Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

2A......... Exercise of powers of Administrator where no office of Administrator [see Note 2]              2

3............ Removal of prisoners from Territories in certain cases ...................... 2

4............ Warrant for removal of prisoner ......................................................... 3

5............ Dealing with removed prisoner ........................................................... 4

6............ Remission of portion of imprisonment .............................................. 4

7A......... Sentence ceases to run while escaped prisoner at large ...................... 5

7B......... Arrest of prisoner unlawfully at large ................................................ 5

8............ Return of removed prisoner ................................................................ 5

8AA...... Relationship between this Act and Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983 .. 6

8A......... Licences for prisoners to be at large ................................................... 7

9............ Application of Act to criminal lunatics .............................................. 9

10.......... Application of Act to existing prisoners and criminal lunatics ........ 10

10A....... Release of criminal lunatics ............................................................... 10

11.......... Evidence of act of Government of State or Territory or of Governor‑General        11

12.......... Cost of removal ................................................................................ 12

13.......... State or Territory laws for carrying Act into effect ......................... 12

14.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 13

Notes                                                                                                                                             15

An Act relating to the Removal of Prisoners from Territories under the Authority of the Commonwealth

Notes to the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923

Note 1

The Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 14, 1923 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923	14, 1923	1 Sept 1923	1 Sept 1923
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1935	11, 1936	27 May 1936	27 May 1936		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1950	80, 1950	16 Dec 1950	31 Dec 1950		Ss. 16 and 17
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1957	2, 1957	15 Apr 1957	15 Apr 1957		--
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1962	69, 1962	24 Nov 1962	22 Dec 1962		--
Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1968	9, 1968	8 May 1968	8 May 1968		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973		Ss. 9(1) and 10
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976	91, 1976	20 Sept 1976	20 Sept 1976: (a)		S. 4
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978		S. 8
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1979	155, 1979	28 Nov 1979	19 Oct 1979: (see s. 2 and Gazette 1979, No. S206)		--
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1980	70, 1980	28 May 1980	28 May 1980		--
Transfer of Prisoners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1983	96, 1983	22 Nov 1983	Ss. 1, 2 and 6: Royal Assent Ss. 3‑5 and 8: 1 Aug 1984 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1984, No. S292) Ss. 7 and 9: 12 June 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S199)		S. 7(2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985	193, 1985	16 Dec 1985	S. 3: Royal Assent (b)		S. 16
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1987	120, 1987	16 Dec 1987	Part II (ss. 3‑9), Parts VI, VII (ss. 30‑33), ss. 34‑46, 48‑50, Part IX (ss. 51, 52), 53‑55 and 59: Royal Assent Ss. 11, 14, 74 and 75: 1 Mar 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S54) Ss. 16‑18, 69(b) and 70‑73: 19 Dec 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S384) S. 47: 1 Jan 1990 (see Gazette 1989, No. S359) Ss. 56‑58: 16 Dec 1987 (see s. 2(4)) Ss. 60‑67: 1 Sept 1988 (see s. 2(5) and Gazette 1988, No. S256) Remainder: 13 Jan 1988		--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: Royal Assent (c)		S. 5(1), (18) and (19)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988	38, 1988	3 June 1988	S. 3: Royal Assent (d)		S. 5(1)
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 1: (items 38-40): Royal Assent Schedule 4 (items 440-442): 4 July 2008		--

(a)     The Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 was amended by section 3 only of the Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:

                 (7)   The amendments of each other Act specified in the Schedule made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 December 1975.

(b)    The Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

         See, in connexion with the removal of prisoners from Christmas Island and the application of this Act to Christmas Island, section 18 of the Christmas Island Act 1958. In respect of the Australian Capital Territory see Removal of Prisoners (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1968.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 2 .....................................	am. No. 80, 1950; No. 69, 1962; No. 216, 1973; No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 73, 2008
S. 2A ..................................	ad. No. 2, 1957
S. 3 .....................................	am. No. 69, 1962; No. 96, 1983; No. 73, 2008
Ss. 4-6................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 7 .....................................	rep. No. 120, 1987
Ss. 7A, 7B ..........................	ad. No. 141, 1987
S. 8 .....................................	am. No. 11, 1936; No. 69, 1962; No. 73, 2008
S. 8AA ...............................	ad. No. 96, 1983
	rs. No. 193, 1985
S. 8A ..................................	ad. No. 69, 1982
	am. No. 9, 1968; No. 91, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 38, 1988; No. 73, 2008
S. 9 .....................................	am. No. 69, 1962; No. 73, 2008
S. 10....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 10A ................................	ad. No. 69, 1962
	am. No. 9, 1968; No. 91, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 38, 1988; No. 73, 2008
Ss. 11-13 ...........................	am. No. 69, 1962; No. 73, 2008

Note 2

S. 2A--By order published in the Gazette on 25 July 1957 it was declared that, for the purposes of the application of this Act in relation to the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the office of Official Representative in that Territory be substituted for the office of Administrator.

By order published in the Gazette on 23 October 1958 it was declared that, for the purposes of the application of this Act in relation to the Territory of Christmas Island, the office of Official Representative in that Territory be substituted for the office of Administrator.