Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Remission of Sentences
50H. Grant of remission
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Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a prisoner is, upon his or her admission to prison, entitled to have his or her sentence remitted in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Act.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
A prisoner who is sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 14 days or less is not entitled to have his or her sentence remitted.
A prisoner is not entitled to have his or her sentence of imprisonment remitted if his or her sentence of imprisonment consists wholly of —
one or more terms of imprisonment imposed as enhanced sentences under section 50T(1)(a) or 50ZN;
one or more terms of imprisonment imposed for offences under section 50Y(1); or
any combination of paragraphs (a) and (b).