Western Australian Current Acts

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1983

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Terms used
            
   4.      Corresponding courts and interstate laws

   PART II -- Transfer at request of prisoner  

   5.      Requests for, and orders of, transfer
            
   6.      Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
            
   7.      Repeated requests for transfer
            
   8.      Receipt of request for transfer to Western Australia
            
   9A.     Matters to which the Minister may have regard
            
   9.      Reports

   PART III -- Transfer for trial  

   10.     Request for transfer of prisoner to participating State
            
   11.     Necessary consents
            
   12.     Prisoner to be brought before Magistrates Court
            
   13.     Order of transfer
            
   14.     Review of decision of Magistrates Court
            
   14A.    Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
            
   15.     Prisoner brought to be returned to custody
            
   16.     Request for transfer of imprisoned person to Western Australia
            
   17.     Request for transfer to Western Australia by imprisoned person

   PART IV -- Transfer back to original State  

   18.     Return of prisoner to participating State if no sentence or shorter sentence in Western Australia
            
   19.     Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners
            
   21.     Provisions ancillary to sections 18,

   PART V -- Effect of order of transfer  

   22.     Transfer in custody of escort
            
   23.     Transfer of sentence with prisoner
            
   24.     Information to be sent to the participating State
            
   25.     Sentence deemed to have been imposed in Western Australia
            
   26.     Provisions relating to translated sentences
            
   27.     Translated sentence -- default imprisonment

   PART VI -- Miscellaneous  

   28.     Notification to certain prisoners of certain decisions
            
   29.     Lawful custody for transit through Western Australia
            
   30.     Escape from custody of person being transferred
            
   31.     Escape from custody -- penalty
            
   32.     Revocation of order of transfer on escape from custody
            
   33.     Assistance by police officers
            
   34.     Regulations
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