Corrective Services Regulation 2017
sec.17Privileged mail
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sec.17 Privileged mail
For schedule 4 of the Act , definition privileged mail , the following are the persons— the Minister; a member of the Legislative Assembly; the chief executive or a nominee of the chief executive for the purpose of receiving or sending privileged mail; the chief inspector; the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 2001 ; the Commonwealth Ombudsman; the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; the information commissioner and RTI commissioner under the Right to Information Act 2009 and the privacy commissioner under the Information Privacy Act 2009 ; the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth; the commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; The commissioner also has powers under the Human Rights Act 2019 . the president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; the director of public prosecutions under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 ; the principal registrar, a registrar or other administrative staff of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Registry under the QCAT Act ; the public guardian under the Public Guardian Act 2014 ; a person appointed under the Public Guardian Act 2014 as a community visitor (child); a person appointed under the Public Guardian Act 2014 as a child advocacy officer; a member of a Royal Commission or another commission of inquiry; a registrar or clerk of a court; an officer of the Parole Board Queensland Secretariat; an officer of a law enforcement agency; an official visitor; a prisoner’s lawyer; the chief executive officer of the National Disability Insurance Agency; the commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) ; the inspector of detention services; an officer of the Commonwealth department in which the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) is administered. A prisoner must, if practicable, send privileged mail in a blue envelope to help in identifying it as privileged mail. A corrective services officer must give a prisoner a blue envelope on request. In this section— National Disability Insurance Agency means the Agency under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . s 17 amd 2019 Act No. 5 s 131 ; 2021 SL No. 97 s 3 ; 2023 SL No. 28 s 8 ; 2024 SL No. 72 s 3 (sec.17-ssec.1) For schedule 4 of the Act , definition privileged mail , the following are the persons— the Minister; a member of the Legislative Assembly; the chief executive or a nominee of the chief executive for the purpose of receiving or sending privileged mail; the chief inspector; the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 2001 ; the Commonwealth Ombudsman; the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; the information commissioner and RTI commissioner under the Right to Information Act 2009 and the privacy commissioner under the Information Privacy Act 2009 ; the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth; the commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; The commissioner also has powers under the Human Rights Act 2019 . the president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; the director of public prosecutions under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 ; the principal registrar, a registrar or other administrative staff of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Registry under the QCAT Act ; the public guardian under the Public Guardian Act 2014 ; a person appointed under the Public Guardian Act 2014 as a community visitor (child); a person appointed under the Public Guardian Act 2014 as a child advocacy officer; a member of a Royal Commission or another commission of inquiry; a registrar or clerk of a court; an officer of the Parole Board Queensland Secretariat; an officer of a law enforcement agency; an official visitor; a prisoner’s lawyer; the chief executive officer of the National Disability Insurance Agency; the commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) ; the inspector of detention services; an officer of the Commonwealth department in which the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 (Cwlth) is administered. (sec.17-ssec.2) A prisoner must, if practicable, send privileged mail in a blue envelope to help in identifying it as privileged mail. (sec.17-ssec.3) A corrective services officer must give a prisoner a blue envelope on request. (sec.17-ssec.4) In this section— National Disability Insurance Agency means the Agency under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) .