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Serious Offenders Act 2018
151Offender may inspect documents with permission of the Authority
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151 Offender may inspect documents with permission of the Authority
(1) An offender, with the permission of the Authority, may inspect any document that contains any evidence on which the Authority has relied or intends to rely in making a decision to give a direction or instruction to the offender.
(2) The Authority may refuse permission under subsection (1) if the chairperson considers that it is not in the public interest to permit the inspection of the documents, having regard to the nature of the evidence or information that would be disclosed by the inspection.
(3) An offender may not make a copy of any document inspected by the offender under subsection (1) and must return the document to the Authority within the time specified by the Authority.