Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1981

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

corresponding law means a law of a State or another

Territory relating to the transfer of parole orders declared by the

Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Act.

designated authority means, in relation to a State or another Territory, the person or body with powers under the corresponding law of that State or other Territory that correspond to those of the Minister under section 5.

Parole Board means the Parole Board of the Northern

Territory established by the Parole Act 1971.

parole order means a parole order in force under the

Parole Act 1971 or under a law of a State or another

Territory relating to parole, and includes:

an authority given under a law of the Territory or a law of a

State or another Territory for the release of a person from imprisonment or lawful detention, being an authority that is to be deemed to be such a parole order under such a law; and

such a parole order or authority as varied from time to time.

Registrar means the Registrar of Transferred Parole

Orders.

sentence of imprisonment includes an order, direction, declaration or other authority under which a person may be lawfully detained in a custodial correctional facility under the Correctional

Services Act 2014, a detention centre under the Youth

Justice Act 2005 or any other detention facility however described.