Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In these
regulations unless the contrary intention appears —
analyst means a person approved under
regulation 27(3);
approved means approved in writing by the chief
executive officer;
approved analysis agent in respect of a body
sample of a particular type, means an organisation approved from time to time
under regulation 28A in respect of that type of sample;
contact visit means a visit to a prisoner where
there is no physical barrier between the prisoner and the visitor but physical
contact between them is limited, and supervised by a prison officer;
contract worker means a contract worker as defined
in section 15A of the Act;
non‑contact visit means a visit to a
prisoner where there is a physical barrier between the prisoner and the
visitor but they are able to see each other and to communicate verbally;
organisation includes a person and a government
department or agency;
supervision by a person of a prisoner does not
require the person to be in the physical presence of the prisoner.
(2) In these
regulations a reference to —
(a) a
person being “in charge” of a prisoner; or
(b) a
prisoner being “in the charge” of a person,
is a reference to the
person being in the physical presence of the prisoner and having reasonable
control over him or her.
[Regulation 2 inserted: Gazette
13 Sep 1996 p. 4569; amended: Gazette 2 Nov 1999
p. 5473; 7 Apr 2000 p. 1819; 12 Apr 2001
p. 2098; 3 Apr 2007 p. 1493‑4; 9 May 2008
p. 1845; 10 Jan 2017 p. 186.]