Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6B · Employment Preparation Scheme
59Q. Suspension of employment preparation order
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Where a prisoner subject to an employment preparation order is punished with any punishment under section 70(1)(a) or (b) (or both) or section 71(1)(b) or (c) (or both), the prisoner’s employment preparation order may, unless revoked under section 59P(1), be suspended for any of the following periods, starting on the date on which the prisoner is punished:
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 period that the prisoner is confined in a punishment cell pursuant to an order under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b);
the period of remission that is forfeited pursuant to an order under section 70(1)(b) or 71(1)(c);
the sum of the period for which the prisoner is ordered to undergo confinement under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b) and the period of remission forfeited under section 70(1)(b) or 71(1)(c).