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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
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#### 23 Transfers from one correctional centre to another
23 Transfers from one correctional centre to another
> > (1) The Commissioner may order that an inmate be transferred from one correctional centre to another—
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> > > (a) because the correctional centre is being or is about to be repaired, altered, enlarged or rebuilt, or
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> > > (b) because of an outbreak or threatened outbreak in the correctional centre of an infectious disease, or
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> > > (c) because the correctional centre has ceased or is about to cease to be a correctional centre, or
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> > > (d) because the correctional centre is overcrowded, or
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> > > (e) because inmates in the correctional centre need to be separated in compliance with the requirements of the regulations, or
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> > > (f) because of any other reason specified in the order.
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> > (2) In relation to an inmate who is under the age of 18 years, such an order may not be made on a ground referred to in subsection (1) (d), (e) or (f) so as to transfer the inmate from a juvenile correctional centre to a correctional centre that is not a juvenile correctional centre.
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> > Note.
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> > Such an inmate may only be transferred to such a correctional centre in accordance with section 41C (2).
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> **s 23:** Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 \[2\]; 2004 No 103, Sch 3 \[3\].