Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 69(1)
is amended by inserting after “and” —
“ , subject to subsection (1b), ”.
(2) After
section 69(1) the following subsections are inserted —
“
(1a) Subsection (1b) applies to a prisoner who resumes
serving a fixed term in custody under subsection (1) if —
(a) the
early release order was an RRO; and
(b) the
fixed term is not a parole term and was imposed on or before
30 August 2003.
(1b) Subject to
Part 2 Division 2, a prisoner to whom this subsection applies is
entitled to be released when he or she has served two-thirds of the fixed
term.
”.
(3) Section 69(4) is
amended by deleting “14(1)” and inserting instead —
“ 27B(1) ”.
(4) After
section 69(5) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(6) For the purposes of this section, to calculate the
length in days of two-thirds of a fixed term imposed on or before
30 August 2003 —
(a)
determine the date on which the term as imposed by the court began and will
end, and then express the term as a number of days ("T");
(b) then
divide T by 3 and disregard any remainder;
(c) then
subtract that result from T and add to the result the number of days of
remission that the prisoner has been ordered to forfeit under the
Prisons Act 1981 (if any).
”.