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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

57: Restrictions on disclosure of information

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"Keeping resident calls private: what you can and can't share"

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If you are an authorised person, you must not tell others about a resident call unless it is allowed under section 56 or the Privacy Act 2020. You must also not let others listen to the call, except under section 56.

If you are an eligible employee who has listened to a resident call, you must not tell others about it, except to an authorised person.

If you have heard a resident call under section 56(2), you must not tell others about it, except to an authorised person.

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Management of residents: Telephone calls may be monitored

57Restrictions on disclosure of information

  1. An authorised person must not knowingly disclose a resident call otherwise than under section 56 or in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.

  2. An authorised person who is listening to a resident call must not knowingly allow any other person to listen to it, except under section 56.

  3. An eligible employee (other than an authorised person) who, under section 56, has been allowed to listen to a resident call or a recording of a resident call, or to read a transcript of a resident call, must not knowingly disclose the call except to an authorised person.

  4. A person who, under section 56(2), has heard a resident call or a recording of a resident call, or read a transcript of a resident call, must not knowingly disclose the call except to an authorised person.

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  • Section 57(1): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).