{"id":"sentence-administration-regulations-2003","name":"Sentence Administration Regulations 2003","slug":"sentence-administration-regulations-2003","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181991,"registerId":"wa-sentence-administration-regulations-2003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sentence Administration Regulations 2003","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nSentence Administration Act 2003\n\nSentence Administration Regulations 2003\n\nWestern Australia\n\nSentence Administration Regulations 2003\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used in these regulations 1\n\nPart 1A — General matters\n\nDivision 1 — Prescribed terms and times\n\n3A. Prescribed term (definition of “prisoner” s. 11A) 2\n\n3B. Prescribed time (s. 13) 2\n\n3C. Prescribed time (s. 14) 2\n\nDivision 2 — Re‑socialisation programmes\n\n3D. Commencement of re‑socialisation programme 3\n\n3E. Structure of re‑socialisation programme 3\n\n3F. Content of re‑socialisation programme 4\n\n3G. CEO to monitor and report on prisoner’s progress 5\n\n3H. Suspension of re‑socialisation programme 5\n\n3I. Reinstatement of suspended re‑socialisation programme 5\n\n3J. Cancellation of re‑socialisation programme 5\n\n3K. Reviewable decisions (s. 115A) 6\n\nPart 2 — Parole\n\n4. Board to be notified about prisoner on parole term 7\n\n5. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities (s. 30) 7\n\nPart 2A — Post‑sentence supervision orders\n\n5A. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities for PSSO (s. 74G) 8\n\n5B. Commissioner of Police may be notified about suspected breach of PSSO 8\n\nPart 3 — Re‑entry release orders\n\n6. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities (s. 55) 9\n\nPart 4 — Community corrections orders and pre‑sentence orders\n\n7. Prescribed obligations of offenders (s. 76) 10\n\n8. Authorised absences from community service etc. 11\n\n9. Offender may be directed to cease doing community service etc. 11\n\n10. Calculations of time 12\n\n11. Samples of breath etc. from offenders 13\n\nPart 5 — Community corrections centres\n\nDivision 1 — Searches and seizure\n\n12. Application 14\n\n13. Prescribed persons 14\n\n14. Obligations of supervisor before person is searched 14\n\n15. Requirements for conduct of search of person 15\n\n16. Witnesses to search 15\n\n17. Means of searching person 15\n\n18. Conduct of search 16\n\n19. Search of child apparently under age of 10 years 16\n\n20. Procedure if anything seized 16\n\n21. Exception to offences under *Firearms Act 2024* and *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* 17\n\nDivision 2 — Miscellaneous\n\n22. Disposal of abandoned property 17\n\nPart 6 — Staff\n\n23. Officers etc. not to benefit from work 19\n\nPart 7 — Miscellaneous\n\n23A. Restriction of access to exchange information (s. 97B(9)(b)) 20\n\n23B. Prescribed kinds of information disclosed to victims 20\n\n24. Form of warrant (s. 70, 116 and 117) 22\n\nSchedule 1 — Forms\n\n1. Warrant to have prisoner arrested under section 70(2) of the Act 23\n\n2. Warrant to have offender arrested under section 116(1) of the Act 24\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 25\n\nOther notes 26\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nSentence Administration Act 2003\n\nSentence Administration Regulations 2003\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations may be cited as the *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which the *Sentence Administration Act 2003* comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used in these regulations\n\n(1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  centre means a community corrections centre;\n\ncommunity service means —\n\n(a) community work as defined in section 4 of the *Sentencing Act 1995*; or\n\n(b) community corrections activities;\n\nsupervisor means a supervisor of a centre under section 87 of the Act.\n\n(2) The abbreviations used in these regulations are the same as those used in the Act.\n\n## Part 1A — General matters\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5869.]\n\n### Division 1 — Prescribed terms and times\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5869.]\n\n##### 3A. Prescribed term (definition of “prisoner” s. 11A)\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of “prisoner” in section 11A(1) of the Act —\n\n(a) in relation to a prisoner sentenced before 31 August 2003 — a fixed term of 14 years is prescribed; and\n\n(b) in relation to a prisoner sentenced on or after 31 August 2003 — a fixed term of 9 years is prescribed.\n\n[Regulation 3A inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5869‑70.]\n\n##### 3B. Prescribed time (s. 13)\n\nFor the purposes of section 13(2) of the Act, the prescribed time in the sentence of a prisoner is no later than 2 years before the day on which the first report about the prisoner under section 12A(2) of the Act is due.\n\n[Regulation 3B inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5870.]\n\n##### 3C. Prescribed time (s. 14)\n\nFor the purposes of section 14(2) of the Act, the prescribed time in the sentence of a prisoner is no earlier than 2 years before the day on which the prisoner is eligible for release (whether under a parole order or not).\n\n[Regulation 3C inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5870.]\n\n### Division 2 — Re‑socialisation programmes\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5870.]