Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 49

49 .         Deductions for damage etc. to property of Government or contractor

        (1)         If property has been damaged, destroyed or lost because of an act or omission on the part of a prisoner the chief executive officer may order a deduction from the gratuities or other moneys credited to the prisoner to defray the costs of replacement or repair of the property.

        (2)         In this regulation —

        property  —

            (a)         if prisons services in relation to a prison are being provided under a contract, means either —

                  (i)         property of the State of Western Australia; or

                  (ii)         property of the contractor;

                and

            (b)         in any other case, means property of the State of Western Australia.

        [Regulation 49 inserted: Gazette 12 Apr 2001 p. 2099‑100.]

[ 49A.         Inserted: Gazette 2 Nov 1999 p. 5473 (disallowed: Gazette 21 Dec 1999 p. 6417).]