|
|
 |
|
CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 19AZD
19AZD State and Territory laws providing for leave of
absence, pre-release etc. to apply to federal offenders
- (1)
- A law of a State or Territory providing for a State or
Territory offender to be granted leave of absence from
prison, including leave of absence granted by order of a
court, applies to a federal offender who is serving a
sentence in that State or Territory as if the federal
offender were a State or Territory offender serving an
equivalent State or Territory sentence in that State or
Territory.
- (2)
- A law of a State or Territory providing for a State or
Territory offender imprisoned in that State or Territory
to be released:
- (a)
- up to 24 hours before the time at which his or her
sentence would otherwise have ended; or
- (b)
- where the release day falls on a Saturday, a Sunday
or a day which is a public holiday—on the last day
before such a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or
a public holiday;
applies to a federal offender who is serving a sentence in
that State or Territory as if the federal offender were a
State or Territory offender serving an equivalent State or
Territory sentence in that State or Territory.
- (3)
- A law of a State or Territory providing for a State or
Territory offender to be released from prison under a
pre-release permit scheme (however called) that is
prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, applies to
a federal offender who is serving a sentence in that State
or Territory, subject to any conditions relating to
eligibility to participate that are specified in the
regulations that prescribe that scheme, as if the federal
offender were a State or Territory offender serving an
equivalent State or Territory sentence in that State or
Territory.
|
|
|
|
