Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237:section:46:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 70303–73081

46  Prisoner transferred to Australia taken to be federal prisoner
 (1) A sentence of imprisonment imposed by the transfer country or Tribunal that is to be enforced in Australia under the continued enforcement method or the converted enforcement method is taken, for the purpose of enforcement of the sentence of imprisonment in Australia on transfer of the prisoner or Tribunal prisoner to Australia under this Act, to be a federal sentence of imprisonment and the prisoner to be a federal prisoner.
 (2) Any period of the sentence of imprisonment as originally imposed by the transfer country or Tribunal served by the prisoner or Tribunal prisoner before the transfer is taken to have been served under the sentence of imprisonment as it is enforced under this Act.
 (3) A prisoner who is transferred to Australia under this Act while serving a sentence of imprisonment (other than the suspended part of the sentence) that is:
 (a) imposed by a transfer country; and
 (b) enforced under this Act;
may be detained in a prison or hospital or other place in a State or Territory.
 (3A) A prisoner who is transferred to Australia under this Act while serving the suspended part of a sentence of imprisonment that is:
 (a) imposed by a transfer country; and
 (b) enforced under this Act;
may be supervised in a State or Territory in accordance with terms agreed under this Act.
 (3B) A Tribunal prisoner who is transferred to Australia under this Act while serving a sentence of imprisonment that is:
 (a) imposed by a Tribunal; and
 (b) enforced under this Act;
may be detained in a prison or hospital or other place in a State or Territory.
 (4) Any relevant Australian law, or practice or procedure lawfully observed, concerning the detention of prisoners applies in relation to the prisoner or Tribunal prisoner on and after that transfer to the extent that it is capable of applying concurrently with this Act.
 (5) Without limiting subsection (4), Australian law and practice and procedure relating to the following matters are applicable to a prisoner or Tribunal prisoner who is transferred to Australia under this Act:
 (a) conditions of imprisonment and treatment of prisoners;
 (b) release on parole of prisoners;
 (ba) serving the suspended part of a sentence of imprisonment;
 (c) classification and separation of prisoners;
 (d) removal of prisoners from one prison to another;
 (e) removal of prisoners between prisons and hospitals or other places or between one hospital or other place and another;
 (f) treatment of mentally impaired prisoners;
 (g) eligibility for participation in prison programs, including release under a pre‑release permit scheme (however called);
Note: See, for example, subsection 19AZD (3) of the Crimes Act 1914.
 (h) temporary absence