Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1993
Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1993
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Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1993
Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1993
Public Act |
1993 No 30 |
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Date of assent |
17 May 1993 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Penal Institutions Act 1954
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1993, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Penal Institutions Act 1954.
(2)
This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of July 1993.
2 New heading and section substituted
(1)
The Penal Institutions Act 1954 is hereby amended by repealing section 36f and the heading above that section (as inserted by section 2 of the Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1991), and substituting the following heading and section:
“Disclosure of Inmate Information to Department of Social Welfare
“36f Inmate information may be disclosed to Department of Social Welfare
“(1)
The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Department of Justice to the Department of Social Welfare for the purpose of enabling the Director-General of Social Welfare to exercise, in respect of any inmate, the power conferred by section 76 of the Social Security Act 1964 (which provides for the withdrawal of a benefit during detention in a penal institution).
“(2)
For the purpose of this section, the Director-General of Social Welfare may, from time to time, in accordance with arrangements made from time to time between the Secretary for Justice and the Director-General, request the Secretary for Justice to supply the information specified in subsection (4) of this section in respect of inmates who are received in any institution during such period as is specified in the request.
“(3)
Every request made under subsection (2) of this section shall be in writing.
“(4)
The information referred to in subsection (2) of this section is as follows:
“(a)
Such biographical information as is sufficient to identify the inmate:
“(b)
The name of the institution in which the inmate is or was detained:
“(c)
The date on which the inmate was received in the institution.
“(5)
On receipt of a request made under subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary for Justice may supply the information requested to any officer or employee of the Department of Social Welfare who is authorised in that behalf by the Director-General of Social Welfare.”
(2)
The Penal Institutions Amendment Act 1991 is hereby consequentially repealed.
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.
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