Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 32E

32E .         Access to material

        (1)         During the submission period the chief executive officer must permit a prison officer who has been given a notice or the prison officer’s legal representative to inspect any material referred to in the inspection list or any supplementary inspection list that is not privileged.

        (2)         A prison officer who has been given a notice may make a request in writing to the chief executive officer for permission to inspect any material, other than material provided to the prison officer under these regulations, that —

            (a)         the prison officer has seen or created in the course of his or her duties as a prison officer; and

            (b)         is relevant to any issue concerning the prison officer referred to in the notice.

        (3)         The request must be made as soon as practicable after, and in any event within 14 days after, the day on which the prison officer was given the notice.

        (4)         During the submission period the chief executive officer must as far as practicable permit the prison officer or the prison officer’s legal representative to inspect the material the subject of a request under subregulation (2).

        [Regulation 32E inserted: Gazette 21 Aug 2015 p. 3321.]