Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · External Placement Scheme
59C. Effect of external placement order
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A prisoner must be released on the day an external placement order is made in respect of him or her.
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;
Where an external placement order is in force in respect of a prisoner, the prisoner is deemed —
external placement order
“external placement order” means an order made under section 59B in respect of a prisoner authorising the serving by the prisoner of his or her sentence in such place or places, outside the limits of any prison, as may be specified in the order;
to be still serving his or her sentence; and
to be still in the lawful custody of the Superintendent.