Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The chief
executive officer may authorise an internal investigation into an alleged
incident in a detention centre.
(2) The chief
executive officer may specify that an internal investigation may be carried
out by a particular person, or a person who occupies a particular position or
a position within a class of positions in the Department.
(3) An alleged
incident may relate to a non-detainee as well as to a detainee.
(4) An authorised
person may require a person who is appointed under section 11(1) or (1a)
to —
(a)
attend an interview at a time nominated by the authorised person;
(b)
provide all information known by that person that relates to the alleged
incident; and
(c)
declare any direct or indirect interest related to the alleged incident that
the person has or acquires, that conflicts or may conflict with the
person’s duties.
(5) A person who is
appointed under section 11(1) or (1a), who does not comply with a
requirement under subsection (4) commits an offence.
Penalty: $500.
(6) Despite
subsection (5), a person is not required, under the authority of this
section, to provide any information or declare any interest that might tend to
incriminate the person, and before any person is questioned under this section
the authorised person must advise the person accordingly.
(7) In this
section —
authorised person means a person authorised to
conduct an internal investigation into an alleged incident in a detention
centre under subsection (2).
[Section 169A inserted by No. 58 of 2004
s. 37.]