Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1)
Subsection (2) applies if —
(a) a
police officer of another participating jurisdiction arrests a person under
the law of that other jurisdiction (the "arresting jurisdiction”
) —
(i)
whether with or without a warrant; and
(ii)
whether in the State or
another participating jurisdiction;
and
(b) the
person has a connection with a cross-border region.
(2) A police officer
of the arresting jurisdiction may —
(a) keep
the person in custody in the State; and
(b)
while the person is in custody, take the person to a police station, court or
other place in the State for any purpose that is authorised under the law of
that other jurisdiction as applied by its cross-border laws.
(3) The law of the
State does not apply in relation to the custody.