Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 20

(1)

The Attorney-General is to notify the prisoner (or the prisoner's representative) and any State or Territory Minister or Ministers whose consent to the transfer is required under this Act:

(a) of the transfer country's decision; and
(b) if consent is given, of the proposed method by which the sentence of imprisonment will be enforced by the transfer country and any other proposed terms of transfer.

(2)

The prisoner or prisoner's representative and Minister concerned are to advise the Attorney-General as to whether they consent to the transfer on the terms proposed by the transfer country.

(3)

The Attorney-General is to determine whether or not consent should be given to the transfer of a prisoner on the terms proposed by the transfer country and is to notify the transfer country as to whether consent has been given to transfer of the prisoner on those terms or, if consent will be given if the transfer country agrees to variation of the terms, of the variation proposed.