Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) As soon as
practicable after an adult is apprehended, an authorized officer must release
the adult —
(a) into
the care of another person under section 13; or
(b) into
the care of the person in charge of an appropriate facility.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not prevent an authorized officer from taking action under section 10
and, if directed to do so, from releasing an adult into the care of another
person under that section.
(3) If an adult is
apprehended by a community officer and it is not reasonably practicable to
comply with subsection (1), a community officer may deliver the adult to a
police officer to be detained in accordance with section 7(1).
(4) Any detention
under section 7(1) of an adult by a police officer must not be in a police
station or lock-up unless —
(a) in
the time needed to comply with subsection (1) exceptional circumstances
arise that justify detaining the adult in a police station or lock-up; or
(b) it
is impracticable to comply with subsection (1) by taking reasonable
measures.