18Recommendations and advice

18 Recommendations and advice

(1)  A Tasmanian national preventive mechanism may make such recommendations or provide such advice, with respect to an inspection carried out under section 13 , to a relevant authority as he or she considers necessary or appropriate.

(2)  A relevant authority is to enter into dialogue with the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism regarding the steps to be taken to enable effect to be given to a recommendation made, or advice provided, under subsection (1) .

(3)  If a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism makes a recommendation or provides advice under subsection (1) to a relevant authority, he or she may request the relevant authority to notify him or her, within a specified time, of –

(a) the steps that have been, or are proposed to be, taken to give effect to the recommendation or advice; or

(b) if no such steps have been or are proposed to be taken, the reasons why they have not been taken or, as the case may be, are not proposed to be taken.

(4)  Where it appears to the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism that no appropriate steps have been taken within a reasonable time, he or she may, after considering any comments made by or on behalf of the relevant authority to whom the recommendation was made or advice was provided, send to the Premier and a responsible Minister a copy of that recommendation or advice together with a copy of any such comments.