a person about whom the information is obtained; and
- (b) only relevant information is used in making decisions about a person’s membership of a community justice group ( membership decisions ); and
- (c) membership decisions, based on the information, are made consistently.