CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 4 References to prisons to include transition centres
CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 4
References to prisons to include transition centresS. 4(1) amended by No. 50/2008 s. 4.
(1) A reference in the following provisions of this Act to a prison is to be read as including a reference to a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears: Parts 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (other than sections 56 and 56AC), 8A, 9C and 10.
(2) A reference in any other Act, in any subordinate instrument or in any other document to a prison is to be read as including a reference to a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.
(3) A reference to a Governor in this Act or in any regulations made under this Act is to be read as including a reference to the officer in charge of a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.
(4) A reference in any other Act, in any subordinate instrument or in any other document to a Governor of a prison is to be read as including a reference to the officer in charge of a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.