Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009

This section applies to a local offender whose sentence is subject to a condition (whether imposed by the sentence or otherwise) that prohibits the offender from leaving this jurisdiction without permission.

Permission to leave this jurisdiction may be granted, varied and revoked, and conditions of permission may be imposed and varied, in accordance with the relevant Ministerial arrangements.

After any permission referred to in subsection (2) is granted, the local authority – must incorporate the terms and conditions of the permission in an interstate travel permit; and must issue a copy of the permit to the offender; and must provide – a copy of the permit; and such other documents or information about the offender as are required or authorised to be sent under the relevant Ministerial arrangements – to the interstate authority of each interstate jurisdiction to which the permit authorises travel.

After the terms or conditions of any permission referred to in subsection (2) are varied, the local authority – must incorporate the terms and conditions of the permission, as varied, in an amended interstate travel permit; and must issue a copy of the amended permit to the offender; and must provide – a copy of the amended permit; and such other documents or information as are relevant to the variation – to the interstate authority of each interstate jurisdiction to which the permit authorises travel.

After any permission referred to in subsection (2) is revoked, the local authority must provide written notice of that fact to the offender and to the interstate authority of each interstate jurisdiction to which the permit authorised travel.

An interstate travel permit ceases to have effect in an interstate jurisdiction to which it authorises travel – if written notice referred to in subsection (5) is provided to the interstate authority of that jurisdiction (regardless of whether or not the offender has received the notice); or if the offender is arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under the corresponding law of that jurisdiction; or if the timeframes for travel authorised by the travel permit lapse.