Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police;
relevant person means —
(a) a
person who has applied under regulation 17 for a security card; or
(b) a
person who has a security card.
[(2) deleted]
(3) The Commissioner
may object under subregulation (4) —
(a) on
being referred an application under regulation 18 or at any time before
the Chief Officer decides the application; or
(b) at
any time in respect of a person who has a security card.
(4) The Commissioner
may object to a relevant person having a security card if the Commissioner
considers the person ought not to have possession of any explosive or SRS
because there is a risk the person —
(a)
might use it for criminal purposes; or
(b)
might supply it to another person who might use it for criminal purposes.
(5) In deciding
whether to object under subregulation (4), the Commissioner may take into
account any of these matters —
(a) any
conviction that the relevant person has in this State or elsewhere;
(b) any
conviction that a person with whom the relevant person associates has in this
State or elsewhere;
(c) any
violence restraining order issued under the Restraining Orders Act 1997
against the relevant person;
(d) any
order issued outside this State against the relevant person that is
substantially similar to a violence restraining order issued under the
Restraining Orders Act 1997 ;
(e) any
security assessment (within the meaning given to that term by Part IV of the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (Commonwealth)) made
of the relevant person, or of a person with whom the relevant person
associates, that is adverse;
(f) any
false or misleading information given by the relevant person in or in respect
of his or her application for a security card;
(g) any
other matter the Commissioner considers relevant.
(6) Any objection made
by the Commissioner under this regulation must be in writing, include reasons
for the objection and be given to the Chief Officer.
[Regulation 19 amended in Gazette
21 Aug 2009 p. 3271-2.]