Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), a contract worker who is
authorised under section 15I to perform a function of —
(a) a
superintendent;
(b) a
prison officer; or
(c) an
other officer,
must, for the purposes
of this Act and any other written law, be deemed to be a superintendent,
prison officer or other officer, as the case requires, in relation to that
function.
(2) A reference to a
superintendent in Part X does not include a reference to a contract
worker.
(3) A reference to a
prison officer or any other officer in a provision of this Act that is set out
in the Table to this subsection does not include a reference to a contract
worker.
Table
|
s. 13(1), (2) and (3) |
s. 110(1)(b), (d), (e), (v), and (w) |
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Part X |
s. 114(1), (3), (6), (8), (9), (11) and (12) |
(4) If prison services
in relation to a prison are being provided under a contract, a reference to
the prison’s superintendent in a provision that is set out in the Table
to section 15J(2) in relation to that prison is to be regarded as a
reference to a superintendent of a prison that is not managed under a
contract.
(5) If prison services
in relation to a prison are being provided under a contract, a reference to a
prison officer in section 47(1) or (2) in relation to that prison is
to be regarded as a reference to a prison officer engaged under
section 13.
(6) A contract worker
referred to in subsection (1) —
(a) does
not hold the position of superintendent, prison officer or other officer, as
the case requires; and
(b) is
not subject to the Public Sector Management Act 1994 .
[Section 15K inserted by No. 43 of 1999
s. 7.]
[Heading inserted by No. 43 of 1999
s. 7.]