Part 4Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance
Additional protections for investigations and investigation participants
43Return, disposal, or retention of material after investigation
Subsection (2) applies to any document or other thing provided to the Inspector-General for the purposes of an investigation.
On completion of the investigation, the Inspector-General must—
- return the document or other thing to the person who provided it; or
- if the document or other thing is a copy of a document or other thing held by the person who provided it, return it to the person or dispose of it in accordance with secure disposal procedures.
All other information, documents, and other things held by the Inspector-General and relating to the investigation must, subject to the requirements of the Public Records Act 2005, be—
- kept secure by the Inspector-General in accordance with protective security requirements; or
- disposed of by the Inspector-General in accordance with secure disposal procedures.