\n\n##### 3D. Commencement of re‑socialisation programme\n\nThe implementation of a re‑socialisation programme approved under section 13 or 14 of the Act for a prisoner is not to commence until the period remaining to the day on which the prisoner is eligible for release (whether under a parole order or not) is equal to or less than the period determined in accordance with the formula —\n\nx + y\n\nwhere —\n\nx = the duration of the re‑socialisation programme; and\n\ny = the period of —\n\n(i) in the case of a Schedule 3 prisoner — 3 months; and\n\n(ii) in the case of a prisoner sentenced to a fixed term — one month.\n\n[Regulation 3D inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5870; amended: Gazette 7 Feb 2017 p. 1163.]\n\n##### 3E. Structure of re‑socialisation programme\n\n(1) A re‑socialisation programme is to be structured so as to ensure a particular prisoner’s successful reintegration into the community.\n\n(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), a re‑socialisation programme is to address —\n\n(a) the risks associated with the prisoner’s reintegration into the community; and\n\n(b) the needs of the prisoner in reintegrating into the community.\n\n[Regulation 3E inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5870-1.]\n\n##### 3F. Content of re‑socialisation programme\n\n(1) A re‑socialisation programme is to comprise activities that contribute to the rehabilitation of a prisoner and the prisoner’s successful reintegration into the community.\n\n(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), a re‑socialisation programme is to include activities that —\n\n(a) help the prisoner acquire knowledge and skills that will assist the prisoner to adopt a law abiding lifestyle on release; and\n\n(b) establish, maintain and strengthen the prisoner’s relationships with supportive family and any relevant cultural or community groups; and\n\n(c) help the prisoner make reparation for the prisoner’s offence; and\n\n(d) promote the prisoner’s health and wellbeing.\n\n(3) Without limiting subregulation (1), an activity comprising a re‑socialisation programme may —\n\n(a) involve absences from prison under the *Prisons Act 1981* section 83 intended to facilitate the rehabilitation and successful reintegration of prisoners into the community; and\n\n(b) be subject to conditions regulating or preventing the prisoner’s contact with the victim of the prisoner’s offence; and\n\n(c) where the prisoner is eligible for a re‑entry release order, include participation in a re‑entry release order.\n\n[Regulation 3F inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5871.]\n\n##### 3G. CEO to monitor and report on prisoner’s progress\n\n(1) The CEO must monitor the progress of a prisoner participating in a re‑socialisation programme and give a written report to the Board of that progress —\n\n(a) while the prisoner is participating in the programme — if the CEO has any concerns about the prisoner’s ability to complete the programme or if the Board requests the written report; and\n\n(b) when the prisoner completes the programme.\n\n(2) A report under subregulation (1)(b) is to address any considerations relating to the release of the prisoner under a parole order or otherwise.\n\n[Regulation 3G inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5871-2.]\n\n##### 3H. Suspension of re‑socialisation programme\n\n(1) The CEO or the Board may, at any time during a prisoner’s participation in a re‑socialisation programme and for any reason, suspend the programme in relation to the prisoner.\n\n(2) If the CEO suspends a programme under subregulation (1) the CEO must, within 3 working days after the suspension, give written notice of the suspension to the Board.\n\n[Regulation 3H inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5872.]\n\n##### 3I. Reinstatement of suspended re‑socialisation programme\n\nThe Board may reinstate a re‑socialisation programme suspended under regulation 3H if the Board is satisfied that the CEO is able to facilitate the reinstatement.\n\n[Regulation 3I inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5872.]\n\n##### 3J. Cancellation of re‑socialisation programme\n\n(1) The Board may, at any time during a prisoner’s participation in a re‑socialisation programme and for any reason, cancel the programme in relation to the prisoner, irrespective of whether the programme was approved by the Board or the Governor.\n\n(2) The Board must, as soon as practicable after a cancellation under subregulation (1), give written notice of the cancellation to the Minister if the re‑socialisation programme and the prisoner’s participation in it were approved by the Governor under section 13 of the Act.\n\n[Regulation 3J inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5872.]\n\n##### 3K. Reviewable decisions (s. 115A)\n\nFor the purposes of section 115A(3) of the Act —\n\n(a) a decision by the CEO or the Board under regulation 3H to suspend a re‑socialisation programme in relation to a prisoner; or\n\n(b) a decision by the Board under regulation 3J to cancel a re‑socialisation programme in relation to a prisoner,\n\nis a reviewable decision.\n\n[Regulation 3K inserted: Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5872.]\n\n## Part 2 — Parole\n\n##### 4. Board to be notified about prisoner on parole term\n\n(1) If a prisoner is sentenced to a parole term, the CEO must, within 28 days after the date when the sentence was imposed, notify the secretary of the Board in writing —\n\n(a) of the details of the prisoner and the sentence; and\n\n(b) of the date on which it is expected that the prisoner will be eligible to be released on parole under the *Sentencing Act 1995*.