Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 26D

26D .         Prisoner may be required to provide body sample

                Subject to regulation 26C, a prison officer —

            (a)         may require a prisoner to provide a sample of the prisoner’s breath, in accordance with the directions of the prison officer, if that officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the prisoner has committed an aggravated alcohol offence; and

            (b)         shall require a prisoner to provide a sample of the prisoner’s blood, saliva, sweat, breath or urine if directed to do so by the superintendent under regulation 26B.

        [Regulation 26D inserted in Gazette 7 Apr 2000 p. 1821.]