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Statutory Rules 1984 No. 180

Transfer of Prisoners Regulations

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Regulation
    1. Citation
    2. Interpretation

PART II—TRANSFER FOR PRISONER'S WELFARE

    3. Application for transfer
    4. Statements in support of prisoner's application
    5. Consideration of prisoner's application
    6. Request to appropriate Minister to accept transfer of prisoner
    7. Transfer order
    8. Revocation of welfare transfer order

PART III—TRANSFER FOR PURPOSE OF TRIAL

    9. Request by appropriate Minister for consent of Attorney-General
   10. Request by prisoner for transfer
   11. Application to court for trial transfer order
   12. Order to bring prisoner before court
   13. Form of trial transfer order
   14. Revocation of trial transfer order

PART IV—RETURN OF PRISONER

   15. Notice to prisoner
   16.  Form of return transfer order
   17. Revocation of return transfer order
   18. Return for appeal purposes
   19. Request to serve imprisonment without return
   20. Order of imprisonment in relation to exempt prisoner

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

   21. Expenses of transfer

SCHEDULE

Forms

S.R.174/84—Cat. No. Recommended retail price $1.50 10/17.7.1984

Statutory Rules 1984 No. 1801

Transfer of Prisoners Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983.

Dated 26 July 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN.

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

Attorney-General

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Transfer of Prisoners Regulations.

Interpretation
2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, "the Act" means the Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983.
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a form by number is a reference to the form so numbered in the Schedule.
(3) A form in the Schedule that contains any directions for its completion shall be completed in accordance with those directions.

PART II—TRANSFER FOR PRISONER'S WELFARE

Application for transfer
3. (1) An application under sub-section 6 (1) of the Act (in this Part referred to as a "prisoner's application") shall be in or to the effect of Form 1.

(2) A prisoner's application shall be signed by the prisoner and shall be forwarded to the Attorney-General through the Superintendent or other officer in charge of the prison where the prisoner is imprisoned.
(3) A Superintendent or other officer in charge of a prison who receives a prisoner's application shall—
      (a) prepare and attach to the application a statement of convictions and sentences in respect of which the prisoner is currently detained in custody, setting out any probation or non-parole period specified and the current estimated date of release by remission;
      (b) prepare and attach to the application a comprehensive report on the prisoner's conduct and behaviour while