\n\n(2) If, after notification has been given under subregulation (1), the date referred to in subregulation (1)(b) changes, the CEO must notify the secretary of the Board accordingly as soon as practicable in writing.\n\n(3) If practicable, notice under subregulation (2) must be given at least 6 weeks before the expected release date.\n\n##### 5. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities (s. 30)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 30(h) of the Act the prescribed number of hours of community corrections activities is —\n\n(a) in the case of an offender engaged full‑time in gainful employment, vocational training or gratuitous work — 6 hours; and\n\n(b) in the case of an offender not so engaged — 12 hours.\n\n(2) The CEO may determine any question in relation to the extent to which an offender is engaged full‑time or otherwise.\n\n(3) A determination by the CEO under subregulation (2) is final.\n\n## Part 2A — Post‑sentence supervision orders\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 7 Feb 2017 p. 1163\n\n##### 5A. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities for PSSO (s. 74G)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 74G(h) of the Act, the prescribed number of hours of community corrections activities is —\n\n(a) in the case of an offender engaged full‑time in gainful employment, vocational training or gratuitous work — 6 hours; and\n\n(b) in the case of an offender not so engaged — 12 hours.\n\n(2) The CEO may determine any question in relation to the extent to which an offender is engaged full‑time or otherwise.\n\n(3) A determination by the CEO under subregulation (2) is final.\n\n[Regulation 5A inserted: Gazette 7 Feb 2017 p. 1163.]\n\n##### 5B. Commissioner of Police may be notified about suspected breach of PSSO\n\nIf the CEO has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a supervised offender has breached a PSSO, the CEO may notify the Commissioner of Police of the suspected breach.\n\n[Regulation 5B inserted: Gazette 7 Feb 2017 p. 1163.]\n\n## Part 3 — Re‑entry release orders\n\n##### 6. Prescribed hours of community corrections activities (s. 55)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 55(b) of the Act the prescribed number of hours of community corrections activities is —\n\n(a) in the case of an offender engaged full‑time in gainful employment, vocational training or gratuitous work — 6 hours; and\n\n(b) in the case of an offender not so engaged —\n\n(i) for each of the first 2 periods of 7 days when the offender is subject to the order — 6 hours; and\n\n(ii) for each subsequent period of 7 days when the offender is subject to the order — the number of hours, being at least 12 and not more than 18, determined by the CEO having regard to the extent to which the offender is engaged in part‑time gainful employment, vocational training or gratuitous work.\n\n(2) The CEO may determine any question in relation to the extent to which an offender is engaged full‑time or otherwise.\n\n(3) A determination by the CEO under subregulation (2) is final.\n\n## Part 4 — Community corrections orders and pre‑sentence orders\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 25 Feb 2005 p. 847.]\n\n##### 7. Prescribed obligations of offenders (s. 76)\n\n(1) For the purpose of section 76(4)(f) of the Act, the prescribed obligations are those in this regulation.\n\n(2) An offender doing community service or performing any requirement of a programme requirement —\n\n(a) must conform to reasonable standards of dress (including footwear), cleanliness, and conduct, as required by a CCO;\n\n(b) must wear safety clothing or equipment issued;\n\n(c) must maintain in good order and condition clothing, tools, and equipment issued to the offender and must return such articles when required to do so by a CCO;\n\n(d) must not wilfully damage —\n\n(i) any article issued for the purposes of doing the community service or performing the requirement;\n\n(ii) any property on, or in relation to which, the offender is required to perform community service unless it is necessary for the community service;\n\n(e) must not make or receive a telephone call except with the permission of a CCO;\n\n(f) must not receive a visitor except with the permission of a CCO;\n\n(g) must not take an unauthorised break;\n\n(h) must not leave the place where the offender is required to be before completing the duties that have been assigned to the offender at that place except with the permission of a CCO;\n\n(i) must use any transport to or from a place where the offender is directed to be for the purposes of performing community service that is provided by the department;\n\n(j) if unable to attend —\n\n(i) must immediately notify a CCO supervising the community service or the performance of the requirement; and\n\n(ii) if the inability to attend is due to sickness, within 72 hours after the time when the offender was required to attend or as otherwise directed by a CCO — must supply a CCO with a certificate signed by a medical practitioner (as defined in the *Medical Act 1894*) certifying the inability to attend.\n\n[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 25 Feb 2005 p. 847.]\n\n##### 8. Authorised absences from community service etc.