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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

56: Authorised disclosure of information

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"When you can share information from a resident call to keep people safe or for other important reasons"

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If you are an authorised person, you can share a resident call for a reason listed in section 51. You can also share a resident call if you think it is necessary to stop something bad from happening, like a crime. This can include sharing the call to prevent or investigate a crime, or to keep someone safe.

You can share a resident call with a court or tribunal if it is needed for a case. You can also share a call if it is necessary to prevent a serious threat to public health or safety. The Privacy Commissioner can also allow you to share a resident call under section 30 of the Privacy Act 2020.

You can share a resident call with the person who made the call. If you are listening to a resident call, you can let someone else listen to it to help interpret it. You can also let someone listen to a recording of a resident call to write down what was said or translate it. You can even let someone read a transcript of a resident call to translate it.

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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

56Authorised disclosure of information

  1. An authorised person may disclose a resident call for a purpose set out in section 51 as a purpose of monitoring resident calls.

  2. An authorised person may disclose a resident call if the authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that the disclosure—

  3. is necessary to avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law by a public sector agency (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 2020), including the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of offences; or
    1. is necessary for the conduct of proceedings (already commenced or reasonably in contemplation) before a court or tribunal; or
      1. is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to public health, public safety, or the life or health of any person; or
        1. has been authorised by the Privacy Commissioner under section 30 of the Privacy Act 2020.

          1. An authorised person may disclose a resident call to the resident concerned.

          2. An authorised person who is listening to a resident call may allow any eligible employee to listen to the call for the purpose of interpreting it.

          3. An authorised person may allow any eligible employee to listen to a recording of a resident for the purpose of providing a transcript, a written translation, or both.

          4. An authorised person may allow any eligible employee to read a transcript of a resident call for the purpose of providing a written translation.

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          Notes
          • Section 56(2)(a): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).
          • Section 56(2)(d): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).