Electoral Commissioner to be informed about particular prisoners and detained persons
59 Electoral Commissioner to be informed about particular prisoners and detained persons
In this section —
chief executive officer, prisons means the chief executive officer as defined in the Prisons Act 1981 section 3;
Mental Impairment Review Tribunal registrar means the registrar of the Mental Impairment Review Tribunal under the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 188(1);
prisoner means a person of a kind referred to in section 18(1)(b) to (cd) who is detained in a prison;
required information, in relation to a person, means that person’s name, address, date of birth, occupation and sex;
supervised person has the meaning given in the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 9(1).
As soon as practicable after the beginning of each month —
the chief executive officer, prisons must forward to the Electoral Commissioner —
a list containing the required information for each person who became a prisoner during the preceding month; and
a list containing the required information for each person who ceased to be a prisoner during the preceding month;
and
the Mental Impairment Review Tribunal registrar must forward to the Electoral Commissioner —
a list containing the required information for each person who became a supervised person during the preceding month; and
a list containing the required information for each person who ceased to be a supervised person during the preceding month.
Within 4 days after the date of the writ for an election —
the chief executive officer, prisons must forward to the Electoral Commissioner —
a list containing the required information for each person who became a prisoner during the period since the end of the most recent month in relation to which a list was forwarded under subsection (2)(a)(i); and
a list containing the required information for each person who ceased to be a prisoner during the period since the end of the most recent month in relation to which a list was forwarded under subsection (2)(a)(ii);
and
the Mental Impairment Review Tribunal registrar must forward to the Electoral Commissioner —
a list containing the required information for each person who became a supervised person during the period since the end of the most recent month in relation to which a list was forwarded under subsection (2)(b)(i); and
a list containing the required information for each person who ceased to be a supervised person during the period since the end of the most recent month in relation to which a list was forwarded under subsection (2)(b)(ii).
If required information is forwarded to the Electoral Commissioner under subsection (2)(a)(i) or (3)(a)(i) in relation to a person referred to in section 18(1)(c), the chief executive officer, prisons must include in the list containing the required information the length of the term of detention or imprisonment of the person.
[(5) deleted]
[Section 59 inserted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 25; amended: No. 7 of 2009 s. 10; No. 17 of 2014 s. 11; No. 30 of 2023 s. 47; No. 10 of 2023 s. 339.]
The statute text is free to read above. View Pro plans to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.