Western Australian Current Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 19A

19A .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Division —

        investigable death has the meaning given in subsection (3).

        (2)         If a term is given a meaning in the CCS Act, it has the same meaning in this Division unless the contrary intention appears in this Division.

        (3)         An investigable death occurs if a child dies and any of the following circumstances exists —

            (a)         in the 2 years before the date of the child’s death, the CEO had received information that raised concerns about the wellbeing of the child or a child relative of the child;

            (b)         in the 2 years before the date of the child’s death, the CEO, under section 32(1) of the CCS Act, had determined that action should be taken to safeguard or promote the wellbeing of the child or a child relative of the child;

            (c)         in the 2 years before the date of the child’s death, any of the actions listed in section 32(1) of the CCS Act was done in respect of the child or a child relative of the child;

            (d)         protection proceedings are pending in respect of the child or a child relative of the child;

            (e)         the child or a child relative of the child is in the CEO’s care.

        [Section 19A inserted: No. 10 of 2009 s. 7; amended: No. 25 of 2022 s. 6.]