Terms used in this Act
3 Terms used in this Act
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
another State means any State of the Commonwealth other than Western Australia;
corresponding law means a law of another State or a 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 another State or a Territory, the person or body with powers under the corresponding law of that State or Territory that correspond to those of the Minister under section 5;
judgment or order includes a direction, declaration, calendar or list and certificate of the Clerk of Arraigns, warrant of commitment or any other authority;
parole order means a parole order in force under the Sentence Administration Act 2003 or under a law of another State or a Territory relating to parole, and includes —
an authority given under a law of Western Australia or a law of another State or a 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 such a law; and
such a parole order or authority as varied from time to time;
Prisoners Review Board means the Prisoners Review Board established under the Sentence Administration Act 2003;
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 prison;
Territory means a Territory of the Commonwealth.
[Section 3 amended: No. 129 of 1987 s. 39; No. 33 of 1988 s. 3; No 78 of 1995 s. 101; No. 50 of 2003 s. 29(3); No. 41 of 2006 s. 92(2).]
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