Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 (Tas)

Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983

An Act relating to the reciprocal enforcement of parole orders [Royal Assent 2 December 1983]

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 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1983 .

2. Commencement (1) Section 1 and this section shall commence on the day 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.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – 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; court of summary jurisdiction has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 3 (1) of the Justices Act 1959 ; 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 other State or Territory that correspond to those of the Minister under section 5 ; Director means the Director, Community Corrections, within the meaning of the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009 ; interstate Director, in relation to another State or a Territory, means the person or body having powers under the corresponding law of that State or Territory that correspond to those of the Director under this Act; interstate law enforcement officer, in relation to another State or a Territory, means a local law enforcement officer within the meaning of the corresponding law of that State or Territory; interstate parolee means a person to whom an interstate parole order relates; interstate parole order means a parole order made under a law of another State or a Territory; interstate travel permit means an interstate travel permit issued under section 10B or an interstate travel permit (however described) issued under the corresponding law of another State or a Territory; local law enforcement officer means a correctional officer, or probation officer, within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 , or a police officer; Parole Board means the Parole Board established under the Corrections Act 1997 ; parole order means a parole order in force under the Corrections Act 1997 or under a law of another State or a Territory relating to parole, and includes– (a) an authority given under a law of this State 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 under such a law; and (b) such a parole order or authority as varied from time to time; and (c) a prospective parole order, but only for the purpose of making or dealing with a request under section 5 ; Registrar means the secretary of the Parole Board appointed under section 66 of the Corrections Act 1997 ; relevant Ministerial arrangements, in relation to another State or a Territory, means arrangements entered into under section 10A between the Minister and the designated authority of that State or Territory; sentence of imprisonment includes an order, direction, declaration, or other authority under which a person may be lawfully detained in a prison; Tasmanian parolee means a person to whom a Tasmanian parole order relates; Tasmanian parole order means a parole order made under a law of Tasmania; Territory means a Territory of the Commonwealth.