Part 2Corrections system
Monitoring, collecting, using, and disclosing prisoner communications and information sources for intelligence purpose: Disposal of records collected under this subpart
127RDisposal of record held by department delayed pending resolution of complaint
This section applies to a record that was obtained from the collection of prisoner communications and information sources under this subpart and is held by the department.
If the Privacy Commissioner has notified the chief executive in writing that a complaint has been made under the Privacy Act 2020 in relation to a record described in subsection (1), the record must not be disposed of until the Privacy Commissioner has notified the chief executive in writing that the complaint—
- has not been proceeded with; or
- has been finally disposed of.
If an Ombudsman has notified the chief executive in writing that a complaint has been made under the Ombudsmen Act 1975 or the Official Information Act 1982 in relation to a record described in subsection (1), the record must not be disposed of until the Ombudsman has notified the chief executive in writing that the complaint—
- has not been proceeded with; or
- has been finally disposed of.
In this section and section 127S, record has the meaning given in section 4 of the Public Records Act 2005.
Notes
- Section 127R: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 41).