South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations70—Legal, medical and other assistance for prisoners
(1) The
officer in charge of a police station must afford a prisoner every reasonable
facility necessary—
(a) to
enable compliance with the requirements of the Bail Act 1985 , the
Summary Offences Act 1953 , the Young Offenders Act 1993 or any
other Act or law concerning persons in the custody of S.A. Police; and
(b) to
obtain private legal or medical advice; and
(c) in
the case of a prisoner who is a national or a citizen of a foreign
country—to meet a consular officer or other person acting as a
representative of the government of that country.
(2) If a prisoner
requests that he or she be examined by a specified medical practitioner and
refuses any other medical examination offered to the prisoner in accordance
with these regulations—
(a) the
officer in charge of the police station at which the prisoner is held must
take all reasonable steps to secure the attendance of the medical
practitioner; and
(b) the
examination must take place at a police station; and
(c)
wherever practicable, the officer in charge of the police station at which the
prisoner is held must ensure that there is present at the examination—
(i)
a police medical officer (if the examination takes place
within Metropolitan Adelaide); or
(ii)
a member of S.A. Police of the same sex as the prisoner
(if a police medical officer is unable to be present or the examination takes
place outside Metropolitan Adelaide).