Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Where a person who
is liable to be transferred to a participating State pursuant to an order of
transfer which may be issued under section 18 or 20 of the Act makes a
written request to the Minister to serve imprisonment in Western Australia,
the request shall —
(a) be
signed by the person;
(b) set
out the grounds in support of the request; and
(c) be
forwarded through the superintendent of the prison where the person is
detained.
(2) The provisions of
regulation 5(3) apply to and in respect of a request referred to in
subregulation (1) in the same way as those provisions apply to and in
respect of a prisoner’s request to which regulation 5 applies.
(3) The provisions of
regulation 7(1) to (3) inclusive apply to and in respect of a request
referred to in subregulation (1) in the same way as those provisions
apply to and in respect of a prisoner’s request to which
regulation 7 applies.
(4) If the Minister
agrees to a person’s request referred to in subregulation (1), the
Minister shall —
(a) give
written notice of the decision to the corresponding Minister of the
participating State;
(b)
enclose with the notice copies of the reports, information, documents and
details which the Minister had regard to in considering the request; and
(c) seek
the advice of the corresponding Minister as to whether or not that Minister
agrees to the person’s imprisonment being served in Western Australia.