Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 (TAS)

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Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982

An Act providing for the transfer interstate of prisoners and for related purposes

[Royal Assent 30 November 1982]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART IPreliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 . 2Commencement (1)  This section and section 1 shall commence on the date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2)  Except as provided in subsection (1) , the several provisions of this Act shall commence on such day or days as may be fixed by proclamation. 3Interpretation (1)  [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 94 of 1986, s. 4 ]In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires – arrest warrant means a warrant to apprehend, a warrant to arrest, or a warrant to commit a person to prison, but does not include – (a) such a warrant, where the term of imprisonment which the person to be apprehended, arrested, or committed under the warrant is liable to serve is default imprisonment; or (b) a warrant to secure the attendance of a witness at or in connection with any legal proceedings; Attorney-General, in relation to the Northern Territory, means the person holding Ministerial office under section 36 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth who is, under that Act, designated for the time being as the holder of the office of Attorney-General; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 1997, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 2002] Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment means a sentence of imprisonment for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; corresponding court of Tasmania, in relation to a court of a participating State, means a court of Tasmania that is, under an order in force under section 4 (1) , declared to be a corresponding court in relation to the court of the participating State; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 1997, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 2002] corresponding Minister, in relation to a participating State, means the Minister of that State who is responsible for the administration of the interstate law of that State; court of petty sessions means a court of petty sessions constituted by a magistrate sitting alone; default imprisonment means imprisonment in default of – (a) payment of any fine, penalty, costs, or other sum of money of any kind imposed or ordered to be paid by any court, judge, or justice; or (b) entering into a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003] gaoler, in relation to a prison, means the person who, under the Corrections Act 1997 , is the correctional officer in…

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