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34. (1) The director,
 (a)
 with the prior approval of the minister, may delegate in writing any of the director's powers and duties to an employee of the office,
 (b)
 must maintain a program of periodic inspection by the office of all correctional centres established under sections 8 to 24, youth custody centres and other facilities established under this Act,
 (c)
 must investigate any matter respecting the administration of this Act on the written request of the minister or on the director's own motion,
 (d)
 must investigate complaints about the administration of this Act as it affects the complainant, on receiving a written complaint from
 
 (i)
 an inmate,
 
 (ii)
 a young person who has been held in a youth custody centre,
 
 (iii)
 a person on probation under this Act or on parole under the Parole Act, or
 
 (iv)
 a parent or guardian of a youth described in subparagraph (ii) or (iii),
 (e)
 must report his or her findings under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) in writing to the minister,
 (f)
 has, for the purpose of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), all the powers, privileges and protections of a commissioner under sections 12, 15 and 16 of the Inquiry Act, and
 (g)
 is entitled to access at any time to
 
 (i)
 a part of a centre or facility described in paragraph (b), and to a person held there,
 
 (ii)
 a person appointed or approved as described in section 3 or 4, and
 
 (iii)
 a file or document under the custody and control of the ministry or of a person appointed or approved as described in section 3 or 4.
    (2) An employee to whom a power or duty is delegated under subsection (1) (a) may not delegate that power or duty to another person.
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