Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Regulation 1997 (1997-635) [GG No 130 of 28.11.1997, p 9565] (NSW)

1997 No 635

New South Wales

Prisoners (Interstate Transfer)

Amendment Regulation 1997

under the

Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982.

Bob Debus MP

Minister for Corrective Services

Explanatory note

Section 13 (2) of the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 provides for a certificate signed by a prescribed officer to be proof (in the absence of evidence to the contrary) that the consents or requests required to be given for the transfer of a prisoner to a participating State or Territory have been given or made.

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Regulation 1994 to prescribe the Director, Community Relations Division, Attorney General’s Department as an additional prescribed officer for the purposes of section 13 (2).

This Regulation is made under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982, including section 13 (2).

Published in Gazette No 130 of 28 November 1997, page 9565 Page 1

1997 No 635

Clause 1 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Regulation 1997

Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment

Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment
Regulation 1997.

1. Amendment of Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Regulation 1994

   The Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Regulation 1994 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 12 Certification of consent or request: sec. 13

Omit clause 12 (2). Insert instead:

(2)

The following are prescribed officers for the purpose of signing a certificate referred to in section 13 (2) of the Act:

(a)	the Director-General of the Attorney General’s Department,
(b)	the Director, Community Relations Division, Attorney General’s Department.