Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 10

    (1)     This part applies if—

        (a)     a court (a committing authority ) makes an order (a committal order ) sentencing an offender to imprisonment that, under a territory law, must be served by full-time detention; or

        (b)     the board (also a committing authority ) makes an order (also a committal order ) in relation to an offender under any of the following provisions:

              (i)     section 82 (Suspension or cancellation of periodic detention—recommittal to full-time detention);

              (ii)     section 161 (Cancellation of parole—recommittal to full-time detention);

              (iii)     section 312 (Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time detention).

    (2)     A reference in this section to a court sentencing an offender to imprisonment includes an entity prescribed by regulation.

Note 1     ACT courts have federal jurisdiction in criminal matters (including sentencing) under the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cwlth). See particularly that Act, s 68 (Jurisdiction of State and Territory courts in criminal cases).

Note 2     For the application of this Act to sentenced offenders and other detainees under full-time imprisonment before the commencement of this Act, see s 327 (Application of Act to offenders and other people in custody), s 330 (Full-time imprisonment—sentenced offenders) and s 331A (Full-time imprisonment—other detainees).