Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PRISONERS' INTERSTATE LEAVE ACT 1997 (NO 99 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Prisoners' Interstate Leave Act 1997.  

   PART II--RECOGNITION OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS

   PART III--LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PRISONERS

   11.     Subject to this Part, a prisoner to whom a permit has been granted is authorised to take leave of absence from a remand centre in order to undertake travel and return to the remand centre in accordance with the permit and the conditions and restrictions to which it is subject.  

   PART IV--INTERSTATE PRISONERS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE IN THE TERRITORY

   14.     In this Part—“interstate permit” means a permit, issued under a corresponding law, permitting a prisoner to travel in or through the Territory and includes any condition or restriction to which the permit is subject; “prisoner” means a person who is in custody under the law of a participating jurisdiction.  
   17.     An escort who, for the purpose of—  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS

   18.     The Executive may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.