Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Bodily restraint
is the physical or mechanical restraint of a person who is being provided with
treatment or care at an authorised hospital.
(2) Physical restraint
is the restraint of a person by the application of bodily force to the
person’s body to restrict the person’s movement.
(3) A person is not
being physically restrained merely because the person is being provided with
the physical support or assistance reasonably necessary —
(a) to
enable the person to carry out daily living activities; or
(b) to
redirect the person because the person is disoriented.
(4) Mechanical
restraint is the restraint of a person by the application of a device (for
example, a belt, harness, manacle, sheet or strap) to a person’s body to
restrict the person’s movement.
(5) Mechanical
restraint does not include either of these forms of restraint —
(a) the
appropriate use of a medical or surgical appliance in the treatment of a
physical illness or injury;
(b) the
appropriate use of furniture that restricts a person’s capacity to get
off the furniture (for example, a bed fitted with cot sides or a chair fitted
with a table across the arms).
(6) Bodily restraint
does not include —
(a)
physical or mechanical restraint by a police officer acting in the course of
duty; or
(b)
physical restraint by a person exercising a power under section 172(2).