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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters - Matters relating to management or administration - Review panel

122: Establishment and constitution of review panel

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"How a special group is chosen to help keep you and the community safe"

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A review panel is set up to help keep the public safe. You are part of the community that the review panel is trying to protect. The Minister of Justice chooses six people to be on the review panel and tells them in writing.

The Minister of Justice picks one of the members to be in charge, called the chairperson, and another member to be the deputy chairperson. The chairperson or deputy chairperson must have been a High Court Judge or a District Court Judge. The Minister of Justice must think that the people they choose have the right experience and skills to figure out if someone might be a risk to public safety.

The review panel must have at least two members who are health assessors and at least four members who have worked with the New Zealand Parole Board.

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Part 2Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters
Matters relating to management or administration: Review panel

122Establishment and constitution of review panel

  1. A review panel is established.

  2. The review panel consists of 6 members appointed by the Minister of Justice by written notice.

  3. The Minister of Justice must nominate 1 member of the review panel as its chairperson and another member of the review panel as its deputy chairperson, and a member so nominated must hold, or have held, office as a High Court Judge or as a District Court Judge.

  4. Before the Minister of Justice appoints a person as a member, the Minister of Justice must be satisfied that the person has experience and expertise in assessing the potential for individuals to pose a high risk to public safety.

  5. The review panel must include—

  6. at least 2 members who are health assessors; and
    1. at least 4 members who have experience in the operation of the New Zealand Parole Board.