Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Schedule 1
has effect in relation to prosecution notices and charges in them.
(2) A prosecution
notice must —
(a) be
in writing in a prescribed form;
(b)
comply with Schedule 1 Division 2;
(c)
contain any information prescribed; and
(d) be
signed in accordance with subsection (3) and, if necessary,
subsection (4).
(3) A prosecution
notice must —
(a) if
the prosecution is being commenced by an authorised investigator,
either —
(i)
be signed by the investigator alone; or
(ii)
be signed by the investigator in the presence of either a
JP or a prescribed court officer;
(b) in
any other case — be signed by the person who is commencing the
prosecution in the presence of either a JP or a prescribed court officer.
(4) If a prosecution
notice is signed in the presence of a JP or a prescribed court officer, the JP
or officer must also sign the notice.
(5) The contents of a
prosecution notice need not be verified on oath or affirmation before a JP or
a prescribed court officer unless —
(a) an
arrest warrant for the accused for the alleged offence is to be sought; or
(b) they
are required to be so verified for the purposes of another written law.