CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 84C Effect of permit issued under interstate law
CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 84C
Effect of permit issued under interstate law(1) If—
S. 84C(1)(a) amended by No. 38/2003 s. 8.
(a) under an interstate law a permit is issued permitting a person imprisoned in a participating State to travel to Victoria; and
(b) pursuant to that permit an escort brings the person to Victoria—
the escort, while in Victoria, is authorised to hold, take and keep custody of the person for the purpose of escorting the prisoner for the purposes set out in the permit and returning the prisoner to the participating State.
(2) If—
(a) under an interstate law a permit is issued permitting a person imprisoned in a participating State (the first State) to travel to another participating State (the second State); and
(b) in the course of escorting the person to the second State or returning the person to the first State pursuant to the permit, an escort brings the person into Victoria—
the escort, while in Victoria, is authorised to hold, take and keep custody of the person for the purpose of escorting the person to the second State and returning him or her to the first State.
S. 84D (Heading) inserted by No. 38/2003 s. 9(1).
S. 84D inserted by No. 94/1994 s. 22.