\n\nIf a CCO supervising an offender doing community service or performing any requirement of a programme requirement is satisfied that —\n\n(a) the offender has been injured or has become sick while doing community service or performing the requirement; or\n\n(b) there is good reason for doing so,\n\nthe CCO may authorise the offender to be absent from doing the community service or performing the requirement on any day or part of any day.\n\n[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette 25 Feb 2005 p. 847.]\n\n##### 9. Offender may be directed to cease doing community service etc.\n\n(1) If a CCO supervising an offender doing community service or performing any requirement of a programme requirement is satisfied that the offender has contravened section 76 of the Act, the CCO may direct the offender to immediately cease doing the community service or performing the requirement.\n\n(2) An offender given such a direction must not resume doing the community service or performing the requirement unless and until authorised to do so by a CCO.\n\n[Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 25 Feb 2005 p. 847.]\n\n##### 10. Calculations of time\n\n(1) These periods count as periods of community service done by an offender —\n\n(a) the period of any break authorised by a CCO;\n\n(b) the period of any absence authorised under regulation 8(a);\n\n(c) if the offender attends to do community service in accordance with directions to do so and a CCO, or a person designated by a CCO to supervise the offender, does not attend within one hour of the time when the offender was directed to attend and no alternative arrangements are made — the period of community service that the offender was to have done on that day;\n\n(d) any period of over one hour a day reasonably spent by an offender in travelling to or from a place where the offender is required to attend to do community service.\n\n(2) Any period not worked because of sickness, other than any period authorised under regulation 8(a), does not count as a period of community service done by an offender.\n\n(3) The period of any absence directed under regulation 9 does not count as a period of community service done by an offender unless a supervisor, having considered the reason for the direction, orders otherwise.\n\n##### 11. Samples of breath etc. from offenders\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 76(4)(b) of the Act the supervisor of a centre may direct an offender —\n\n(a) to give a sample of the offender’s breath, blood, saliva, urine or sweat;\n\n(b) to attend at a specified place for the purpose of giving the sample; and\n\n(c) to give the sample to a specified person.\n\n(2) A breath test must be conducted by means of an apparatus of a kind approved by the CEO.\n\n(3) The results of a breath test are admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence.\n\n(4) A sample of the sweat of an offender must be taken by a means approved by the CEO.\n\n(5) A sample of blood, saliva, urine or sweat must be labelled with —\n\n(a) the name of the offender;\n\n(b) the type of the sample;\n\n(c) the name of the person who obtained the sample; and\n\n(d) the date and time that the sample was obtained.\n\n(6) A sample of blood, saliva, urine or sweat must be analysed by a person specified by the supervisor, being a person who is approved by the CEO or who is an employee of a body approved by the CEO.\n\n(7) The person who analyses the sample must make a certificate of the results and forward it to the supervisor.\n\n(8) The certificate is admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters certified in it.\n\n## Part 5 — Community corrections centres\n\n### Division 1 — Searches and seizure\n\n##### 12. Application\n\nThis Division applies to searches and seizures under sections 90 and 91 of the Act.\n\n##### 13. Prescribed persons\n\nFor the purposes of sections 90 and 91 of the Act these persons are prescribed persons —\n\n(a) a supervisor;\n\n(b) a CCO;\n\n(c) a prison officer as defined in the *Prisons Act 1981*;\n\n(d) a person who is the holder of a security officer’s licence under the *Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996*;\n\n(e) a contract worker as defined in the *Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999*.\n\n##### 14. Obligations of supervisor before person is searched\n\n(1) Before ordering a person to be searched under section 90 of the Act, a supervisor must —\n\n(a) inform the person of the provisions of section 90;\n\n(b) ask the person whether there is anything in the person’s possession or under the person’s control that may jeopardise the security or good order of the centre or the safety of persons in it and to produce any such thing;\n\n(c) give the person an opportunity to respond; and\n\n(d) make a record of any response by the person.\n\n(2) The supervisor may arrange for a registered medical practitioner to be present during the search of a person.\n\n##### 15. Requirements for conduct of search of person\n\n(1) Except as provided in regulation 19(1), a search of a person must be conducted by a searcher of the same sex as the person.\n\n(2) A searcher conducting a search of a person must inform the person of the person’s right under regulation 16(1) and comply with the request made where that right is exercised.\n\n##### 16. Witnesses to search\n\n(1) A person who is about to be searched may request that another person, other than a person who is known to have a criminal record, who is then at the centre be present during the search.