Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 9

9 .         Request to corresponding Minister to accept transfer of prisoner

                Where — 

            (a)         following consideration of a written request by a prisoner for transfer to a participating State, the Minister is of the opinion that the prisoner should be transferred in the interests of the welfare of the prisoner; and

            (b)         the Minister makes a written request to the corresponding Minister of the participating State to accept the transfer of the prisoner,

                that written request shall be accompanied by a copy of — 

            (c)         the prisoner’s written request for transfer;

            (d)         the reports, assessments and other information referred to in regulations 5 and 7 in relation to the prisoner; and

            (e)         a statement setting out the matters upon which the Minister’s opinion is based.