Cross-border Justice Regulations 2009

Before section 178(1) insert:

^1M In this section —

if the jurisdiction is the State — the Prisons Act 1981; or

if the jurisdiction is South Australia — the Correctional Services Act 1982 (South Australia); or

if the jurisdiction is the Northern Territory — the Correctional Services Act 2014 (Northern Territory).

^1M This section applies in relation to an offender in a detention centre in a participating jurisdiction who has a connection with a cross‑border region.

In section 178(1) after “centre” and insert:

In section 178(3) delete “under the Prisons Act 1981” and insert:

After section 178(4) insert:

^1M A direction under subsection (3) that the offender be transferred to a prison in another participating jurisdiction can only be made if the offender has a connection with a cross‑border region that is partly in that other jurisdiction.

In section 178(5) delete paragraph (a) and “and” after it and insert:

^1M while the offender is in a prison in a participating jurisdiction, the prisons laws of the jurisdiction apply to and in respect of the offender; and