PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1983

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART I -- Preliminary  

• 1 Short title
 
• 2 Commencement
 
• 3 Terms used
 
• 4 Corresponding courts and interstate laws

PART II -- Transfer at request of prisoner  

• 5 Requests for, and orders of, transfer
 
• 6 Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
 
• 7 Repeated requests for transfer
 
• 8 Receipt of request for transfer to Western Australia
 
• 9A Matters to which the Minister may have regard
 
• 9 Reports

PART III -- Transfer for trial  

• 10 Request for transfer of prisoner to participating State
 
• 11 Necessary consents
 
• 12 Prisoner to be brought before Magistrates Court
 
• 13 Order of transfer
 
• 14 Review of decision of Magistrates Court
 
• 14A Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
 
• 15 Prisoner brought to be returned to custody
 
• 16 Request for transfer of imprisoned person to Western Australia
 
• 17 Request for transfer to Western Australia by imprisoned person

PART IV -- Transfer back to original State  

• 18 Return of prisoner to participating State if no sentence or shorter sentence in Western Australia
 
• 19 Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
 
• 21 Provisions ancillary to sections 18,

PART V -- Effect of order of transfer  

• 22 Transfer in custody of escort
 
• 23 Transfer of sentence with prisoner
 
• 24 Information to be sent to the participating State
 
• 25 Sentence deemed to have been imposed in Western Australia
 
• 26 Provisions relating to translated sentences
 
• 27 Translated sentence -- default imprisonment

PART VI -- Miscellaneous  

• 28 Notification to certain prisoners of certain decisions
 
• 29 Lawful custody for transit through Western Australia
 
• 30 Escape from custody of person being transferred
 
• 31 Escape from custody -- penalty
 
• 32 Revocation of order of transfer on escape from custody
 
• 33 Assistance by police officers
 
• 34 Regulations
• Compilation table