Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts This Act is to be
construed as enabling —
(a)
office holders and courts of the State and other persons to exercise powers
they have under the law of the State within the geographical area of another
participating jurisdiction; and
(b)
office holders and courts of another participating jurisdiction and other
persons to exercise powers they have under the law of that other jurisdiction
within the geographical area of the State.
Note for this Division:
A person who has a
connection with a cross-border region may be (but is not required to be) dealt
with under the State’s cross-border laws. In deciding whether or not to
deal with the person under the State’s cross-border laws, an office
holder or prescribed court of the State will have regard to what best
facilitates the administration of justice in the region. For example, if an
offence is alleged to have been committed in the cross-border region where the
alleged offender and the witnesses to the alleged offence ordinarily reside,
the administration of justice in that region is likely to be facilitated if
the alleged offender is dealt with under the State’s cross-border laws.
The administration of justice is not likely to be facilitated in a
cross-border region if the alleged offender is arrested in the region but the
offence is alleged to have been committed in, and the alleged offender and the
witnesses to the alleged offence ordinarily reside in, Perth.