New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 8

8 Release from custody

(1) Unless sooner released on parole, an inmate who is serving a sentence by way of full-time detention (the "current sentence") is to be released from custody on the day the sentence expires (the "release date"), as determined in accordance with Division 1 of Part 4 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 but subject to any variation of the term of that sentence under this or any other Act.

(2) An inmate may be released from custody:

(a) at any time on the release date for the current sentence, or

(b) if the release date for the current sentence is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday and the inmate so requests, at any time during the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

(3) This section does not apply to an inmate who, as at the release date for the current sentence, is subject to another sentence that is being served by way of full-time detention:

(a) where the other sentence commenced before, but will not end until after, the release date for the current sentence, or

(b) where the other sentence commences immediately after the release date for the current sentence.