Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 15N

15N .         Chief executive officer may declare other kinds of work to be high-level security work

        (1)         The chief executive officer may, in writing, declare as high-level security work —

            (a)         a prison service of a kind that requires a contract worker to deal directly with prisoners except a prison service referred to in section 15M;

            (b)         work that requires a contract worker to have access to information about prisoners; or

            (c)         any other work to be done by a contract worker that in the opinion of the chief executive officer should be declared to be high-level security work.

        (2)         The chief executive officer may amend a declaration.

        (3)         The chief executive officer is to ensure that notice of a declaration or an amendment of a declaration is published in the Gazette within 14 days after the day the declaration or amendment occurs.

        (4)         The validity of a declaration or an amendment of a declaration is not affected by failure to publish the notice.

        [Section 15N inserted by No. 43 of 1999 s. 7.]