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Part 5 · Remission of Sentences

77. Confinement and forfeiture during remand to be non-reckonable for purposes of remission order

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Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

This regulation applies to a prisoner —

(a)

to whom Division 2, 6 or 7 of Part 5B of the Act applies;

(b)

who was imprisoned for a period immediately before being sentenced to imprisonment (and not released during that period); and

(c)

who was punished with confinement in a punishment cell or forfeiture of remission under the Act during that period.

(2)

The following periods are prescribed for the purposes of section 50I(2)(e) of the Act as not reckonable in determining whether a sentence is served for the purposes of making a remission order under section 50I(1) of the Act:

(a)

one-third of the time which the prisoner is confined in a punishment cell under paragraph (1)(c);

(b)

the forfeiture of remission under paragraph (1)(c).

(3)

Nothing in this regulation applies to any confinement in a punishment cell or forfeiture of remission that is imposed for a prison offence committed before 1 September 2018.

Subregulation 1

This regulation applies to a prisoner —

(a)

to whom Division 2, 6 or 7 of Part 5B of the Act applies;

(b)

who was imprisoned for a period immediately before being sentenced to imprisonment (and not released during that period); and

(c)

who was punished with confinement in a punishment cell or forfeiture of remission under the Act during that period.

Subregulation 2

The following periods are prescribed for the purposes of section 50I(2)(e) of the Act as not reckonable in determining whether a sentence is served for the purposes of making a remission order under section 50I(1) of the Act:

(a)

one-third of the time which the prisoner is confined in a punishment cell under paragraph (1)(c);

(b)

the forfeiture of remission under paragraph (1)(c).

Subregulation 3

Nothing in this regulation applies to any confinement in a punishment cell or forfeiture of remission that is imposed for a prison offence committed before 1 September 2018.

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