Definitions
3 Definitions
In this Act—
Commonwealth Act means the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
corresponding law means a law of another State that provides for the international transfer of prisoners;
function includes power, authority or duty;
S. 3(1) def. of member of the police force repealed by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 88.1(b)).
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S. 3(1) def. of police officer inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 88.1(a)).
police officer has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013;
prison officer has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
S. 3(1) def. of Secretary to the Department of Health inserted by No. 29/2010 s. 61(1).
Secretary to the Department of Health means the Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004) of the Department of Health;
State includes a Territory;
this jurisdiction means Victoria;
War Crimes Tribunal means the Former Yugoslavia Tribunal or Rwanda Tribunal within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act.
If an expression is defined in the Commonwealth Act and is also used in this Act, the expression as used in this Act has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning as in that Act.
In this Act, a reference to the Commonwealth Act includes a reference to—
that Act as amended and in force for the time being; and
an Act enacted in substitution for that Act.
Part 2—Conferral of functions
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