Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 54R

54R .         Interstate escorts

        (1)         An interstate escort is authorised, while in this State —

            (a)         to be in charge of an interstate prisoner for the purposes and period set out in the relevant interstate absence permit; and

            (b)         to be in charge of the interstate prisoner for the purpose of returning the prisoner to the participating State or Territory,

                except for any period during which the prisoner is in custody in a prison, external facility or police lock-up under subregulation (2) and regulation 54T.

        (2)         If the interstate prisoner is in the charge of an interstate escort and requires overnight accommodation while in this State, the prisoner may, at the request of the escort, be detained in a prison, external facility or police lock-up for that period, and the relevant interstate absence permit is sufficient authority for that detention.

        [Regulation 54R inserted in Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1502-3.]