129Escape from custody of interstate prisoner

129 Escape from custody of interstate prisoner (1) A correctional officer or police officer may arrest an interstate prisoner who has escaped the custody of an interstate escort. (2) An interstate prisoner must be taken before a Local Court Judge if the prisoner: (a) has been arrested under subsection (1); or (b) attempts to escape from the custody of an interstate escort. (3) Despite any corresponding permit issued to the interstate prisoner, the Local Court Judge may, by warrant: (a) order the return of the interstate prisoner to the participating State in which the permit was issued; and (b) order the interstate prisoner to be delivered to an interstate escort for that purpose.

Correctional Services Act 2014 58 (4) The interstate prisoner may be detained by the Commissioner until: (a) the interstate prisoner is delivered into the custody of an interstate escort under the warrant; or (b) 7 days have elapsed since the warrant's issue. (5) If the interstate prisoner is not delivered into the custody of an interstate escort within 7 days after the warrant's issue, the warrant expires. Division 4 Foreign legal matters leave permit