Appointment
98 Appointment
The staff, including community corrections officers, needed for the purposes of this Act, the Sentencing Act 1995, the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 and the Bail Act 1982 Parts VIA and 6B —
may be appointed or engaged under the Public Sector Management Act 1994; or
may be appointed on an honorary basis.
A person who is a member of the Police Force is not to be an honorary CCO.
A member of the Police Force who holds a designated position (as defined in the Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996) may be an honorary CCO for the purposes of supervising an offender who is a participant in the State Witness Protection Program established under that Act.
The regulations may prescribe classes of staff and their functions.
[Section 98 amended: No. 10 of 2023 s. 403; No. 28 of 2024 s. 57(3).]
[98AA. 1M Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross‑border Justice Act 2008: section inserted 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may prescribe
). Made under this Act:
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