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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 - Inspections and complaints into alleged breaches of rights

78: Visits by inspectors

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"Inspectors can visit your home to check on you, and they might come at any time."

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If you are in a residence that is being checked, an inspector will come to visit you at your home regularly. The inspector must visit your home at least twice a year, but they might come more often if the chief executive tells them to. You might not always know when the inspector is coming to visit.

The inspector can decide to visit your home as many times as they want, and they do not have to tell you beforehand. They can come to your home at any time and stay for as long as they think is necessary. This is part of the rules for people who are being checked under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, which you can find more information about on the legislation website.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Inspections and complaints into alleged breaches of rights

78Visits by inspectors

  1. An inspector must visit each residence for which he or she is responsible at regular intervals in each year.

  2. Each residence must be visited, under subsection (1), at least twice a year or on a greater number of occasions that the chief executive directs.

  3. An inspector may, without previous notice, visit a residence as often as the inspector thinks fit.

  4. An inspector may visit a residence at any time and for any length of time that the inspector thinks fit.

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