8Release from custody

#### 8 Release from custody 8 Release from custody > > (1) Unless sooner released under a re-integration home detention order or on parole, an inmate who is serving a sentence by way of full-time detention (the current sentence) is to be released from custody on the day the sentence expires, as determined in accordance with Division 1 of Part 4 of the [Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-092) but subject to any variation of the term of that sentence under this or any other Act. > > > (2) An inmate may be released from custody— > > > > > (a) at any time on the day the current sentence expires, or > > > > > (b) if the current sentence expires on a day that is not a working day and the inmate requests it—at any time during the next working day. > > > (2A), (2B) (Repealed) > > > (3) This section does not apply to an inmate who, on the day the current sentence expires, is subject to another sentence that is being served by way of full-time detention— > > > > > (a) where the other sentence commenced before, but will not end until after, the expiry of the current sentence, or > > > > > (b) where the other sentence commences immediately after the expiry of the current sentence. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > working day means a day that is not— > > > > > (a) a Saturday or Sunday, or > > > > > (b) a public holiday or a bank holiday. > > **s 8:** Am 2000 No 53, Sch 3.4; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 \[2\]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 \[2\]; 2024 No 3, Sch 2\[2\]–\[6\].