Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 67A

67A .         Prisoner’s mail not to be sent to certain persons

        (1)         A person, or an agent of a person, may give the chief executive officer written notification —

            (a)         advising that the person does not wish to receive mail from a prisoner named in the notification; and

            (b)         specifying the person’s reasons for not wishing to receive that mail.

        (2)         If the chief executive officer receives a notification under subsection (1) and is satisfied that the reasons put forward in it are appropriate, the chief executive officer is to ensure that the superintendent of the prison at which the prisoner is detained from time to time is made aware of the notification.

        (3)         If a letter or parcel from a prisoner is addressed to a person and the superintendent is aware that a notification has been received under subsection (1) advising that the person does not wish to receive mail from that prisoner, the superintendent is to —

            (a)         return the letter or parcel to the prisoner; or

            (b)         otherwise deal with the letter or parcel in accordance with an order of the chief executive officer.

        (4)         In this section —

        person is not limited to a victim of the prisoner.

        [Section 67A inserted by No. 65 of 2006 s. 22.]