Hulks Regulation Act 1826 No 1a (NSW)

A N N O S E P T I M O

G E O R G I I TV. REGIS.

No. I.

An Act for the Regulat ion of the Hulk or

Floating Prison in Sydney Harbour.	[17th
February.	1826.]

WH E R E A S in consequence of t h e inadequacy of t h e publ ic in Sydney to t h e presen t s ta te of t he Colony a H u l k or

gaol

F l o a t i n g Pr i son has been provided for t he recept ion and safe keep­ ing of pr i soners A n d it is expedient t h a t t h e same should be r egu la t ed and placed unde r t h e m a n a g e m e n t of persons to be appoin ted by H i s Exce l lency t h e Governor B e i t therefore enac ted by H i s Excel lency t h e Governor of N e w South W a l e s by and wi th t h e advice of t in; Legis la t ive Counci l T h a t t h e H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son in Sydney har ­ bour commonly called t h e Phoenix shal l and m a y be used as a publ ic pr ison for t h e recept ion and safe keep ing of all pr isoners convicted a n d sentenced for cr imes by any competent Cour t in N e w South W a l e s A n d such pr isoners shall be subject and l iable to such rules regu la t ions and discipline as t h e Governor or A c t i n g Governor may from t i m e to t i m e order conforming there in as near ly as m a y be to t h e Br i t i sh laws and deposi t ing copies of all Orders in th i s behalf in t h e Supreme Cour t and in t h e Cour t of Q u a r t e r Sessions in t h e said Colony.

2. A n d be il fur ther enacted Tha t it shall be lawful for H i s Excel lency t h e Governor to appoin t a super in tenden t or overseer a n d o ther necessary officers and persons in and for t h e said H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son A n d such super in tenden t or overseer shall have a n d exercise in t he said H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son such a n d t h e l ike powers a n d au tho r i t y as are by law inc ident to t he office of a sheriff or gaoler Provided a lways t h a t i t shall be lawful for H i s Excel lency

t h e Governor by w a r r a n t u n d e r his h a n d and seal directed to t h e

Sheriff of N e w South W a l e s (in which said w a r r a n t shall be specified t h e n a m e or names of t h e pr isoner or pr isoners in tended to be removed and the offence or offences for which he or they m a y have been sentenced) a t any t i m e or t imes to order and direct t h e removal of any pr isoner or pr isoners convicted and sentenced as aforesaid from the gaol in Sydney to t he said H u l k or F l o a t i n g Pr i son A n d in every

such case t h e sheriff or gaoler aforesaid shall deliver over t h e	pr isoner
or pr isoners specified in such w a r r a n t toge ther w i th a copy of	t h e

w a r r a n t or order of h is or the i r commi tmen t and the reupon shal l be released from all fur ther responsibi l i ty as to t he safe keeping of every such pr isoner so removed.

No, I I .