New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG COURT ACT 1998 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre" has the same meaning as in Part 4A of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"compulsory drug treatment detention" means detention in accordance with Part 4A of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"compulsory drug treatment order" means an order made under section 18C.
"court" includes a Magistrate.
"Drug Court" mean the Drug Court of New South Wales constituted by this Act.
"drug offender" means a person who has been dealt with under section 7A or 7B.
"eligible convicted offender" is defined in section 5A.
"eligible person" is defined in section 5.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"initial sentence" means any sentence imposed on a person in accordance with section 7A or 7B, and includes any sentence that is added to the initial sentence in accordance with section 7C.
"Judge" means a person appointed to be a Drug Court Judge, as referred to in section 20 (1).
"member of staff" of the Drug Court means any person appointed as an officer of the Drug Court as referred to in section 28 (1) or whose services are used by the Drug Court as referred to in section 28 (2), and includes any other person prescribed by the regulations.
"program" means the program of supervision and control that arises from the conditions accepted by a person and imposed by the Drug Court under section 7A (5) (a) or 7B (7) (a).
"referring court" means the court by which a person has been referred to the Drug Court under section 6 or 7.
"registrar" means the registrar of the Drug Court.
"Senior Judge" means the person appointed to be the Senior Judge of the Drug Court, as referred to in section 21 (1).
"suspension order" means an order under section 7A (5) (b) or 7B (7) (b) by which a person’s initial sentence is suspended for the duration of the person’s program.

(2) In this Act, a reference to the criminal jurisdiction of the Local Court includes a reference to the jurisdiction exercisable by a Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 .