CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 110 Discharge within 7 days before discharge day

CORRECTIVE SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 110

110 Discharge within 7 days before discharge day

(1) This section applies to a person—

(a) who is—

(i) a prisoner; or

(ii) a person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and is in the commissioner’s custody; and

(b) who has served at least half of the person’s period of imprisonment.

(2) The chief executive may order that the person be discharged within 7 days immediately before the person’s discharge day.

Example—

The person’s discharge day falls on a Friday but transport to the person’s community is only available on a Wednesday. The person may be discharged on the Wednesday before the discharge day.