Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 182 of 1994 - SECT 26

26. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "will" and substituting "may";
(b) by omitting from subsection (6) "Where" and substituting "Subject to
subsections (8A) and (9), if";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (8) the following subsection:

"(8A) Despite subsection (6), the Attorney-General is not required to make an
order for the transfer of a prisoner under that subsection from New South
Wales to another State or to a Territory if:

   (a)  the prisoner has been removed to New South Wales under the Removal of
        Prisoners (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1968; and

   (b)  the prisoner has not applied for an order declaring him or her to be
        an exempt prisoner but, if he or she had so applied, the
        Attorney-General would have made such an order.".