23Release of prisoners

23 Release of prisoners

(1)  In this regulation –

public holiday includes any day or part of a day that is a statutory holiday, as defined in section 3 of the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 , in that part of the State where the prisoner is detained.

(2)  The following provisions apply to the release of a prisoner:

(a) on the day of release, the prisoner is to be released at the discretion of the Director between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.;

(b) in the case of a sentence of more than 14 days, if the day of release falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the prisoner is to be released on a preceding weekday that is not a public holiday;

(c) in the case of a sentence of 14 days or less, the prisoner is to be released on the last day of the sentence even if that day is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.