Corrections Management Act 2007
15Exclusions from notified corrections policies and
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15 Exclusions from notified corrections policies and operating procedures (1) The director-general may exclude from a corrections policy or operating procedure notified or available for inspection in accordance with section 14 any matter that the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, would be likely to disclose— (a) information that may endanger public safety or undermine justice, security or good order at a correctional centre; or (b) anything prescribed by regulation. (2) If subsection (1) applies to a corrections policy or operating procedure— (a) the policy or procedure must contain a statement about the effect of this section; and (b) the excluded matter must be available for inspection, on request, by any of the following: (i) a judge or magistrate; (ii) a member of the Legislative Assembly; (iii) an official visitor; (iv) the custodial inspector; (v) the human rights commissioner; (vi) the public advocate; (vii) the ombudsman; (viii) the integrity commissioner; (ix) anyone else prescribed by regulation. Note Territory laws apply to a delegate of a person in the exercise of a delegation as if the delegate were the person who appointed the delegate (see Legislation Act, s 239 (2)).