Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 54S

54S .         Arrest of interstate prisoners

                If, while an interstate prisoner is in this State, the prisoner —

            (a)         escapes or attempts to escape from the charge of an interstate escort or from the custody of a prison, external facility or police lock‑up under regulation 54R(2); or

            (b)         otherwise breaches a condition of the relevant interstate absence permit,

                the prisoner may be arrested, without warrant, by a prison officer, a police officer, the prisoner’s escort, if any, or a contract worker as defined in the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999 section 3, and taken to the nearest police station.

        [Regulation 54S inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1503.]