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Western Australia Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Bill 2009 CONTENTS 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Act amended 2 4. Part II heading replaced 2 Part II -- Transfer at request of prisoner 5. Section 5 amended 2 6. Section 9A inserted 3 9A. Matters to which the Minister may have regard 3 7. Section 9 amended 3 8. Section 21 amended 4 026--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Bill 2009 A Bill for An Act to amend the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 1 1 1. Short title 2 This is the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Act 2009. 3 2. Commencement 4 This Act comes into operation as follows -- 5 (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act 6 receives the Royal Assent; 7 (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day. 8 3. Act amended 9 This Act amends the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983. 10 4. Part II heading replaced 11 Delete the heading to Part II and insert: 12 13 Part II -- Transfer at request of prisoner 14 15 5. Section 5 amended 16 (1) In section 5(1)(b) delete "Territory in the interests of the welfare 17 of the prisoner," and insert: 18 19 Territory, 20 21 (2) In section 5(3)(b) delete "State in the interests of the welfare of 22 the prisoner," and insert: 23 24 State, 25 page 2 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 6 1 (3) In section 5(5)(b) delete "Territory in the interests of the welfare 2 of the prisoner," and insert: 3 4 Territory, 5 6 6. Section 9A inserted 7 After section 8 insert: 8 9 9A. Matters to which the Minister may have regard 10 In forming an opinion or exercising a discretion under 11 this Part, the Minister may have regard to any one or 12 more of the following -- 13 (a) the welfare of the prisoner or person concerned; 14 (b) the administration of justice in this or any other 15 State; 16 (c) the security and good order of any prison in this 17 or any other State; 18 (d) the safe custody of the prisoner or person 19 concerned; 20 (e) the protection of the community in this or any 21 other State; 22 (f) any other matter the Minister considers 23 relevant. 24 25 7. Section 9 amended 26 In section 9(1) delete "may have regard to reports" and insert: 27 28 by reference to reports 29 page 3 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 8 1 8. Section 21 amended 2 (1) In section 21(1)(a) delete "that it is in the interests of the 3 welfare of the person". 4 (2) After section 21(1) insert: 5 6 (2A) In forming an opinion or exercising a discretion under 7 this Part, the Minister may have regard to any one or 8 more of the following -- 9 (a) the welfare of the person concerned; 10 (b) the administration of justice in this or any other 11 State; 12 (c) the security and good order of any prison in this 13 or any other State; 14 (d) the safe custody of the person concerned; 15 (e) the protection of the community in this or any 16 other State; 17 (f) any other matter the Minister considers 18 relevant. 19 20
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