Imprisonment and Custody of Offenders Ordinance 1998 (CI) (Cth)

Territory of Christmas Island

Imprisonment and Custody of Offenders Ordinance 1998

No. 4 of 1998

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958. Dated 12 November 1998.

WILLIAM DEANE Governor-General By His Excellency's Command,

IAN MACDONALD Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government

Territory of Christmas Island

Imprisonment and Custody of Offenders Ordinance 1998

No. 4 of 19981

made under the

Christmas Island Act 1958

An ordinance to authorise the making of arrangements with the relevant authorities of Western Australia for the transfer of prisoners, and for related purposes

Contents

Page

1 Name of ordinance 4 2 Commencement 4 3 Arrangements by Minister 4 4 Amendment of other laws of the Territory 4

Schedule 1 Amendments of Territory laws 5

Part 1 Amendment of Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act 1996 (W.A.) (C.I.) 5 Part 2 Amendments of Justices Act 1902 (W.A.) (C.I.) 5 Part 3 Amendment of Prisons Act 1981 (W.A.) (C.I.) 6 Part 4 Amendments of Young Offenders Act 1994 (W.A.) (C.I.) 7

1 Name of ordinance

This ordinance is the Imprisonment and Custody of Offenders Ordinance 1998.

2 Commencement

This ordinance commences on gazettal.

3 Arrangements by Minister

For section 18 of the Christmas Island Act 1958, the Minister may make arrangements with the Government of Western Australia for: (a) the removal from the Territory to Western Australia of persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment by a court having jurisdiction in respect of the Territory, for the purpose of serving their sentences in Western Australia; or (b) the removal from the Territory to Western Australia of persons who have been found to be of unsound mind, for the purpose of detention and treatment in Western Australia.