Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 98

98 .         Appointment

        (1)         The staff, including community corrections officers, needed for the purposes of this Act, the Sentencing Act 1995 , the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 and the Bail Act 1982 Parts VIA and 6B —

            (a)         may be appointed or engaged under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ; or

            (b)         may be appointed on an honorary basis.

        (2)         A person who is a member of the Police Force is not to be an honorary CCO.

        (3)         A member of the Police Force who holds a designated position (as defined in the Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 ) may be an honorary CCO for the purposes of supervising an offender who is a participant in the State Witness Protection Program established under that Act.

        (4)         The regulations may prescribe classes of staff and their functions.

        [Section 98 amended: No. 10 of 2023 s. 403; No. 28 of 2024 s. 57(3).]

[ 98AA. ^1M         Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section inserted 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]