COUNTER-TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 8
Amendment of s 71 (Reconsidering decision)
COUNTER-TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 8
Amendment of s 71 (Reconsidering decision)
8 Amendment of s 71 (Reconsidering decision)
(1) Section 71(1)(a), from ‘other than’—
omit, insert—
other than a preliminary transfer or a transfer for the purposes of the
prisoner’s initial placement; and
(2) Section 71(6)—
insert—
"initial placement" , of a prisoner who is sentenced to a period of
imprisonment, means the placement of the prisoner at—
(a) if a preliminary
transfer of the prisoner has been made—the corrective services facility to
which the prisoner is transferred following the preliminary transfer; or
(b)
otherwise—the corrective services facility to which the prisoner is
transferred after first being admitted to a corrective services facility on
sentencing.
"preliminary transfer" means the transfer on sentencing of a prisoner who is
detained on remand for an offence, if the transfer is for the purposes of
assessing and determining an appropriate corrective services facility for the
prisoner’s initial placement.
