Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59K. Employment preparation order
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Subject to section 59L, the Commissioner may, for the purposes of enhancing a prisoner’s employability and facilitating the prisoner’s reintegration into society, by order release a prisoner who is eligible for employment preparation for any one or both of the following purposes:
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
to be employed, in any place outside the limits of the prison in which the prisoner is detained, by any employer that may be specified in the order;
to participate, in any place outside the limits of the prison in which the prisoner is detained, in any educational or occupational training programme, or any other activity for the purpose of facilitating the prisoner to be gainfully employed, that may be specified in the order.
An employment preparation order is valid for such period specified in the order, unless earlier revoked under section 59P(1) or suspended under section 59Q.
The Commissioner may grant a prisoner mentioned in subsection (1) leave to return to the prisoner’s place of residence, or any other place that the Commissioner may specify, after the prisoner has completed the prisoner’s work, programme or activity for the day, at such times as the Commissioner may specify.
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 Commissioner may at any time revoke any leave granted to a prisoner under subsection (3).