Advice to the Minister of Mental Health Hon Matt Doocey: December 2023

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• S 9(2)(h) to maintain legal professional privilege.
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• S 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials.