New Zealand Legislation: Acts

20 Subcommittee may conduct interviews

• (1) Every person must permit the Subcommittee to interview, without witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter,—

  • (a) any person in a place of detention:

  • (b) any other person who the Subcommittee believes may be able to provide relevant information.

  (2) No person or agency who has provided information in good faith to the Subcommittee may, in respect of the provision of that information, be subject to any—

  • (a) criminal liability:

  • (b) civil liability:

  • (c) disciplinary process:

  • (d) change in detention conditions:

  • (e) other disadvantage or prejudice of any kind.

  (3) Subsection (2) applies regardless of whether the information provided to the Subcommittee was true.

  (4) If requested by the Subcommittee, the person in charge of a place of detention must provide a safe and secure environment for the Subcommittee to conduct an interview with any detainee who is considered likely to behave in a manner that is—

  • (a) offensive, threatening, abusive, or intimidating to any person; or

  • (b) threatening or disruptive to the security and order of the place of detention.

  Section 20: added, on 5 December 2006, by section 7 of the Crimes of Torture Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 68).