Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59N. Effect of employment preparation order
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Where an employment preparation order is in force in respect of a prisoner, the prisoner —
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;
is taken to be —
serving the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment; and
in the lawful custody of the Superintendent; and
Superintendent
“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;
is entitled to earn remission in respect of the period of imprisonment which is served under the order.