New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 24

24 Transfers to hospital

(1) The Commissioner may order that an inmate be transferred--

(a) to a hospital (including a hospital that is or forms part of a correctional centre or correctional complex), or

(b) to some other place specified in the order,

if of the opinion that it is necessary or desirable for the inmate to receive medical attention there.

(2) While the inmate is at the hospital or other place, the Commissioner may direct a correctional officer to take charge of the inmate.

(3) An inmate who is transferred to a hospital may be discharged from the hospital on the certificate of the medical superintendent or other person in charge of the hospital.

(4) On being discharged from the hospital or other place, the inmate must immediately be returned--

(a) to the correctional centre from which the inmate was transferred, or

(b) to such other correctional centre as the Commissioner may direct.

(5) The Commissioner's functions under this section may be exercised in relation to a correctional centre by the governor of the correctional centre.