Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5C · Release on Licence
50ZI. Conditions imposed on prisoners subject to release order
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The Commissioner may, in accordance with this section and for the purpose of facilitating a prisoner’s rehabilitation and reintegration into society, require a prisoner subject to a release order to comply with the conditions specified in subsection (3).
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
The Commissioner may, by written notice, require a prisoner to comply with all or any of the conditions specified in subsection (3) at any time while the prisoner is subject to the release order.
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 conditions are as follows:
the prisoner subject to the release order must attend any such counselling, therapy, test, assessment and other activity for the purpose of facilitating the prisoner’s rehabilitation and reintegration into society as the Commissioner may require, at any time and place that the Commissioner may specify in the notice under subsection (2);
the prisoner must report to provide a specimen of his or her urine or hair for testing at any time and place that the Commissioner may specify in the notice under subsection (2);
the prisoner must remain indoors at the prisoner’s place of residence, or at any other place that the Commissioner may specify, at any time that the Commissioner may specify in the notice under subsection (2);
the prisoner must allow the Superintendent and any person authorised by the Superintendent to enter the prisoner’s place of residence or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at to determine his or her compliance with any of the conditions or for any purpose relating to his or her rehabilitation;
the prisoner must not consume any controlled drug, psychoactive substance or specified psychoactive substance, or use or inhale any intoxicating substance;
the prisoner must not have in the prisoner’s possession any controlled drug or psychoactive substance;
the prisoner must not have in the prisoner’s possession any Part 3A product that contains a specified psychoactive substance;
to enable the electronic monitoring of the prisoner’s whereabouts, the prisoner must —
wear any electronic monitoring device issued by the Commissioner on any part of his or her person that the Commissioner may specify in the notice under subsection (2);
allow the Superintendent and any person authorised by the Superintendent to enter the prisoner’s place of residence or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at, to install, maintain, repair or retrieve any electronic monitoring device;
comply with all requirements to ensure the proper functioning of any electronic monitoring device issued to the prisoner or installed at the prisoner’s place of residence or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at;
comply with all reporting requirements imposed on him or her; and
not tamper with any electronic monitoring device issued to the prisoner or installed at the prisoner’s place of residence or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at, or otherwise prevent or obstruct the electronic monitoring of the prisoner’s whereabouts;
the prisoner must comply with a notice of recall served on him or her under section 50ZK or 50ZL; (i)the prisoner must comply with any other conditions for the purpose of facilitating his or her rehabilitation and reintegration into society that the Commissioner may specify in the notice under subsection (2);
the prisoner must not commit any offence during the period that he or she is released on licence.
The Commissioner may, at any time by notice served on a particular prisoner subject to a release order —
vary, cancel or add to any condition specified in the notice under subsection (2); or
waive, in any particular case, any of the conditions specified in the notice under subsection (2).
The notice mentioned in subsection (4) must be served —
by delivering it personally to the prisoner; or
by any other means that may be prescribed.