New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PAROLE ORDERS (TRANSFER) ACT 1983 - SECT 9

9 Effect of registration

(1) Subject to this section, while a parole order (including a parole order that was, at any time, in force in New South Wales) is registered under this Act, the laws of New South Wales apply to and in relation to the parole order and the person to whom the parole order relates.

(2) If the parole order registered under this Act was made under a law of another State or a Territory, the laws of New South Wales apply under subsection (1) as if:

(a) each sentence of imprisonment to which the person to whom the parole order relates was subject immediately before the making of the parole order had been imposed by the appropriate court of New South Wales,

(b) each period of imprisonment served by that person for the purpose of each such sentence had been served for the purpose of the sentence imposed by the appropriate court of New South Wales, and

(c) the parole order had been made and were in force under a law of New South Wales.

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), the appropriate court of New South Wales in relation to a sentence of imprisonment is the court that, under the regulations, is the court corresponding to the court of the other State or the Territory by which the sentence of imprisonment was imposed.

(4) Where a parole order registered under this Act is rescinded or revoked or is deemed to have been rescinded or revoked under a law of New South Wales, the person to whom the parole order related shall be liable to serve a period of imprisonment equal to the period for which the person was liable, on the date on which the person was released on parole under the order, to be imprisoned.