Justice and Other Information Disclosure Act 2008
sec.4What is justice information
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sec.4 What is justice information
Information, about a person in the criminal justice system, is justice information if it is— obtained by a criminal justice agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 5 . Without limiting subsection (1) , justice information includes information about— the details of a court appearance of the person in a justice proceeding; and a court decision made in a justice proceeding; and when the person is released from, or intended to be released from, a criminal justice facility. (sec.4-ssec.1) Information, about a person in the criminal justice system, is justice information if it is— obtained by a criminal justice agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 5 . (sec.4-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , justice information includes information about— the details of a court appearance of the person in a justice proceeding; and a court decision made in a justice proceeding; and when the person is released from, or intended to be released from, a criminal justice facility.
- (a) obtained by a criminal justice agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and
- (b) relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 5 .
- (a) the details of a court appearance of the person in a justice proceeding; and
- (b) a court decision made in a justice proceeding; and
- (c) when the person is released from, or intended to be released from, a criminal justice facility.