Form 12—Direction that prisoner not be dForm 12—Direction that prisoner not be detained

Form 12—Direction that prisoner not be detained

(subregulation 11 (1))

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

DIRECTION THAT PRISONER NOT BE DETAINED

I, [name], *Attorney‑General/*Minister for Justice of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting under subsection 49 (2) of the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997 (the Act), satisfied that [name of prisoner] (the prisoner) was transferred from [name of transfer country] (the transfer country) to Australia on [date of transfer] to complete serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the transfer country, direct that the prisoner is not to be detained in custody, or otherwise subjected to detention or supervision in Australia, under the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the transfer country and enforced under the Act only because of that sentence.

I give this direction:

*(a) having been advised that the prisoner has been *pardoned/*granted amnesty/*granted commutation of the sentence of imprisonment under an Australian law;

*(b) having been notified by the authorities of the transfer country that the prisoner’s conviction has been quashed or otherwise nullified under the law of the transfer country;

*(c) having been notified by the authorities of the transfer country that the prisoner has been *pardoned/*granted amnesty/*granted commutation of sentence of imprisonment under the law of the transfer country.

Dated: