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CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 192

Confidentiality of board information

    (1)     The board must ensure, as far as practicable, that board information given to an offender does not contain any of the following details about any victim of the offender:

        (a)     the victim's home or business address;

        (b)     any email address for the victim;

        (c)     any contact phone or fax number for the victim.

    (2)     The board must ensure, as far as practicable, that board information is not given to a person if a judicial member of the board considers there is a substantial risk that giving it to the person would—

        (a)     adversely affect the security or good order and discipline of a correctional centre or a NSW correctional centre; or

        (b)     jeopardise the conduct of a lawful investigation; or

        (c)     endanger the person or anyone else; or

        (d)     otherwise prejudice the public interest.

    (3)     In this section:

"board information"—

        (a)     means information disclosed to, or obtained by, the board in the exercise of its functions; and

        (b)     includes—

              (i)     information disclosed or obtained orally or in writing; and

              (ii)     a document, or part of a document, under the control of the board.

"give", information to a person, includes make the contents of a document known to the person.

Examples

              •     read the document to the person

              •     show the document to the person



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