Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 (NSW)

Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 No 190

An Act relating to the reciprocal enforcement of parole orders within New South Wales and within other States or any Territory of the Commonwealth.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983.

2 Commencement (1) Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), the several provisions of this Act shall commence on such day or days as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

3 Definitions In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires— corresponding law means a law of another State or Territory relating to the transfer of parole orders that corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to the provisions of this Act, and includes a law of another State or Territory 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 (other than a body corporate) having powers under the corresponding law of that State or Territory that correspond to those of the Minister under section 5. parole order means a parole order in force under a law of New South Wales, or under a law of another State or a Territory, relating to parole, and includes— (a) an authority given under a law of New South Wales or a law of another State or a Territory for the release of a person of or over the age of 18 years from imprisonment or lawful detention, being an authority that has the effect of or is deemed to be an order for the release of a person upon parole, and (b) an authority given under a law of New South Wales or a law of another State or a Territory, being an authority of a prescribed class or description (whether or not it is an authority referred to in paragraph (a)), and (b1) a prospective parole order, or a prospective authority of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), but only for the purpose of making or dealing with a request under section 5, and (c) such a parole order or authority as varied from time to time. Registrar means the Registrar of Transferred Parole Orders. regulations means regulations under this Act. sentence of imprisonment includes an order, direction, declaration or other authority under which a person may be lawfully detained in a prison. State Parole Authority means the State Parole Authority constituted by section 183 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999. Territory means a Territory of the Commonwealth.