Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister, the
CEO and any person authorised by the CEO may, at any time (with any assistants
and equipment that the Minister, the CEO or authorised person thinks are
necessary), have free and unfettered access to a place, person, vehicle or
document referred to in subsection (2) for the purpose of —
(a)
ensuring compliance with this Act, the CEO’s rules or a contract; or
(b)
ensuring that a service that is a subject of a contract is being properly
provided.
(2) A person referred
to in subsection (1) may have access to —
(a) a
custodial place at which, or in respect of which, services are provided under
a contract, or any part of such a place;
(b) a
person in custody or intoxicated detainee in such a place;
(c) a
contract worker whose work is concerned with such a place;
(d) a
vehicle used by a contractor to provide services under a contract;
(e) a
person in custody or intoxicated detainee in such a vehicle;
(f) a
contract worker whose work is concerned with such a vehicle;
(g) all
documents in the possession of the contractor or a subcontractor in relation
to any service that is a subject of a contract.
(3) The CEO may
authorise a person for the purposes of subsection (1).
(4) An authorisation
must be in writing and may be made subject to such conditions and limitations
specified in the authorisation as the CEO thinks fit.
(5) A person must not
hinder or resist a person referred to in subsection (1) when the person
is exercising or attempting to exercise a power under that subsection.
Penalty: $20 000.
(6) Nothing in this
section limits any entitlement that a person, under a law, has to have access
to a place, person, vehicle or document referred to in subsection (2).