\n\n(2) If the search of a person will involve the removal of the person’s clothing, the searcher may arrange for another person of the same sex as the person to be searched to be present during the search.\n\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a search referred to in regulation 19.\n\n##### 17. Means of searching person\n\n(1) A search of a person must be conducted by one or more of the following means —\n\n(a) by using an electronic or other device that is designed to locate property that is a subject of the search;\n\n(b) by visual inspection;\n\n(c) by a quick search of the person by the rapid and methodical running of hands over the person’s outer garments.\n\n(2) For the purpose of conducting a search under subregulation (1) the searcher may, if ordered to do so by the supervisor, require the person to remove —\n\n(a) an outer garment, but only if other outer clothing is worn underneath; and\n\n(b) gloves, headwear or footwear,\n\nbut otherwise the searcher must not remove, or require the person to remove, any clothing.\n\n##### 18. Conduct of search\n\n(1) A search must be conducted expeditiously.\n\n(2) A search of a person —\n\n(a) must not be conducted in the presence or sight of a person other than a person referred to in regulations 14(2), 16 and 19; and\n\n(b) must otherwise be conducted with regard to the person’s decency and self‑respect.\n\n(3) A search of anything in a person’s possession or under a person’s control must be conducted in the presence of the person.\n\n##### 19. Search of child apparently under age of 10 years\n\n(1) A search of a child apparently under the age of 10 years must be conducted by a female.\n\n(2) A child apparently under the age of 10 years must not be searched unless an adult accompanying the child is present during the search.\n\n(3) If a child apparently under the age of 10 years is not accompanied at a centre by an adult, or such an adult refuses to be present during a search, the supervisor may order the child and any adult accompanying the child to leave the centre immediately.\n\n##### 20. Procedure if anything seized\n\nIf anything is seized under section 91 of the Act the supervisor of the centre must examine it and notify the CEO who must direct as to how the thing is to be dealt with.\n\n##### 21. Exception to offences under *Firearms Act 2024* and *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981*\n\n(1) Subregulation (1A) applies if under section 91 of the Act a person seizes —\n\n(a) any of the following as defined in the *Firearms Act 2024* section 5 —\n\n(i) a firearm;\n\n(ii) a major firearm part;\n\n(iii) a prohibited accessory;\n\n(iv) ammunition;\n\nor\n\n(b) a prohibited drug, prohibited plant or utensil (within the meaning of the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981*).\n\n(1A) The person must, as soon as practicable, deliver it into the custody of a member of the Police Force or an employee of the Police Service to be dealt with according to law.\n\n(2) A person who complies with subregulation (1A) does not commit an offence under the *Firearms Act 2024* or the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981*, as the case requires, in relation to the article seized.\n\n[Regulation 21 amended: SL 2022/191 r. 7; SL 2024/299 r. 6.]\n\n### Division 2 — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 22. Disposal of abandoned property\n\n(1) Property left at a centre and uncollected, abandoned, or unclaimed for 6 months may by order of the CEO be —\n\n(a) sold at a public auction;\n\n(b) given to an association incorporated under the *Associations Incorporation Act 2015*; or\n\n(c) destroyed or otherwise disposed of.\n\n(2) The CEO must on at least one occasion before a public auction is conducted under subregulation (1) cause a notice to be published in the *Gazette* describing the property to be offered for sale and giving the time, date and place of the auction.\n\n(3) The net proceeds of an auction sale conducted under this regulation must be credited to the Consolidated Account 1.\n\n[Regulation 22 amended: Gazette 30 Dec 2016 p. 5966.]\n\n## Part 6 — Staff\n\n##### 23. Officers etc. not to benefit from work\n\n(1) A person who is a member of the departmental staff must not, in performing a function under the Act, order, arrange or supervise the doing of anything by an offender which would benefit the person personally, other than generally as a member of the community or as a member of a group within the community.\n\n(2) A member of the departmental staff must declare to the supervisor of a centre any conflict of interest that may arise from the member supervising the doing of community service by an offender.\n\n(3) If a member of the departmental staff declares a conflict of interest to a supervisor, the supervisor may appoint another person to supervise the community service.\n\n## Part 7 — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 23A. Restriction of access to exchange information (s. 97B(9)(b))\n\n(1) A person must not publish information disclosed under section 97B(6) of the Act without the written approval of the CEO.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $1 000.