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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Application of other Acts

175: Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975 and Official Information Act 1982 to contract prisons, security contractors, and security officers

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"Contract prisons and some security workers must follow the same rules as the government department for certain laws, like the [Ombudsmen Act 1975](https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM430983) and the [Official Information Act 1982](https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM64784)."

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When you are looking at contract prisons, they are treated as part of the department for the purposes of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 and the Official Information Act 1982. You should think of them as being connected to the department when these Acts are applied. This means they follow the same rules as the department.

When security contractors and their security officers are doing certain jobs, like escort duties and courtroom custodial duties, you treat them as employees of the department. This is for the purposes of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 and the Official Information Act 1982. They have to follow the same rules as the department's employees when doing these jobs.

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Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Application of other Acts

175Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975 and Official Information Act 1982 to contract prisons, security contractors, and security officers

  1. For the purposes of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 and the Official Information Act 1982, every contract prison is to be treated as part of the department.

  2. In relation to the carrying out of escort duties and courtroom custodial duties under this Act, every security contractor, and every security officer employed by a security contractor, is to be treated, for the purposes of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 and the Official Information Act 1982, as an employee of the department.

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  • 1954 No 51 s 41C