Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
person in custody includes a person apprehended
under the Mental Health Act.
(2) The person in
charge of a lock‑up or court custody centre is to record all the
property in the possession of each person in custody at the lock‑up or
court custody centre as soon as practicable after the person’s admission
and that person is to be asked to sign the record as an acknowledgment that it
is correct.
(3) If a person in
custody refuses to sign a record when asked to do so under
subregulation (2), a person who has taken charge of the person in custody
must inform the person in charge of the lock‑up or court custody centre
who is to endorse the record with a note of the refusal and any reason given
by the person in custody for the refusal to sign.
(4) Any property
which, in the opinion of the person in charge of the lock‑up or court
custody centre, is of a perishable, dangerous or unhygienic nature may be
destroyed or otherwise dealt with as ordered by the person in charge and a
record of such order and action is to be noted on the record.
[Regulation 9 inserted in Gazette
28 Jul 2000 p. 4000.]