\n\n(2) The CEO must not give approval under subregulation (1) unless the CEO is satisfied that —\n\n(a) the research for which the information was disclosed was conducted in a methodologically sound manner; and\n\n(b) the report based on that research is factually correct; and\n\n(c) the publication does not identify individuals, reveal confidential departmental information or otherwise pose a security risk to the operations of the department.\n\n[Regulation 23A inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1507-8.]\n\n##### 23B. Prescribed kinds of information disclosed to victims\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\n  community corrections order has the meaning given to that term in section 83 of the Act.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 97D(2) of the Act, prescribed kinds of information are —\n\n(a) details of the location of the community corrections centre the offender is attending, and notification and details of any move by the offender to another centre;\n\n(b) details of each community corrections order to which the offender is subject and notification and details of any changes to the order resulting from a review or appeal;\n\n(c) the date of, and circumstances giving rise to —\n\n(i) the suspension or cancellation of any early release order applying to the offender; or\n\n(ii) the lodgment of a notice in relation to the offender under the *Sentencing Act 1995* section 84E or 129; or\n\n(iii) the commencement of a prosecution against the offender under the *Sentencing Act 1995* section 84J or 131;\n\n(ca) details of any failure by the offender to comply with —\n\n(i) a direction given under the *Sentencing Act 1995* section 67A(6) or 76A(3); or\n\n(ii) an order given under the *Sentencing Act 1995* section 75(10);\n\n(d) notification of the death, or entry into hospice care, of the offender;\n\n(e) a description of any programme in which the offender has participated or is participating while subject to a community corrections order;\n\n(f) the region, city, town or suburb in which the offender is or was residing —\n\n(i) while subject to a community corrections order; and\n\n(ii) at the completion of the community corrections order;\n\n(g) a photograph of the offender.\n\n[Regulation 23B inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1508; amended: SL 2024/250 r. 4.]\n\n##### 24. Form of warrant (s. 70, 116 and 117)\n\n(1) For the purpose of sections 70(2) and 117(1) of the Act a warrant to have a prisoner arrested is to be in the form of Form 1 in Schedule 1.\n\n(2) For the purpose of sections 116(1) and 117(1) of the Act a warrant to have an offender arrested is to be in the form of Form 2 in Schedule 1.\n\n[Section 24 amended: Gazette 11 Jun 2004 p. 2002-3.]\n\n[**25.** Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).]\n\nSchedule 1 — Forms\n\n[r. 24]\n\n1. Warrant to have prisoner arrested under section 70(2) of the Act\n\n- WESTERN AUSTRALIA*Sentence Administration Act 2003*, s. 70(2) and 117(1)**Arrest warrant**\n- CWI Warrant No.\n\n| **Command** | **To: All police officers.**<br>**This warrant authorises and commands you to arrest this prisoner and to take the prisoner to the nearest prison in Western Australia.**<br>**And to all persons authorised to exercise a power set out in clause 2 of Schedule 2 to the *Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999*.**<br>**This warrant authorises and commands you to take the prisoner to the nearest prison in Western Australia.** |\n| --- | --- |\n\n- **Prisoner’s details** Name: Date of birth:\n- Address:\n\n| **Reason for issue of warrant** | 🞏 Parole order suspended<br>🞏 Parole order cancelled<br>🞏 Re‑entry release order suspended<br>🞏 Re‑entry release order cancelled |\n| --- | --- |\n\n| **Details of early release order** | Date of order: | Date of release: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n- **Warrant issued by** Signature(s):\n- Name(s):\nOfficial title(s):\n- Date:\n\n| **Execution   details** | Prisoner arrested on .... / .... / .... at ......... hours<br>at:<br>by: Regimental No:<br>of: police station/division<br>Signature: Date: |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n[Form 1 amended: Gazette 11 Jun 2004 p. 2003.]\n\n2. Warrant to have offender arrested under section 116(1) of the Act\n\n- WESTERN AUSTRALIA*Sentence Administration Act 2003*, s. 116(1) and 117(1)**Arrest warrant**\n- CWI Warrant No.\n\n| **Command** | **To: All police officers.**<br>**This warrant authorises and commands you to arrest this offender and to take the offender to the nearest prison in Western Australia.**<br>**And to all persons authorised to exercise a power set out in clause 2 of Schedule 2 to the *Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999*.**<br>**This warrant authorises and commands you to take the offender to the nearest prison in Western Australia.** |\n| --- | --- |\n\n- **Offender’s details** Name: Date of birth:\n- Address:\n\n| **Warrant issued by** | Signature: |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Name:   Official title: |  |\n|  | Date: |  |\n\n| **Execution   details** | Offender arrested on .... / .... / .... at ......... hours<br>at:<br>by: Regimental No:<br>of: police station/division<br>Signature: Date: |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n[Form 2 inserted: Gazette 11 Jun 2004 p. 2003.