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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
234Interstate transfer—execution of orders for prisoners to
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234 Interstate transfer—execution of orders for prisoners to
be brought before courts
If an order is made under section 230 (1) (Interstate transfer—order
for prisoner to be brought before Magistrates Court) or
section 232 (5) (Interstate transfer—review of Magistrates Court
decision)—
(a) the person to whom it is directed must execute the order, or
cause the order to be executed by a prison officer, police officer
or escort; and
(b) the prisoner must, while the order is being executed, be kept in
the custody of the person executing the order; and
(c) the person executing the order must afterwards return the
prisoner to the custody from which the person has been brought.