Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 26

26 .         Escort arrangements

        (1)         Unless there is an agreement to the contrary between — 

            (a)         if the request is for the transfer of a State prisoner to a participating State — the Minister and the corresponding Minister of the participating State; or

            (b)         if the request is for the transfer of a State prisoner to a Territory or for the transfer of a joint prisoner to a participating State or Territory — the Minister and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth,

                the cost of and responsibility for transferring a prisoner of a kind described in Column 1 of the Table to this regulation from Western Australia pursuant to an order of transfer of a kind so described in relation to the prisoner shall be borne by the State or the Commonwealth as is specified in Column 2 of the Table opposite the description.

        (2)         In the Table to this regulation, a reference to a sentence includes a reference to concurrent or cumulative sentences.

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Order of transfer of a State prisoner to a participating State or Territory for prisoner’s welfare	Western Australia
Order of transfer to a participating State or Territory for welfare or trial of —              (a)         joint prisoner serving State and Commonwealth sentences of the same length;	Commonwealth
(b)         joint prisoner serving longer Commonwealth sentence than State sentence; or             (c)         joint prisoner serving longer State sentence than Commonwealth sentence	Commonwealth Participating State
Order of transfer of State prisoner to a participating State or Territory to be dealt with according to law of Commonwealth	Commonwealth
Order of transfer of a State prisoner to a participating State or Territory for prisoner’s trial	Participating State
Order of transfer to return prisoner to a participating State or Territory after being dealt with according to law	Western Australia

        [Regulation 26 inserted in Gazette 2 Sep 1988 p. 3396.]