Queensland Numbered Acts

CORRECTIVE SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 11

11 Insertion of new s 68A

After section 68 —
insert—

68A Restriction on eligibility for transfer to low custody facility

(1) A prisoner (an
"ineligible prisoner" ) is not eligible to be transferred from a secure facility to a low custody facility if the prisoner—

(a) has been convicted of a sexual offence; or

(b) has been convicted of murder; or

(c) is serving a life sentence.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 268.

(3) In this section—

"low custody facility" means—

(a) a prison, other than a secure facility; or

(b) a community corrections centre; or

(c) a work camp.