Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A prison officer
who is, in the opinion of the chief executive officer, unable to perform his
duties properly by reason of his physical or mental health may be required by
the chief executive officer to submit himself to a medical examination by a
board consisting of a medical practitioner nominated by the prison officer and
2 medical practitioners appointed by the Executive Director, Public
Health and Scientific Support Services.
(1a) If, 7 days
prior to the day of examination, the prison officer has not nominated a
medical practitioner who has consented to attend the medical examination, the
Executive Director, Public Health and Scientific Support Services may appoint
a medical practitioner who shall, for the purposes of subregulation (1),
be deemed to have been nominated by the prison officer.
(2) If a board
constituted under subregulation (1), or the majority of the members of
such a board, reports to the chief executive officer that a prison officer is
unable to perform his duties properly by reason of his physical or mental
health, the chief executive officer may, with the consent of the Minister
discharge the prison officer.
(3) A prison officer
who provided false, incomplete or misleading information in or with respect to
his application for engagement as a prison officer may, with the consent of
the Minister, be discharged by the chief executive officer.
(4) Where the chief
executive officer is of the opinion during or at the end of the period of
probation of a prison officer that the prison officer is unsatisfactory in the
performance of his duties or unsuitable to be a prison officer, the chief
executive officer may discharge that prison officer.
(5) The chief
executive officer may extend the period of a prison officer’s probation.
[Regulation 5 amended in Gazette
24 Dec 1982 p. 4906; 17 Aug 1984 p. 2449;
11 Dec 1987 p. 4369; 20 May 1988 p. 1668;
2 Nov 1999 p. 5475.]