International Transfer of Prisoners Amendment Act 2004 (Cth)

International Transfer of Prisoners Amendment Act 2004

No. 19, 2004

An Act to amend the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendment of the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

International Transfer of Prisoners Amendment Act 2004

No. 19, 2004

An Act to amend the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997, and for related purposes

[Assented to 23 March 2004]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the International Transfer of Prisoners Amendment Act 2004.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

1 Subsection 4(1) (definition of transfer country) After "foreign country", insert "or a region".

2 After section 4 Insert:

4A Sentences of imprisonment imposed by military commissions of the United States of America

For the purposes of this Act: (a) a military commission of the United States of America is taken to be a court or tribunal of the United States of America; and (b) any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a military commission of the United States of America is taken to have been ordered by a court or tribunal of the United States of America in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction; and (c) any direction or order given or made by a military commission of the United States of America with respect to the commencement of such punishment or measure is taken to have been given or made by a court or tribunal of the United States of America.