Western Australian Current Regulations

EVIDENCE (VISUAL RECORDING OF INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENT) REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 4

4 .         Prescribed class of persons — s. 106HA(1)(a) and (1a)(a)

                For the purposes of section 106HA(1)(a) and (1a)(a) a person is of the prescribed class if —

            (a)         the person is a relevant person and has successfully completed a training course about conducting interviews of a kind mentioned in section 106HA(1) or (1a) —

                  (i)         provided by the Western Australian Police Service; or

                  (ii)         provided by the department; or

                  (iii)         approved in writing by the Commissioner of Police;

                or

            (b)         the person —

                  (i)         is a member of the police force or police service of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory; and

                  (ii)         is authorised under a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory to conduct interviews with a child or a person with a mental impairment in the circumstances set out in section 106HA(1)(a) or (1a)(a).

        [Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 20 May 2014 p. 1601.]