Western Australian Numbered Acts

ROYAL COMMISSION (POLICE) ACT 2002 (NO. 10 OF 2002) - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act unless the contrary intention appears —

        "ACC Act" means the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988 ;

        "Commission" means —

            (a)         the Royal Commission constituted by the person appointed by the commission dated 12 December 2001 and published in the Gazette of 28 December 2001 to inquire into and report on whether since 1 January 1985 there has been corrupt conduct or criminal conduct by any Western Australian police officer; and

            (b)         any Royal Commission with the same or similar terms of reference as the Royal Commission referred to in paragraph (a) and which replaces that Royal Commission,

                and includes the person appointed to be the Commission acting in the exercise of his duty as a Commissioner;

        "Commissioner" means the person appointed to be the Commission;

        "corrupt conduct" and "criminal conduct” include, but are not limited to, the meanings given to those phrases by section 3 of the ACC Act;

        "Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner" means a person for the time being holding the office of Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;

        "disciplinary measures" means measures under section 8 or 23 of the Police Act 1892 and any related proceedings, hearing or inquiry;

        "legal practitioner" means a practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Act 1893 ;

        “1968 Act” means the Royal Commissions Act 1968 ;

        "officer of the Commission" means —

            (a)         a legal practitioner appointed to assist the Commission; and

            (b)         any other person appointed, employed, seconded or engaged to assist the Commission;

        "officer of the Parliamentary Commissioner" has the meaning given to “officer of the Commissioner” by the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;

        "Parliamentary Commissioner" means a person for the time being holding or acting in the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations under the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;

        "premises" includes any structure, building, aircraft, vehicle, vessel and place (whether built or not), and any part of it;

        "public authority" has the same meaning as in the ACC Act;

        "public officer" has the same meaning as in The Criminal Code and includes a former public officer.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act the Commission is taken to have ended when it has delivered its final report under the terms of reference as set out in the commission dated 12 December 2001 or, if those terms are amended, under those terms as so amended.

        (3)         At the time the Commission ends under subsection (2), section 4B of the Surveillance Devices Act 1998 , as inserted by section 36, and section 3A of the Telecommunications (Interception) Western Australia Act 1996 , as inserted by section 38, shall each expire.