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Corrections Act 2004

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176: Application of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 to contract prisons, security contractors, and security officers

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"Rules for contract prisons and security staff to follow, like government workers, under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990"

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When you are in a contract prison, the staff who work there are like government workers. They have to follow the same rules as government workers, especially when it comes to the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. This means that what they do is treated like it's been done by the government.

If security contractors or their security officers are taking people to court or guarding them in court, they are also like government workers. They have to follow the same rules as government workers, especially when it comes to the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. This means that what they do is treated like it's been done by the government.

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

"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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177: Application of Public Works Act 1981, or

"How the Public Works Act applies to prisons and community work centres"

Part 2Corrections system
Miscellaneous: Application of other Acts

176Application of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 to contract prisons, security contractors, and security officers

  1. For the purposes of section 3 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, acts done by staff members of a contract prison are to be treated as acts done by the executive branch of the Government of New Zealand.

  2. In relation to the carrying out of escort duties and courtroom custodial duties under this Act, acts done by security contractors, or security officers employed by security contractors, are to be treated, for the purposes of section 3 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, as acts done by the executive branch of the Government of New Zealand.

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  • 1954 No 51 s 41E