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003* | 29 Aug 2003 p. 3842‑50 | 31 Aug 2003 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 29 Aug 2003 p. 3833) |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment Regulations 2004* | 11 Jun 2004 p. 2002-3 | 11 Jun 2004 |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment Regulations 2005* | 25 Feb 2005 p. 847 | 31 May 2006 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 30 May 2006 p. 1965) |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment Regulations 2006* | 29 Dec 2006 p. 5869‑72 | Regulations other than r. 5: 28 Jan 2007 (see r. 2(1) and *Gazette* 29 Dec 2006 p. 5867);   r. 5: 4 Apr 2007 (see r. 2(2)(b) and *Gazette* 3 Apr 2007 p. 1491) |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment Regulations 2007* | 3 Apr 2007 p. 1507-8 | 4 Apr 2007 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 3 Apr 2007 p. 1491) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003* as at 14 Mar 2008** (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Attorney General Regulations Amendment (Associations Incorporation) Regulations 2016* Pt. 4 | 30 Dec 2016 p. 5965‑6 | 31 Dec 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment Regulations 2017* | 7 Feb 2017 p. 1162‑3 | r. 1 and 2: 7 Feb 2017 (see r. 2(a));   r. 4: 8 Feb 2017 (see r. 2(b));   Regulations other than r. 1, 2 and 4: 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(c) and *Gazette* 7 Feb 2017 p. 1159) |\n| *Corrective Services Regulations Amendment (Firearms) Regulations 2022* Pt. 3 | SL 2022/191 18 Nov 2022 | 19 Nov 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Sentence Administration Amendment (Family Violence Reform) Regulations 2024* | SL 2024/250 11 Dec 2024 | r. 1 and 2: 11 Dec 2024 (see r. 2(a));<br>Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 18 Dec 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Corrective Services Regulations Amendment (Firearms) Regulations 2024* Pt. 3 | SL 2024/299 21 Dec 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2024/289 cl. 2) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 Under the *Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006* Sch. 2 cl. 13 a reference to the Consolidated Fund may, where the context so requires, be read as if it had been amended to be a reference to the Consolidated Account. This reference was changed under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(5)(a).\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\ncentre 3(1)\n\ncommunity corrections order 23B(1)\n\ncommunity service 3(1)\n\nsupervisor 3(1)\n\n© State of Western Australia 2025.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2025.\n\nBy Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations have expanded significantly beyond their original 2003 scope. The original regulations focused primarily on parole, re-entry release orders, and community corrections orders. Major expansions include: (1) Part 1A on re-socialisation programmes added in 2006, creating an elaborate pre-release rehabilitation framework; (2) Part 2A on post-sentence supervision orders added in 2017, extending control beyond sentence completion; (3) Victims' information rights (regulation 23B) added in 2007 and expanded in 2024 to include photographs and compliance details; (4) Research publication restrictions (regulation 23A) added in 2007. The instrument has evolved from basic administrative machinery to a comprehensive framework covering rehabilitation, extended supervision, victim rights, and data governance."},"complexity_factors":["Moderate cross-referencing to the Sentence Administration Act 2003 and other statutes (Sentencing Act 1995, Prisons Act 1981, Firearms Act 2024, etc.)","Mathematical formula for calculating re-socialisation programme commencement dates (regulation 3D)","Multiple conditional tiers for community corrections hours based on employment status (full-time vs part-time vs unemployed)","Nested procedural requirements for searches (witnesses, same-sex searchers, medical practitioners, children under 10)","27 regulations across 7 Parts plus Schedule of forms","Defined terms section with 4 key definitions, but many Act terms incorporated by reference","Amendment history showing evolution across 2003-2024 with staggered commencement dates"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the detailed rules for how sentences are managed in Western Australia, covering everything from parole and community service to searching visitors at correctional centres.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Prisoners serving sentences, especially those approaching release\n- Offenders on community-based orders (community corrections orders, pre-sentence orders)\n- People visiting community corrections centres\n- Victims of crime who want information about offenders\n- Corrective services staff and the Prisoners Review Board\n\n**What it does:**\n\n**For prisoners nearing release:**\n- Sets up \"re-socialisation programmes\" – structured plans to help prisoners transition back into society through education, family contact, and health support (Part 1A)\n- Defines when these programmes start (based on a formula involving programme length plus buffer time)\n- Allows the CEO or Board to suspend or cancel programmes if things go wrong\n\n**For parole and supervision:**\n- Requires the CEO to notify the Prisoners Review Board about prisoners eligible for parole\n- Sets work hours for community corrections: 6 hours/week if working full-time, 12 hours if not (Parts 2, 2A, and 3)\n- Covers post-sentence supervision orders (PSSOs) for high-risk offenders after their sentence ends\n\n**For community-based offenders:**\n- Lists specific obligations like dress