Effect of interstate registration
24 Effect of interstate registration
(1) If the local sentence is registered in the interstate jurisdiction, the following provisions have effect:
(a) the sentence becomes an interstate sentence for the interstate jurisdiction and ceases to be a local sentence;
(b) the offender may be dealt with in the interstate jurisdiction for a breach of the sentence, whether the breach happened before, or happens after, the registration of the sentence;
(c) if the sentence is registered in the local register – the local authority must remove the sentence from the register;
(d) proceedings against the offender may not be commenced or continued under the law of the Territory for any breach of the conditions attached to the sentence that occurred before it was registered in the interstate jurisdiction.
(2) If the Territory is the originating jurisdiction for the local sentence, this section does not affect:
any right of appeal or review, however described, in relation to:
(i) the conviction or finding of guilt on which the sentence was based; or
the imposition of the sentence; and
the sentence to the extent it:
imposes a fine or other financial penalty, however described; or
requires the making of reparation, however described; or
imposes a period of detention or imprisonment.
(3) To avoid doubt, this section does not prevent the local sentence from again being registered in the Territory after being registered in the interstate jurisdiction.
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