CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 158

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 158

158 .         Validation relating to definition of serious offence in s. 128(1)

        (1)         In this section —

        validation period means the period beginning on 7 April 2020 and ending on the day on which the Criminal Investigation Amendment (Validation) Act 2023 section 5 comes into operation.

        (2)         The definition of serious offence in section 128(1) is taken to have included, at all times during the validation period, an offence under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 section 61(1A).

        (3)         Subsections (4), (5), (6), (8) and (9) —

            (a)         supplement subsection (2); but

            (b)         are not to be construed as limiting the effect of subsection (2) or the effect of each other.

        (4)         This Act and any other written law as in force at any time on or after 7 April 2020 are taken to have, or to have had, the same effect at that time as if the definition of serious offence in section 128(1) had been as provided in subsection (2) at all times during the validation period.

        (5)         Anything done, or purportedly done, on or after 7 April 2020 is taken to be, and to have always been, as lawful, valid and effective as it would be, or would have been, had the definition of serious offence in section 128(1) been as provided in subsection (2) at all times during the validation period.

        (6)         Subsection (5) applies, for example, to the exercise, or purported exercise, of any of the following powers on or after 7 April 2020 —

            (a)         a power to arrest a person under section 128;

            (b)         another power that may be exercised under this Act or another written law in relation to a person who is, or may be, arrested under section 128.

        (7)         In subsection (5), a reference to the doing of anything includes a reference to an omission to do anything.

        (8)         The functions, rights, obligations and liabilities of the State, and of all persons and bodies, are taken to be, and to have always been, the same as if the definition of serious offence in section 128(1) had been as provided in subsection (2) at all times during the validation period.

        (9)         An act done or omission made on or after 7 April 2020 is taken to be, and to have always been —

            (a)         an offence, or other contravention of a written law, if it would be, or would have been, an offence or other contravention had the definition of serious offence in section 128(1) been as provided in subsection (2) at all times during the validation period; and

            (b)         subject to the same punishment or other penalty or consequences, whether criminal or civil, as it would be, or would have been, had the definition of serious offence in section 128(1) been as provided in subsection (2) at all times during the validation period.

        (10)         This section has effect despite section 6 and The Criminal Code section 11.

        [Section 158 inserted: No. 8 of 2023 s. 5.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 and includes amendments made by other written laws ^1M . For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Other notes

^1M         Under the Cross-border Justice Act 2008 section 14, in order to give effect to that Act, this Act must be applied with the modifications prescribed by the

Cross-border Justice Regulations 2009 Part 3 Division 6 as if this Act had been altered in that way. If a modification is to replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number. If a modification is to replace or insert a definition, the new definition is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the defined term.

Defined terms



[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)

admission         118(1)

adult         73, 118(1)

aggrieved person         49(1)

area associated with a dwelling         3(1)

arrestable offence         25(1)

arrestable person         132(1)

arrested suspect         138(1), 139(1), 140(1), 142(1)

arrest warrant         3(1)

assault         38C(1)

authorisation         154(1)

authorised         47(1)

authorised officer         135(1)

authorised person         120(1)

basic search         3(1)

behave in a disorderly manner         38C(1)

body search         109

business         50

business record         50

CCC         115

CCC officer         115

child         73, 118(1)

circumstances of aggravation         38C(1)

citizen         24(1)

court         151(1)

data         57

data access order         57

data storage device         57

dentist         73

disturb         3(1)

doctor         73

DPP         3(1)

dwelling         3(1)

endangering offence         26(1)

escapee         134(1)

forensic database         112(1)

forensic examination         3(1)

forensic information         112(1)

forensic procedure         3(1), 73

forensic purpose         113(1)

FP warrant (involved person)         73

FP warrant (suspect)         73

frisk search         3(1)

identifying particular         73

impression         3(1)

incapable person         73

internal forensic procedure         73

interview         115

intimate forensic procedure         73

investigating officer         49(3), 147(7)

involved person         73, 83(1), 84(1)

judicial officer         13(1)

midwife         73

mobile home         3(1)

non-intimate forensic procedure         73

nurse         73

occupier         3(1)

offence         3(1)

officer         3(1), 137(1), 138(1), 142(1)

official details         3(1)

ombudsman officer         115

order to produce         50

out-of-control gathering         32A

Parliamentary Inspector         115

passenger         26(2)

person in authority         32A

photograph         3(1)

place         3(1)

prescribed         3(1)

prescribed person         124(1)

private parts         3(1)

privileged         151(1)

prohibited thing         69A, 69B

protected forensic area         3(1)

protected information         113(1)

protected person         73

Public Advocate         73

public officer         3(1)

public open area         3(1)

public place         3(1)

qualified person         73

reasonable excuse         118(1)

reasonably suspects         3(1)

record         3(1)

relevant thing         73

remote communication         3(1)

responsible person         73, 73

road         18(1)

searcher         65(1), 70(1), 71(1), 72(1)

search warrant         3(1)

security risk item         135(1)

senior officer         38A(1), 44(1), 47(1), 97(1), 133(1), 140(1)

senior police officer         3(1)

serious event         37(1)

serious offence         40(1), 57, 128(1), 133(1), 142(1)

statutory penalty         3(1)

strip search         3(1)

suspect         25(2) and (3), 26(5), 73, 91(1), 92(1), 97(1), 115

target device         58(3)

target person         58(3)

target place         43(1), 44(1)

target thing         43(1), 44(1)

thing relevant to an offence         3(1)

unconditionally         125(1)

validation period         158(1)

vehicle         3(1), 18(1)

volunteer         79

WA Police         3(1)

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