25Transfer of prisoner’s money

25 Transfer of prisoner’s money

(1)  In this regulation –

interstate gaoler, in relation to an interstate prison, means a person who is employed in a participating State or Territory who would, if the prison were located within Tasmania, fall within the definition of gaoler in section 3(1) of the Act in respect of the prison;

interstate prison means a prison, in a participating State or Territory, that would fall within the definition of prison in section 3(1) of the Act if that prison was located in Tasmania;

released means released pursuant to an order of transfer or warrant issued under the authority of the Act.

(2)  The gaoler of a prison from which a prisoner is released for escort to a participating State must –

(a) remit any money belonging to the prisoner which is in the gaoler’s custody to the interstate gaoler of the interstate prison in the participating State to which the prisoner is to be escorted, for credit to the prisoner’s account; and

(b) inform the prisoner in writing of the amount so remitted.