Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022
sec.38Consulting with or engaging professionals and others
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sec.38 Consulting with or engaging professionals and others
To help the inspector perform the inspector’s functions, the inspector may consult with or engage— a person who has professional skills or expertise the inspector considers appropriate; or a lawyer a medical practitioner a person who has professional experience of working with vulnerable persons, including, for example, children a person who has other skills or experience the inspector considers appropriate. a person who has experience of the effects of detention as a former detainee, or as a family member or close friend of a former detainee, and whom the inspector considers can use that experience to— communicate appropriately and effectively with detainees; and give the inspector insight into the effects of detention on detainees and their communities (sec.38-ssec) To help the inspector perform the inspector’s functions, the inspector may consult with or engage— a person who has professional skills or expertise the inspector considers appropriate; or a lawyer a medical practitioner a person who has professional experience of working with vulnerable persons, including, for example, children a person who has other skills or experience the inspector considers appropriate. a person who has experience of the effects of detention as a former detainee, or as a family member or close friend of a former detainee, and whom the inspector considers can use that experience to— communicate appropriately and effectively with detainees; and give the inspector insight into the effects of detention on detainees and their communities
- (a) a person who has professional skills or expertise the inspector considers appropriate; or Examples of a person for paragraph (a) — • a lawyer • a medical practitioner • a person who has professional experience of working with vulnerable persons, including, for example, children
- • a lawyer
- • a medical practitioner
- • a person who has professional experience of working with vulnerable persons, including, for example, children
- (b) a person who has other skills or experience the inspector considers appropriate. Example of a person for paragraph (b) — a person who has experience of the effects of detention as a former detainee, or as a family member or close friend of a former detainee, and whom the inspector considers can use that experience to— (a) communicate appropriately and effectively with detainees; and (b) give the inspector insight into the effects of detention on detainees and their communities
- (a) communicate appropriately and effectively with detainees; and
- (b) give the inspector insight into the effects of detention on detainees and their communities
- • a lawyer
- • a medical practitioner