New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 22

22 Detainees taken to be prisoners for certain purposes

(1) A detainee is taken to be a prisoner within the meaning of the Prisons Act 1952 .

(2) A detainee is taken to be required by law to be in custody in prison for the purposes of section 352AA of the Crimes Act 1900 .

(3) In any other Act (other than the Sentencing Act 1989 ) or any instrument under any such Act:

(a) a reference to a sentence of imprisonment includes a reference to a detention order, and

(b) a reference to a term of imprisonment includes a reference to the period for which a detention order is in force.

(4) The Sentencing Act 1989 does not apply to or in respect of a detention order or a detainee.