Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 (WA)

Western Australia Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 Western Australia Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 Contents 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used in this Act 1 4. Appointment of Registrar 2 5. Requests for registration of transferred parole orders 2 6. Documents to accompany requests 3 7. Registration of parole orders in a State or Territory to be in interest of parolee etc. 3 8. Registration 4 9. Effect of registration 5 10. Effect of transfer of parole order to another State or a Territory 9 10A. Exclusion of rules of natural justice 9 11. Evidence 10 12. Delegation 10 13. Regulations 10 Notes Compilation table 11 Western Australia Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 An Act relating to the reciprocal enforcement of parole orders.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 1.

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day or days as is or are respectively fixed by proclamation 1.

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 — (a) 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 (b) 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).]