Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · External Placement Scheme
59H. Cancellation of external placement order
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The Minister may, if the Minister is of the view that it is no longer appropriate for a prisoner released under an external placement order to serve the prisoner’s sentence in a place other than a prison, cancel the external placement order in respect of that prisoner and recall the prisoner to prison; and the prisoner is, if at large, then deemed to be unlawfully at large.
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;
Upon the cancellation of the external placement order under subsection (1), the prisoner must serve the unexpired part of his or her sentence in prison.
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;