Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister, the
chief executive officer and any person authorised by the chief executive
officer may, at any time, (with any assistants, prison dogs and equipment that
the Minister, the chief executive officer or authorised person thinks are
necessary) have free and unfettered access to a prison, person, vehicle or
document referred to in subsection (2) for the purpose of —
(a)
ensuring compliance with this Act, the rules or a contract; or
(b)
ensuring that a prison 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
prison at which prison services are provided under a contract or any part of
such a prison;
(b) a
prisoner in such a prison;
(c) a
contract worker whose work is concerned with such a prison;
(d) a
vehicle used by a contractor to provide prison services under a contract;
(e) a
prisoner in such a vehicle;
(f) a
contract worker whose work is concerned with such a vehicle; and
(g) all
documents in the possession of the contractor or a subcontractor in relation
to any prison service that is a subject of a contract.
(3) The chief
executive officer 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 chief executive officer 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, vehicle, person or document referred to in subsection (2).
[Section 15E inserted by No. 43 of 1999
s. 7.]