Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts9.(1) A relevant enforcement law applies in relation to a prisoner who is
transferred to Australia under the Commonwealth Act to complete serving a term
of imprisonment in this jurisdiction that was imposed by a court or tribunal
of a transfer country (or by a war crimes tribunal) in the same way as the
enforcement law applies in relation to a federal prisoner serving a
sentence of imprisonment in this jurisdiction that is imposed under a law of
the Commonwealth. [2]
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), enforcement laws
about the following are applicable to a prisoner or tribunal prisoner who is
transferred to Australia under the Commonwealth Act--
(a) conditions of imprisonment and treatment of prisoners;
(b) release on parole of prisoners;
(c) classification and separation of prisoners;
(d) removal of prisoners from 1 prison to another;
(e) removal of prisoners between prisons and hospitals or other places or between 1 hospital or other place and another;
(f) treatment of mentally impaired prisoners;
(g) eligibility for participation in prison programs, including release under a pre-release permit scheme (however called);
(h) temporary absence from prison including for example, to seek work, to attend a funeral or visit a relative suffering a serious illness or to attend a place of education or training;
(i) transfer of prisoners between States.
(3) A direction given by the Attorney-General of the
Commonwealth under the Commonwealth Act, section 44 about the enforcement of
the sentence of imprisonment is to be given effect in this jurisdiction.
(4)
A direction given by the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth under the
Commonwealth Act, section 49 about a prisoner mentioned in subsection (1) who
is pardoned or granted amnesty or commutation of sentence of imprisonment as
mentioned in that section is to be given effect in this jurisdiction.
(5) In
this section--
"enforcement law" means--
(a) a law of this jurisdiction; or
(b) a law of the Commonwealth or another State; or
(c) a practice or procedure lawfully observed;
about the detention of prisoners.