299Release authorised by licence

299 Release authorised by licence (1) A licence for an offender authorises anyone having custody of the offender for the offender’s sentence of imprisonment to release the offender in accordance with the licence. (2) However, the licence does not authorise the release of the offender if the offender is required to be kept in custody in relation to another offence against a territory law, or an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory. (3) The offender must be released from imprisonment on the offender’s licence release date. (4) The offender may be released from imprisonment at any time on the offender’s licence release date. (5) However, if the offender’s licence release date is not a working day at the place of imprisonment, the offender may be released from the imprisonment at any time during the last working day at that place before the release date if the offender asks to be released on that day.