Children’s Commissioner Act 2022

Inquiries and other matters - Provisions relating to inquiries by Commissioner

28: Compliance with section 27

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"Following instructions in a section 27 notice without being charged"

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If you get a notice under section 27, you must do what the notice says without being charged. You have to do it in the way the notice says and within the time frame it gives, which is at least 20 working days after you get the notice. You can find more information about this in the section 27 notice. If the notice asks for information or documents that you would not have to share in court, you do not have to provide them.

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27: Special powers to call for information or documents, or

"The Commissioner can ask for information or documents to help with an inquiry."

29: Commissioner and staff must maintain secrecy, or

"Commissioner and staff must keep people's secrets to protect their privacy."

Part 3Inquiries and other matters
Provisions relating to inquiries by Commissioner

28Compliance with section 27

A person to whom a notice under section 27 is given must, without charge, comply with the requirement stated in the notice in the manner and within a period (being not less than 20 working days after the notice is given to the person) specified in the notice.
Subsection (1) does not require a person to provide any information or produce any document that would be privileged in a court of law.

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2003 No 121 s 21(1), (2)