Prisons Act Amendment Act 1971 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

PRISONS.

No. 43 of 1971.

AN ACT to amend the Prisons Act, 1903-1969 to change the title Comptroller General of Prisons to Director of the Department of Corrections.

[Assented to 10th December, 1971.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Prisons Act Short title and

Amendment Act, 1971. citation.

is Reprinted

(2) In this Act the Prisons Act, 1903-1969 as approved for reprint

referred to as the principal Act.

20th Decem-

ber, 1968, as

amended by

Act No. 74

of 1969.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may

be cited as the Prisons Act, 1903-1971.

Amendment

toe. 4.	2. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended
(Interpre-

tation.)	(a)	by adding after the section number "4." the subsection designation "(1)";
(b)	by deleting the interpretation "Comptroller General";
(c)	by adding after the interpretation "Criminal Prisoner" an interpretation as follows

"Director" means the Director of the

Department of Corrections appointed

under this Act. ; and

(d) by adding a subsection as follows

(2) A reference, however expressed, in any other Act or in any regulation, notice, proclamation, or statutory instrument of any kind made, published or in force under this or any other Act to the Comp- troller General of Prisons shall, unless the context requires otherwise, be read and construed as a reference to the Director of the Department of Corrections appointed under this Act. .

Amendment

to s. 11.	3. Section 11 of the principal Act is amended
(Comp-

troller	(a)	by adding after the section number "11."
General of
Prisons.)	the subsection designation "(1)";
(b)	by substituting for the words "Comptroller General of Prisons", in line two, the words "Director of the Department of Correc- tions"; and
(c)	by adding a subsection as follows

(2) The person who was the Comptroller General of Prisons immediately before the coming into operation of the Prisons Act Amendment Act, 1971 shall be deemed to have been appointed Director of the Department of Corrections under subsection (1) of this section. .

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Miscel-

4. The principal Act is amended- laneous amend- ments.

(a)	by substituting for the words "Comptroller General" the word "Director" in each case set out in the First Schedule to this Act; and
(b)	by substituting for the words "Comptroller General of Prisons" the words "Director of the Department of Corrections" in each case set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision Amended. Line Number.

Section 2	Line 5.
Section 9	Line 10.
Part II. (2)-Heading	The only line in the heading

before section 11.

Section 12	Line 2.
Section 13 (1)	Line 1.
Section 13 (3)	Line 1.
Section 15 (3)	Lines 1 and 2.
Section 24	Line 1.
Section 25 (1)	Line 3.
Section 29 (1)	Line 1.
Section 31	Line 4.
Section 32	Line 1.
Section 40	Line 8.
Section 41	Line 2.
Section 49	Line 1.
Section 51	Lines 1 and 2.
Section 52	Line 3.
Section 53	Lines 2 and 3.
Section 53	Lines 14 and 15.
Section 54	Lines 1 and 2.
Section 54	Line 10.
Section 64B (1)	Line 6.
Section 64B (2)	Line 1.
Section 64B (2)	Line 3.
Section 64C (1)	Line 4.

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FIRST SCHEDULE—continued.

Provision Amended. Line Number.

Section 64P	Line 9.
Section 64Q (1)	Line 12.
Section 64Q (2)	Line 1.
Section 64Q (3)	Line 1.
Section 64Q (3)	Lines 5 and 6.
Section 64Q (4)	Line 14.
Section 64R	Line 2.
Section 70	Line 2.
Section 72A	Line 10.