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Inspector-General of Defence Act 2023

Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance - Additional powers in investigations

29: Inspector-General may require provision of information, document, or other thing

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"The Inspector-General can ask you for information or things to help with an investigation"

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You have to give the Inspector-General any information, documents, or things they ask for if you have them. The Inspector-General can ask for these things if they think they might be relevant to an investigation. You have to provide them even if they might not be allowed in court. You might get asked for these things if you work for the Defence Force or if you are someone else. The Inspector-General can ask anyone for information, documents, or things, unless you are a court or a tribunal doing your judicial job. There are some exceptions, like court information, which is explained in section 236 of the District Court Act 2016 and section 173 of the Senior Courts Act 2016. If the Inspector-General asks you for something, you have to give it to them if you have it and it might be relevant to their investigation. This helps the Inspector-General do their job properly. You must provide the information, documents, or things even if you do not work for the Defence Force.

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Part 4Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance
Additional powers in investigations

29Inspector-General may require provision of information, document, or other thing

  1. A person must, on request, provide the Inspector-General with any information, document, or other thing that is in the person’s possession or control and that the Inspector-General considers may be relevant to an investigation.

  2. This section applies—

  3. to a person working for the Defence Force or (subject to subsection (3)) to any other person:
    1. whether or not the information, document, or other thing would be admissible in a court of law.

      1. However, this section does not apply to—

      2. any court information or judicial information, as those terms are used in section 236 of the District Court Act 2016 and section 173 of the Senior Courts Act 2016; or
        1. any information, document, or other thing in the possession or control of a court, or of a tribunal in relation to its judicial functions.