Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Part, a prisoner shall be permitted to receive visits from his friends and
relations in accordance with the regulations.
(2) A prisoner may be
permitted by the chief executive officer to receive visits under this Part
from a friend or relation who is confined in another prison and the chief
executive officer may order that a prisoner be temporarily removed to and from
a prison for the purposes of making such a visit, but the chief executive
officer shall permit such a removal and visit only where he is satisfied that
adequate security arrangements have been made so that the removal and visit
would impose a minimum risk to the security of the public.
[Section 59 amended by No. 47 of 1987
s. 11; No. 113 of 1987 s. 32.]