Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) Where a prisoner
is released from a prison and escorted to a participating State pursuant to an
order of transfer, or a warrant issued under the authority of the Act, any
money belonging to the prisoner which is in the control and custody of the
superintendent of the prison in which the prisoner was detained shall be
remitted by the superintendent to the superintendent of the prison in the
participating State to which the prisoner is to be escorted for credit to the
prisoner’s account.
(2) The superintendent
of a prison in which a prisoner who is being transferred to a participating
State under the Act was detained shall inform the prisoner, or cause the
prisoner to be informed, in writing, of the amount remitted to the
superintendent of the prison in the participating State for credit to the
prisoner’s account.
(3) When being
escorted to a participating State, a prisoner being transferred under the Act
may be permitted to take so much personal clothing and other articles of
personal property belonging to the prisoner as, in the opinion of the escort
or escorts, can be safely and conveniently taken with the prisoner to the
participating State.
(4) Articles of
personal property belonging to a prisoner being transferred under the Act,
being articles which are either in the prisoner’s physical possession at
a prison or in the custody of the superintendent of the prison and which are
not taken with the prisoner, may be —
(a)
disposed of by the superintendent of the prison in accordance with written
directions given by the prisoner; or
(b)
forwarded to the prisoner in the participating State,
at the
prisoner’s risk and expense.