17Request to serve imprisonment in Tasmania

17 Request to serve imprisonment in Tasmania

(1)  A request under section 21(1)(a) of the Act is to –

(a) be signed by the person making it; and

(b) set out the grounds for making it; and

(c) be given to the gaoler of the prison where the person is being detained.

(2)  The provisions of regulations 5 and 7 apply to, and in respect of, a request referred to in subregulation (1)  –

(a) as if a reference in those regulations to a prisoner’s request were a reference to a request under section 21(1)(a) of the Act; and

(b) in the same way as those provisions apply to, and in respect of, a prisoner’s request to which regulations 5 and 7 apply.

(3)  If the Minister agrees to a person’s request referred to in subregulation (1) , the Minister is to –

(a) give written notice of the decision to the corresponding Minister of the relevant participating State; and

(b) enclose with the notice copies of the reports, information, documents and details that the Minister had regard to in considering the request; and

(c) seek the advice of the corresponding Minister as to whether or not that Minister agrees to the person’s imprisonment being served in Tasmania.