30AVisits to national security interest detainees

30A Visits to national security interest detainees

30A Visits to national security interest detainees

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) The Secretary may revoke an approval of a person as a visitor to a national security interest detainee at any time.

(6) 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.

cl 30A: Ins 2018 (576), Sch 1 [4].