Prisons Amendment Regulations 2008 (WA)

28 March 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 907

JU301*

Prisons Act 1981

Prisons Amendment Regulations 2008

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Prisons Amendment Regulations 2008.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.            1 he regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Prisons
Regulations 1982.

4.            Regulation 4 amended

Regulation 4(1) is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and inserting instead

prison.

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(b) assistant senior prison officer; and

(c)	senior prison officer; and
(d)	principal officer.

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5. Regulation 53B inserted
After regulation 53A, the following regulation is inserted —

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53B.	Confirmation of visitor's identity
(1)	The chief executive officer may direct that visitors to a prison specified by the chief executive officer are to confirm their identity by submitting to an iris scan or a fingerprint scan before entry to, and exit from, the

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(2)	A prison cannot be specified for the purposes of subregulation (1) unless equipment required for the method of identity confirmation is in place at that prison.
(3)	A person who refuses or otherwise fails to undergo initial identity confirmation when required to do so may be refused entry to the prison.
(4)	A visitor who refuses or otherwise fails to undergo identity confirmation prior to exiting a prison may be detained until that person's identity is established to the satisfaction of the superintendent.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.