Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
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facility means a residential facility or a secure
care facility.
(2) The CEO may, in
writing, appoint a person to be an assessor if the CEO is satisfied that the
person has the experience, skills, attributes or qualifications the CEO
considers appropriate to enable the person to effectively exercise the powers
in subsection (3).
(3A) An officer is not
eligible for appointment under subsection (2).
(3B) An assessor is to
be paid such remuneration and allowances (if any) as the CEO, on the
recommendation of the Public Service Commissioner, determines.
(3) An assessor may,
at any time, visit a facility and do one or more of the following —
(a)
enter and inspect the facility;
(b)
inquire into the operation and management of the facility;
(c)
inquire into the wellbeing of any child in the facility;
(d) see
and talk with any child in the facility;
(e)
inspect any document relating to the facility or to any child in the facility.
(4A) A child in a
facility, or a parent or other member of the child’s family, may request
the person in charge of the facility to arrange for an assessor to visit the
facility and see and talk with the child.
(4) An assessor must
provide a written report to the CEO about each visit made by the assessor
under this section.
[Section 125A inserted: No. 49 of 2010 s. 17;
amended: No. 17 of 2014 s. 18; No. 18 of 2021 s. 55.]