Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00265:reg:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00265
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 27
Character Range: 20255–21527

27  Remission
 (1) Subject to this section, a detainee who is serving a period of detention of not less than 28 days is entitled to a remission of one‑quarter of the period of detention.
 (2) If the remission of a period of detention would, apart from this subsection, reduce the period of detention to less than 24 days, the period of detention is to be remitted to a period of 24 days.
 (3) If a custodial punishment is imposed on a detainee, the period of remission to which the detainee would, apart from this subsection, be entitled, must be reduced:
 (a) for each day of the punishment of segregated confinement served by the detainee—by 3 days; or
 (b) for each day of the punishment of confinement to a cell served by the detainee—by 2 days; or
 (c) for each day of the punishment of extra drill served by the detainee—by 1 day; or
 (d) for continuous or discontinuous periods of the punishment of restriction of custodial privileges which in the aggregate amount to more than 7 days—by 1 day for each such period of not less than 7 days.
 (4) If a punishment of a period of detention is imposed on a detainee in respect of an offence committed during a period of detention, the detainee is not entitled to remission in respect of the latter period of detention.