Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"chaplain" means a person appointed to be a chaplain at a prison under section 38.
"community work order" means a community work order made under the Sentencing Act .
"Director" means the Director of Correctional Services appointed under section 6.
"home detention order" means a home detention order made under or continued in force by the Sentencing Act .
"monitoring device" means a machine, equipment or device approved by the Director as being suitable, whether or not used with any other machine, equipment or device, for the purpose of assisting in monitoring the activity of a person who has entered into a home detention order requiring the wearing or attachment of a monitoring device.
"officer" means a prison officer appointed under section 8(1) and includes the Director and a person, other than a prisoner, employed in a prison.
"official visitor" means a person appointed to be an official visitor under section 22.
"Ombudsman" includes the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cth).
"police prison" means a police prison declared under section 10.
"prison" means a prison declared under section 10.
"prison misconduct" means an act or omission prescribed by the Regulations to be prison misconduct.
"prisoner" means a person:
(a) committed or remanded by a court and in lawful custody; or
(b) under a sentence of imprisonment,
whether he or she was so committed or remanded, or the sentence was imposed, before or after the commencement of this Act and includes a person in custody under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).
"probation officer" means a person appointed as a parole officer under the Parole of Prisoners Act .
"supervising officer" means a supervising officer appointed under section 94F.
"surveillance officer" means a surveillance officer appointed under section 94B and includes a probation officer and the Director.
"visiting medical officer" means a medical practitioner appointed to be a visiting medical officer under section 27.