standards, no unauthorised phone calls, and medical certificates for sick leave (Part 4)\n- Rules for calculating time served (travel time counts, unauthorised absences don't)\n- Allows drug and alcohol testing\n\n**For community corrections centres:**\n- Detailed search procedures for visitors, including same-sex searchers, witness rights, and special protections for children under 10 (Part 5)\n- Rules for handling seized items (firearms and drugs go straight to police)\n- Disposal of abandoned property after 6 months\n\n**For victims:**\n- Gives victims specific information rights, including the offender's location, programme participation, compliance failures, and even photographs (regulation 23B)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese regulations balance community safety with rehabilitation. They ensure prisoners transition back to society in a structured way, set clear rules for offenders serving sentences in the community, protect visitor rights during searches, and keep victims informed about offenders who harmed them."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative content was retrievable from the provided source. The page has been removed or relocated on the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — the source URL returned an error page","Only the title of the instrument could be identified","No provisions, schedules, definitions, or operative clauses were present to assess"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation could be analysed.**\n\nThe link provided does not contain any actual legislative text — instead, it shows an error page from the Western Australian legislation website indicating that the page for the *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003* (WA) is **no longer available** at that web address.\n\nWhat we do know from the title alone:\n- This would be a **Western Australian regulation** (a type of law made under the authority of a parent Act, rather than by Parliament directly)\n- It relates to **sentence administration** — broadly, the rules governing how criminal sentences are managed and carried out in WA (e.g. parole, community service, supervised release)\n- It dates from **2003**\n\nTo find the current version of this legislation, visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for *Sentence Administration Regulations 2003* directly."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations have expanded and evolved since the 2003 original: re‑socialisation programme rules and related reviewable decisions were inserted (regs 3D–3K, Gazette 2006); post‑sentence supervision order provisions were added (regs 5A, 5B, Gazette 2017); exceptions and procedural updates relating to firearms and drugs were amended (reg 21, SL 2022/191 and SL 2024/299); and family violence‑related amendments were made (SL 2024/250). The compilation table records multiple amendments that broaden operational coverage and procedural detail."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross‑referencing to the Sentence Administration Act 2003 and other statutes (Prisons Act 1981, Sentencing Act 1995, Firearms Act 2024, Misuse of Drugs Act 1981) increases navigational complexity.","Multiple official discretion points: CEO and Board powers on programme suspension, cancellation and reporting (regs 3G–3J, 3K) and CEO authority to determine engagement status and hours (regs 5(2)-(3), 5A(2)-(3), 6(2)-(3)).","Finality of administrative determinations (regs 5(3), 5A(3), 6(3)) creates constrained avenues for challenge and raises procedural risk for affected persons.","Detailed procedural rules that must be followed by supervisors (search procedure, consent steps, witnesses, age protections) spread across regs 14–19 and 12–13.","Evidentiary provisions for biological tests and certificates (reg 11(2)–(8)) create compliance and proof frameworks for enforcement and court use.","Distinct regimes with slightly different operational rules (parole, re‑entry release, community corrections, PSSOs) require administrators to apply different hour‑calculations and obligations (regs 5, 5A, 6, 7, 10).","Prescribed offences and penalties for misuse of disclosed research information (reg 23A) and rules on publication add legal risk for researchers and staff.","Operational details such as forms for warrants (sch.1), property disposal procedure and accounting (reg 22), and staff conflict‑of‑interest rules (reg 23) increase administrative tasks and record‑keeping burdens.","Recent temporal amendments and insertions (see compilation table) mean readers must track historical changes to understand current scope and application."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out detailed rules for administering sentences in Western Australia: they prescribe time thresholds, the structure and content of re‑socialisation programmes, hours and obligations for community corrections and post‑sentence supervision, search and seizure procedures at community corrections centres, and forms and processes for arrest warrants and disposal of property. It affects prisoners and offenders subject to parole, re‑entry, community corrections or PSSOs, departmental staff, the CEO, the Parole Board and police by allocating decision‑making powers, compliance duties and limited penalties."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003","history":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/sentence-administration-regulations-2003/documents"}}