153Transfer order made under a transfer arrangement

153 Transfer order made under a transfer arrangement

(1)  If the Secretary makes a transfer arrangement for the transfer of an offender from Tasmania to another State, he or she must make a transfer order which –

(a) directs any person who has custody or supervision of the offender to deliver the offender to the custody of the escort; and

(b) authorises the escort to take and keep custody of the offender for the purpose of transferring the offender to the place in the receiving State, and to the custody of the person, specified in the arrangement.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)  –

(a) a person having the custody or control of an offender includes –

(i) a person in charge of a detention centre; and

(ii) any other person who has custody or supervision of the offender; and

(b) an escort means any one or more of the following:

(i) a person employed in the Department;

(ii) a police officer;

(iii) a person appointed by the Secretary by written instrument to be an escort.