50Contact with accredited people

50 Contact with accredited people (1) The director-general must ensure that a detainee has adequate opportunities for contact with an accredited person, whether by telephone or mail or by a visit by an accredited person. Note Accredited person is defined in the dictionary. (2) For chapter 10 (Discipline), subsection (1) is taken to provide an entitlement for each detainee in relation to contact with an accredited person.

(3) However, the director-general may give directions denying or limiting a detainee’s contact with an accredited person if the director-general suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the contact may— (b) circumvent any process for investigating complaints or reviewing decisions under this Act. (4) Also, this section is subject to section 143 (Visiting conditions).