Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PAROLE OF PRISONERS ACT - SECT 3

    (1)     In this Act:

"appointed member" means a member of the Board appointed under section 3B(2).

"approved monitoring device", see section 5 of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act.

"approved voice recognition system", see section 5 of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act .

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board under section 3C.

"court" means the Supreme Court or a court of summary jurisdiction.

"minimum term of imprisonment" means that part of a term of imprisonment to which a person has been sentenced by a court that is fixed by the court as the period during which the person is not eligible to be released on parole.

"offence" means an offence against a law (other than a Commonwealth Act or regulations under a Commonwealth Act) in force in the Territory.

"offender" means a person convicted of an offence against a law (other than a Commonwealth Act or regulations under a Commonwealth Act) in force in the Territory.

"parole officer" means a parole officer, or honorary parole officer, appointed under section 3P.

"parole order" means an order made under section 5(2) and, if such an order has been amended, means the order as amended.

"police officer" means:

        (a)     a member of the Police Force of the Territory; or

        (b)     a member of the Australian Federal Police.

"prison" includes any place where a person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment may be detained to undergo that imprisonment.

"the Board" means the Parole Board of the Northern Territory established under this Act.

"the parole period", in relation to a person who has been released from prison on parole in pursuance of section 5, means the period that:

        (a)     commences on the day on which the person is released from prison; and

        (b)     ends on the day on which the term of imprisonment to which that person was sentenced expires, or, if the parole order in relation to the person is revoked or cancelled, on the date of the revocation or cancellation.

    (3)     For this Act, a person is taken to have served a term of imprisonment:

        (a)     when the person is discharged from imprisonment; or

        (b)     when the person would, but for the fact that the person is serving another term of imprisonment, have been discharged from imprisonment.