Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · External Placement Scheme
59B. External placement order
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The Minister may, if the Minister is of the view that it is more appropriate for a prisoner to serve the prisoner’s sentence in a place other than a prison, direct the Commissioner to make an external placement order in respect of the prisoner for a period not exceeding 12 months.
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 Minister may direct the Commissioner to extend the duration of an external placement order for one or more times, by a period not exceeding 12 months each time.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
In determining for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) and section 59H(1) whether it is more appropriate for a prisoner to serve his or her sentence in a place other than a prison —
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
the Minister must have regard to the following factors:
that it is ordinarily in the public interest that prisoners serve their sentences in a prison;
the threat (if any) likely to be posed by the prisoner to public safety if he or she is released or continues to be released on external placement; and
the Minister may have regard to the following factors:
the physical condition of the prisoner;
the mental condition of the prisoner;
any other relevant circumstances.