Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A superintendent
may, at any time —
(a)
refuse to store, at a prison, any or all of a prisoner’s property; or
(b)
decide to stop storing, at a prison, any or all of a prisoner’s
property,
in accordance with any
directions issued by the chief executive officer.
(2) A superintendent
shall refuse to store property for a prisoner, or to allow a prisoner to have
possession of property, of a type specified in a direction issued by the chief
executive officer.
(3) If, under
subregulation (1) or (2), a superintendent refuses to store a
prisoner’s property, or decides to stop storing a prisoner’s
property, the superintendent is to —
(a)
inform the prisoner, in writing, that the property is not, or is no longer,
going to be stored at the prison; and
(b)
request the prisoner, in writing, to make arrangements to have the property
removed within a time specified in that request.
(4) If property has
not been removed from a prison within a time specified under
subregulation (3)(b), the superintendent shall impound that property and,
subject to any directions of the chief executive officer and to
subregulation (5), dispose of that property under regulation 37 as
if it were abandoned property.
(5) The superintendent
shall ensure that —
(a) the
disposal of a prisoner’s property under subregulation (4) is
recorded in the inventory of the prisoner’s property; and
(b) if
the disposal is by way of public auction, the net proceeds from the sale of
that property are credited to the prisoner’s account.
[Regulation 36B inserted: Gazette
11 Feb 2003 p. 414‑15.]