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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Management of residents - Telephone calls may be monitored

50: Interpretation

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"What special words mean in the Public Safety Act"

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When you read sections 50 to 61 of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, you need to know what some words mean. You will see words like "completely erased" which means something is erased so it cannot be retrieved. A "contracted provider" is someone who helps the chief executive with telephone monitoring.

You will also see the word "device" which includes things like answering machines, computers, and telephones. When you "disclose a resident call" it means you share what was said in the call, or let someone listen to a recording of it. An "eligible employee" is someone who works for the chief executive, a contractor, or a contracted provider.

Some calls are "exempt" which means they do not have to follow the same rules, this is explained in section 53. "Information" can be digital data and "monitor" means to listen to, record, or take notes from a call. A "recording" of a call can be a copy, printout, or transcript of the call.

A "resident call" is a call made while someone is in their residence, and a "telephone call" is a call made between devices using a telephone system. A "telephone system" includes a telephone network and "translate" means to decode or decrypt something. You can find more information about this in sections 51 to 61.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Management of residents: Telephone calls may be monitored

50Interpretation

  1. In this section and in sections 51 to 61, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    completely erased means erased so that it is not retrievable

      contracted provider means a person engaged by the chief executive to provide services in connection with telephone monitoring

        device, in relation to a telephone call, includes any answering machine, computer, fax, printer, tape recorder, or telephone

          disclose a resident call means to disclose the substance, meaning, or purport of a resident call, or of any part of it; and includes—

          1. to allow any person to listen to or read a recording of a resident call; and
            1. to give or lend to any person a recording of a resident call

              eligible employee means a person who is an employee of the chief executive, an employee of a contractor, an employee of a contracted provider, or a contracted provider

                exempt call means a resident call to which section 53 applies

                  information includes data in digital form

                    monitor means to do any or all of the following:

                    1. listen to, record, and take notes from:
                      1. listen to, read, and take notes from a recording of

                        recording, in relation to a resident call, means any means by which all or any part of the call has been captured; and includes—

                        1. a copy or printout of such a means:
                          1. a transcript, written translation, or written translation of a transcript, of the call:
                            1. a copy of a recording of a transcript, written translation, or written translation of a transcript, of the call

                              resident call—

                              1. means any information transmitted by means of a telephone call to which a resident is a party that is conducted while the resident is in the residence; and
                                1. includes part of a resident call

                                  telephone call means a call made, using any part or parts of 1 or more telephone systems, between a device and any other device or devices

                                    telephone system includes a telephone network

                                      translate includes to decode and decrypt; and translation has a corresponding meaning.

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