Corrections Act 1997

In this section – commencement day means the day on which this section, as inserted by the Corrections Amendment (Prisoner Remission) Act 2019, commences.

Subject to this section, the Director may, in accordance with regulations made in relation to the matters referred to in section 90(2)(d), grant to a prisoner who is in custody a remission of the whole, or any part, of one or more sentences of imprisonment under which the prisoner is serving all or part of a continuous period in custody.

Remission may only be granted in relation to a sentence of imprisonment in respect of a prisoner – if the sentence was imposed on the prisoner before the commencement day; or where the prisoner is in custody under more than one sentence of imprisonment – if at least one of those sentences of imprisonment was imposed on the prisoner before the commencement day; or where the prisoner is in custody for a continuous period under different sentences of imprisonment for different parts of the continuous period – if at least one of those sentences of imprisonment was imposed on the prisoner before the commencement day.

The Director may not grant remission to a prisoner who is in custody for a period of imprisonment – under a sentence of imprisonment imposed after 1 January 1994; or that is imposed, in whole or in part, by one or more sentences of imprisonment, at least one of which was imposed after 1 January 1994 – if the remission would operate so as to reduce by more than 3 months the total period of imprisonment during which the prisoner would otherwise be in custody under one or more of those sentences.