Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Remission of Sentences
50Q. Effect of section 50P remission order
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When a remission order is made under section 50P in respect of a prisoner to whom this Division applies —
remission order
“remission order” means a remission order made under any provision in Part 5B;
any default sentence to which the prisoner was sentenced is remitted;
default sentence
“default sentence” means a sentence of a term of imprisonment imposed on a person in default of the person paying a fine ordered to be paid by a court;
the sentence of life imprisonment and any other sentence of imprisonment imposed on the prisoner is suspended; and
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;
the sentences mentioned in paragraph (b) are remitted when the remission order expires.