Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 29I

29I .         Samples to be sealed, labelled and delivered to approved organisation

        (1)         A prison officer executing a test authorisation notice must ensure that a sample taken under the notice is sealed in a container marked or labelled in the presence of the prisoner and the prison officer with —

            (a)         the name of the prisoner; and

            (b)         the type of sample taken; and

            (c)         the infectious disease for which the sample is to be tested; and

            (d)         the name of the qualified person who took the sample; and

            (e)         the time and date when the sample was taken.

        (2)         The chief executive officer may —

            (a)         approve an organisation to test the sample; and

            (b)         authorise the delivery of the sample to the organisation.

        [Regulation 29I inserted: SL 2020/251 r. 4.]