OFFICIAL VISITOR ACT 2012
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
- 6 Who is an official visitor?
- 7 What is an operational Act?
- 8 Who is an entitled person?
- 9 What is a visitable place?
- 9A Authorisation to visit places
PART 3--APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL VISITORS
- 10 Appointment
- 11 Conditions of appointment
- 12 Ending appointment
- 13 Handover of records by official visitors
PART 4--FUNCTIONS OF OFFICIAL VISITORS
- 14 Official visitor functions
- 14A Independence of official visitors
- 15 Official visitor may enter visitable place etc
- 16 Official visitor must report non-compliant visitable places
- 17 Reporting of complaints
- 18 Assistance to official visitors
- 19 Offences—failure to provide assistance etc
PART 5--VISITS AND COMPLAINTS
- 20 Operating entity must let entitled people know about official
- 21 Requests to meet official visitor
- 22 Complaints to official visitors
PART 5A--OFFICIAL VISITORS BOARD
- 23A Establishment of official visitors board
- 23B Membership of official visitors board
- 23C Official visitors board functions
- 23D Official visitors board procedure
- 23DA Board annual report
PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS
- 23DB Register of visitable places
- 23E Voting at meetings
- 23F Minister may make guidelines
- 24 Protection of officials from liability
- 25 Offences—use or divulge protected information
- 26 Approved forms
- 27 Regulation-making power DICTIONARY ENDNOTES