141 Prisoner to be held in custody

(1) If the Minister accepts the designation of New Zealand as the State in which a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC is to be served, the ICC prisoner may be transported to New Zealand in the custody of—
(a) a Police employee; or
(b) a prison officer; or
(c) a person authorised for the purpose by the ICC.

(2) On arrival in New Zealand or, if the person is already in New Zealand when the sentence is imposed, on the imposition of the sentence, the ICC prisoner must be detained in accordance with the Corrections Act 2004 as if the prisoner had been sentenced to imprisonment under New Zealand law.

(3) Despite subsection (2) and any other enactment,—
(a) the ICC prisoner has the right to communicate on a confidential basis with the ICC, without impediment from any person:
(b) a Judge of the ICC or a member of the staff of the ICC may visit the ICC prisoner for the purpose of hearing any representations by the prisoner without the presence of any other person, except any representative of the prisoner:
(c) the ICC prisoner must not, without the prior agreement of the ICC, be—
(i) temporarily released from custody under section 62 of the Corrections Act 2004; or
(ii) temporarily removed from prison under section 62 of the Corrections Act 2004 unless that removal is to a hospital:

(d) the Minister must advise the ICC if the ICC prisoner is transferred to a hospital under section 62 of the Corrections Act 2004.