Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59P. Revocation of employment preparation order
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If the Commissioner is satisfied after due inquiry that —
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
a prisoner has failed to return to prison after the prisoner has been recalled to prison under section 59O(1)(b);
a prisoner has failed to comply with any of the conditions of the employment preparation order;
a prisoner has committed any offence while being subject to an employment preparation order;
the whereabouts of a prisoner can no longer be electronically monitored at the prisoner’s place of residence, or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at, under the conditions of the prisoner’s employment preparation order;
a prisoner has for any reason ceased to be —
employed under section 59K(1)(a); or
a participant in any educational or occupational training programme, or any such activity, as specified in the employment preparation order under section 59K(1)(b); or
it is necessary in the public interest to do so,the Commissioner may revoke the employment preparation order in respect of that prisoner and recall the prisoner to prison, and the prisoner, if at large, is taken to be unlawfully at large.
Upon the revocation of the employment preparation order under subsection (1), the prisoner must serve the unexpired part of the prisoner’s sentence of imprisonment in prison.
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;