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Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2016
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26 Inspection of custody record
> > (1) A detained person must be permitted to inspect the custody record for the person on request unless the request is unreasonable or cannot reasonably be complied with.
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> > (2) While the detained person is in police custody, a legal representative of the detained person, a support person for the detained person and a consular official must each be permitted to inspect the custody record for the detained person as soon as practicable after the legal representative, support person or consular official arrives at the place of detention.
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> > (3) After the detained person has been released from police custody, the detained person’s legal representative or any other person authorised by the detained person must be given a copy of the custody record if they give reasonable notice of their request to do so.
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> > Note.
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> > Section 131(5) of the Act also requires a copy of a detained person’s custody record to be given to the person.
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> > (4) Despite subclauses (2) and (3), a support person or consular official may inspect the custody record only with the authorisation of the detained person.