Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if the term of an offender's sentence of imprisonment is longer than 6 months.
(2) The director-general may, in writing, direct that the offender be released from imprisonment—
(a) if the term of the sentence is less than 1 year—on any day within the 7-day period before the offender's release date; or
(b) if the term of the sentence is 1 year or longer—on any day within the 14-day period before the offender's release date.
(3) For subsection (2), the director-general may have regard to any of the following:
(a) the offender's conduct while serving the sentence;
(b) any compassionate, health or employment-related circumstances applying to the offender;
(c) the management of the correctional centre where the offender is detained;
(d) anything else that the director-general considers appropriate.
(4) If the director-general gives a direction under subsection (2)—
(a) the offender may be released from imprisonment at any time on the day stated in the direction; and
(b) the offender's sentence is taken to have ended when the offender is released under the direction.