Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A prisoner who is transferred to Australia under the Commonwealth Act must be treated for a relevant enforcement law as if the prisoner were a federal prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed under a law of the Commonwealth.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), enforcement laws relating to the following matters apply to a 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 between prisons, hospitals and other places;
(e) treatment of mentally impaired prisoners;
(f) eligibility for participation in prison programs, including release under a prerelease permit scheme (however described);
(g) temporary absence from prison (for example, to work or seek work, to attend a funeral or visit a relative suffering a serious illness, or to attend a place of education or training);
(h) transfer of prisoners between States and Territories.
(3) Any direction given by the Commonwealth Attorney-General under the Commonwealth Act, section 44 or section 49 must be given effect in the ACT.
(4) In this section:
"enforcement law" means any of the following about the detention of prisoners:
(a) an ACT law;
(b) a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory;
(c) a practice or procedure lawfully observed.