Western Australian Current Acts

HIGH RISK SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2020 - SECT 52

52 .         Order permitting publication of offender’s photograph

        (1)         A magistrate issuing a warrant under section 51(3) may order that, until the offender is arrested or appears before the Supreme Court, a photograph of the offender may be published under the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 section 85G.

        (2)         Subsection (1) applies despite —

            (a)         any condition of a supervision order referred to in section 30(6)(b); or

            (b)         any other order of a court which would prohibit the publication of a photograph of the offender.

        (3)         A magistrate must not make an order under subsection (1) unless the magistrate considers it necessary in the interests of justice and for the adequate protection of the community.