Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
agency means the Public Sector agency principally
assisting the Minister administering a relevant enactment in its
administration;
DPP means the Director of Public Prosecutions
appointed under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991 ;
prescribed information , in relation to a victim,
means —
(a) the
name, address, telephone number, age and ethnicity of the victim; and
(b) a
description of the offence and an abridged description of the circumstances of
its commission; and
(c) the
name of the offender or alleged offender, if known; and
(d) the
name, rank and registered number of the member of the Police Force in charge
of investigating the offence; and
(e) the
police station or office where information about the investigation of the
offence is held; and
(f) the
status of the investigation and prosecution of the offence by the Police
Force; and
(g) any
information prescribed by the regulations;
relevant enactment means any provision of this
Act, the Prisons Act 1981 or the Sentence Administration Act 2003 .
(2) The Commissioner
of Police may provide the chief executive officer of an agency with prescribed
information in relation to a victim so that the agency can offer the victim
the services it has available for victims.
(3) The DPP may
provide the chief executive officer of an agency with such information in
relation to a victim as the DPP thinks fit so that the agency can offer the
victim the services it has available for victims.
(4) Any information
provided under subsection (2) or (3) must be provided in confidence.
(5) The provision of
information under subsection (2) or (3) in confidence and in good faith does
not constitute a breach of any written or other law.
(6) Information
provided under subsection (2) or (3) must not be used by an agency for
purposes other than those specified in subsection (2) or (3).
[Section 4 inserted: No. 30 of 2004 s. 4; amended:
No. 65 of 2006 s. 72.]