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Inspector-General of Defence Act 2023

Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance - Additional protections for investigations and investigation participants

42: Right of response

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"Being Heard Before a Report is Written About You"

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When the Inspector-General writes a report about an investigation, they must tell you beforehand if they plan to say something about you. They have to give you adequate notice of the information they will use to make a comment or finding about you. You also get a chance to respond and be heard.

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Part 4Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance
Additional protections for investigations and investigation participants

42Right of response

  1. The Inspector-General must not, in a report of an investigation, make a comment, finding, or recommendation that affects a person without providing them with—

  2. adequate notice of the material that the Inspector-General proposes to rely on in making the comment, finding, or recommendation; and
    1. an opportunity to be heard.