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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
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211 Record of board hearings
(1) The director-general must ensure that a sound or audiovisual record
is made of each hearing for an inquiry in relation to an offender.
(2) Subject to section 192 (Confidentiality of board information), the
board must ensure that a copy of the record is available for access by
an eligible person.
Example of available for access
providing for the person to be given, or to be able to buy, a copy of the record or a
transcript made from the record
eligible person means—
(a) the director-general; or
(b) the director of public prosecutions; or
(c) the offender; or
(d) a lawyer representing the offender; or
(e) someone else representing the offender with the board’s
consent.
Note For the admissibility of a record of a proceeding, see the Evidence
Act 2011, s 157.