Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Regulation 2015 (Cth)

Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Regulation 2015

Select Legislative Instrument No. 165, 2015

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 17 September 2015

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Jamie Briggs

Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Contents

1............ Name.................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedules............................................................................................ 1

5............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2

6............ Return of removed prisoner................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Repeals                                                                                      3

Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Regulations                                         3

1Name

This is the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Regulation 2015.

2Commencement

(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	30 September 2015

Note:This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

6Return of removed prisoner

For subsection 8(3) of the Act, an application by a person for return to a Territory must be made to the Secretary within 14 days after the person’s discharge or release from custody.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Regulations

1  The whole of the Regulations

Repeal the Regulations.