New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1982 - SECT 5

5 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"arrest warrant" means a warrant to apprehend, a warrant to arrest or a warrant to commit a person to prison, but does not include:

(a) such a warrant, where the term of imprisonment which the person to be apprehended, arrested or committed under the warrant is liable to serve is default imprisonment, or

(b) a warrant to secure the attendance of a witness.

"Attorney-General", in relation to the Northern Territory, means the person holding Ministerial office under section 36 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth who is, under that Act, designated for the time being as the holder of the office of Attorney-General.
"Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment" means a sentence of imprisonment for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory.
"corresponding court of New South Wales", in relation to a court of a participating State, means a court of New South Wales that is, under an order in force under section 6 (1), declared to be a corresponding court in relation to the court of the participating State.
"corresponding Minister", in relation to a participating State, means the Minister of that State who is responsible for the administration of the interstate law of that State.
"default imprisonment" means imprisonment in default of:

(a) payment of any fine, penalty, costs or other sum of money of any kind imposed or ordered to be paid by any court, judge or justice, or

(b) entering into a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour.

"gaoler" has the same meaning as "governor" has in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"indeterminate sentence" means a sentence of or order or direction for imprisonment or detention for life or during the pleasure of Her Majesty or during the pleasure of the Governor-General, the Governor or the Governor of a participating State, and includes such a sentence, order or direction imposed, made or given by, or by the operation of, an Act or other law.
"interstate law" means a law that, under an order in force under section 6 (1), is declared to be an interstate law for the purposes of this Act.
"joint prisoner" means a person on whom both:

(a) any one of the following:

(i) a State sentence of imprisonment,

(ii) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined by an interstate law,

(iii) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 of the Australian Capital Territory,

(iv) a Territory sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 of the Northern Territory, and

(b) a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment,

have been imposed.
"justice" means justice of the peace.
"order of transfer" means an order issued under section 7, 15, 16 (6) or 20 for the transfer of a prisoner to a participating State.
"participating State" means a State in which an interstate law is in force.
"prison" has the same meaning as "correctional centre" has in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"prison officer" has the same meaning as "correctional officer" has in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .
"prisoner" means a State prisoner or a joint prisoner.
"relevant security", in relation to a person, means a security given by the person, with or without sureties, by recognizance or otherwise, that the person will comply with conditions relating to the person’s behaviour.
"sentence of imprisonment" means:

(a) a State sentence of imprisonment, or

(b) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined by an interstate law, or

(c) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 of the Australian Capital Territory, or

(d) a Territory sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 of the Northern Territory, or

(e) where relevant, a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment.

"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
"State prisoner" means a person upon whom a State sentence of imprisonment has been imposed, but does not include a person upon whom a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment has been imposed.
"State sentence of imprisonment" means a sentence of imprisonment for an offence against a law of New South Wales, including a sentence by which default imprisonment is ordered, an indeterminate sentence and a translated sentence, but not including such a sentence while it is being served in a detention centre within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 or detention under any Act relating to the punishment of persons who committed offences when they were under the age of 18 years.
"Territory" means the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands or the Jervis Bay Territory.
"translated sentence" means a sentence of imprisonment deemed by section 27 to have been imposed on a person by a court of New South Wales.

(2) Where a justice of a participating State, in the exercise of the justice’s powers, issues a warrant of commitment while not constituting a court, the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the warrant shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been imposed by a court.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a sentence of imprisonment imposed, or originally imposed, by, or by the operation of, an Act or other law of a State or Territory shall, except as prescribed by regulations under this Act, be deemed to have been imposed, or originally imposed, by a court of that State or Territory.

(4) A reference in this Act to an Act of the Commonwealth includes a reference to an Act amending or replacing that Act.

(5) In the case of a State other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, a reference in this Act to the Governor of a participating State includes a reference to any person exercising and performing all the powers and functions of the Governor of that State.

(5A) In the case of the Australian Capital Territory:

(a) the reference in section 28 (4) to the Governor of the participating State is a reference to the Governor-General, and

(b) the references in section 28 (5) (b) to the Governor of the participating State are references to the Governor-General or to the Executive within the meaning of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.

(5B) In the case of the Northern Territory, a reference in this Act to the Governor of a participating State (or of the participating State) is a reference to the Administrator of the Northern Territory, and includes a reference to any person exercising all the powers and functions of the Administrator.

(5C) A reference in this Act to the Governor-General includes a reference to any person exercising and performing all the powers and functions of the Governor-General.

(6) A reference in this Act to a person upon whom a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed does not include a reference to a person who has completed serving that sentence.

(7) The following persons upon whom a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have completed serving that sentence:

(a) a person:

(i) who has been released from serving a part of that sentence on parole or upon licence to be at large, and

(ii) in respect of whom action can no longer be taken under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory by way of requiring the person to serve the whole or a part of the remainder of that sentence,

(b) a person:

(i) who has been released from serving the whole or a part of that sentence upon giving a relevant security, and

(ii) in relation to whom:

(A) action can no longer be taken under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in respect of a breach of a condition of that security, or

(B) action cannot, by reason of the expiration of the security, be taken under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory by way of requiring the person to serve the whole or a part of that sentence,

(c) a person who, as the result of the exercise of the royal prerogative of mercy, is no longer required to serve the whole or a part of that sentence.

(8) A reference in this Act to release on parole includes a reference to release on probation and to any other form of conditional release in the nature of parole.