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Corrections Act 2004

Transitional provisions - Security classifications of prisoners continue in effect

225: Existing security classifications to continue

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"Your prison security level stays the same when the new law starts."

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If you are a prisoner, your security classification will stay the same when this new law starts. This means the classification you had under the old law, the Penal Institutions Act 1954, will be the same under the new law, the Corrections Act 2004, as if it was assigned under section 47 of this Act. When the new law starts, you do not need to be told about the security classification that you already have.

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Part 3Transitional provisions
Security classifications of prisoners continue in effect

225Existing security classifications to continue

  1. Every security classification assigned to an inmate under section 17A of the Penal Institutions Act 1954 that is in place immediately before the commencement of this section is, on the commencement of this section, deemed to be assigned to that prisoner under section 47 of this Act; but despite section 48(1) of this Act it is not necessary to inform the prisoner of the classification continued by this section.