New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 23

23 Transfers from one correctional centre to another

(1) The Commissioner may order that an inmate be transferred from one correctional centre to another:

(a) because the correctional centre is being or is about to be repaired, altered, enlarged or rebuilt, or

(b) because of an outbreak or threatened outbreak in the correctional centre of an infectious disease, or

(c) because the correctional centre has ceased or is about to cease to be a correctional centre, or

(d) because the correctional centre is overcrowded, or

(e) because inmates in the correctional centre need to be separated in compliance with the requirements of the regulations, or

(f) because of any other reason specified in the order.

(2) In relation to an inmate who is under the age of 18 years, such an order may not be made on a ground referred to in subsection (1) (d), (e) or (f) so as to transfer the inmate from a juvenile correctional centre to a correctional centre that is not a juvenile correctional centre.

Note: Such an inmate may only be transferred to such a correctional centre in accordance with section 41C (2).