Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2020
sec.23Ministerial arrangements for the administration of local and interstate sentences
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sec.23 Ministerial arrangements for the administration of local and interstate sentences
The Minister may enter into arrangements with the corresponding Minister of an interstate jurisdiction to facilitate— the administration, within Queensland, of interstate sentences imposed under a law of the interstate jurisdiction; and the administration, within the interstate jurisdiction, of local sentences, in relation to particular local or interstate offenders or particular classes of local or interstate offenders; and travel to the interstate jurisdiction by local offenders; and travel to Queensland by interstate offenders. The local authority has the powers and functions necessary, under the arrangements, for the administration of interstate sentences for interstate offenders in Queensland. For the purposes of a law of Queensland about local sentences, anything done— by the interstate authority of an interstate jurisdiction; and in accordance with the arrangements; and in the administration of a local sentence for a local offender who is in the interstate jurisdiction; is taken to have been done under the law of Queensland. (sec.23-ssec.1) The Minister may enter into arrangements with the corresponding Minister of an interstate jurisdiction to facilitate— the administration, within Queensland, of interstate sentences imposed under a law of the interstate jurisdiction; and the administration, within the interstate jurisdiction, of local sentences, in relation to particular local or interstate offenders or particular classes of local or interstate offenders; and travel to the interstate jurisdiction by local offenders; and travel to Queensland by interstate offenders. (sec.23-ssec.2) The local authority has the powers and functions necessary, under the arrangements, for the administration of interstate sentences for interstate offenders in Queensland. (sec.23-ssec.3) For the purposes of a law of Queensland about local sentences, anything done— by the interstate authority of an interstate jurisdiction; and in accordance with the arrangements; and in the administration of a local sentence for a local offender who is in the interstate jurisdiction; is taken to have been done under the law of Queensland.
- (a) the administration, within Queensland, of interstate sentences imposed under a law of the interstate jurisdiction; and
- (b) the administration, within the interstate jurisdiction, of local sentences, in relation to particular local or interstate offenders or particular classes of local or interstate offenders; and
- (c) travel to the interstate jurisdiction by local offenders; and
- (d) travel to Queensland by interstate offenders.
- (a) by the interstate authority of an interstate jurisdiction; and
- (b) in accordance with the arrangements; and
- (c) in the administration of a local sentence for a local offender who is in the interstate jurisdiction;