Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 31

31 .         Conduct of disciplinary proceedings

        (1)         The chief executive officer, superintendent or other person appointed to hear a charge of a disciplinary offence — 

            (a)         shall conduct the inquiry expeditiously and without undue adjournment or delay;

            (b)         shall keep or cause to be kept an adequate record of proceedings;

            (c)         may question a witness called; and

            (d)         may direct that a particular witness be called or call and question a witness.

        (2)         The officer prosecuting and the prison officer charged shall be permitted to question any witness called and questioned under subregulation (1)(d).

        [Regulation 31 amended in Gazette 11 Dec 1987 p. 4369; 2 Nov 1999 p. 5475.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1495.]