Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 14

14 .         Certain other prisoners, approving re-socialisation programmes for

        (1)         In this section —

        prisoner does not include —

            (a)         a prisoner sentenced to a fixed term of less than the length prescribed for the purposes of section 11A; or

            (b)         a prisoner serving a sentence described in column 1 of the Table to section 12A.

        (2)         Without limiting section 11A, the Board may at any time request the CEO to assess, at a prescribed time in the sentence of a prisoner —

            (a)         the suitability of the prisoner for inclusion in a re-socialisation programme; and

            (b)         whether the prisoner’s participation in a re-socialisation programme can be facilitated by the CEO.

        (3)         The CEO is to give the Board a written report on the outcome of an assessment made under subsection (2).

        (4)         If the Board —

            (a)         has received a report under subsection (3) advising that the CEO can facilitate the prisoner’s participation in a re-socialisation programme; and

            (b)         considers that the prisoner may be suitable for inclusion in a re-socialisation programme,

                the Board may request the CEO to give it a detailed description of a re-socialisation programme in which the prisoner should participate before being released, and the CEO must comply with that request.

        (5)         If after —

            (a)         receiving a re-socialisation programme from the CEO under subsection (4); and

            (b)         considering the release considerations relating to the prisoner,

                the Board approves of the programme, with or without variations, and of the prisoner’s participation in it, the Board is to provide it to the CEO as so approved.

        (6)         The CEO must give a copy of the approved re-socialisation programme to the prisoner and implement it as far as is reasonably practicable unless it is suspended or cancelled in accordance with the regulations.

        (7)         Nothing in this section limits the power of —

            (a)         the Board to recommend to the CEO any other programme in which the prisoner should participate before being released; or

            (b)         the CEO to implement any other programme before the prisoner is released.

        [Section 14 inserted by No. 41 of 2006 s. 12.]