Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 34J

34J .         Terms used

                In this Part —

        authorised purpose means —

            (a)         determining whether a person has complied with this Act; or

            (b)         without limiting paragraph (a), investigating a suspected offence under this Act;

        entry warrant has the meaning given in section 34V(1);

        investigation means an investigation of a suspected offence under this Act;

        record —

            (a)         means a record of information, irrespective of how the information is recorded or stored or able to be recovered; and

            (b)         includes —

                  (i)         any thing from which images, sounds or writings can be reproduced, with or without the aid of anything else; and

                  (ii)         any thing on which information is recorded or stored, whether electronically, magnetically, mechanically or by some other means;

        relevant record means a record or document that contains information that is or may be relevant to —

            (a)         determining whether a person has complied with this Act; or

            (b)         without limiting paragraph (a), an offence under this Act.

        [Section 34J inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 29.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 29.]