Sentence Administration (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2009 (WA)

Western Australia Sentence Administration (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2009 Western Australia Sentence Administration (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2009 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 4 2. Commencement 4 3. Purpose of Act 4 4. Application of the Act 4 5. Terms used 4 6. Notes 5 Part 2 — Key concepts for Act 7. Community based sentences 6 8. Jurisdictions and participating jurisdictions 6 9. Local and interstate sentences 6 10. Corresponding law 7 11. Interstate authorities 7 Part 3 — Administration 12. Chief executive officer is local authority 8 13. Delegation by local authority 8 14. Local register 8 Part 4 — Registration of interstate sentences in this jurisdiction 15. Request for transfer of interstate sentence 9 16. Form of request for registration 9 17. Request for additional information 11 18. Withdrawal of offender's consent 11 19. Registration criteria 11 20. Decision on request 12 21. Preconditions for registration 13 22. How interstate sentence registered 13 23. Notice of registration 14 24. Effect of registration generally 14 Part 5 — Registration of local sentences in interstate jurisdictions 25. Request for transfer of local sentence 17 26. Response to request for additional information 17 27. Effect of interstate registration 17 Part 6 — Miscellaneous 28. Inaccurate information about local sentence registered interstate 18 29. Dispute about accuracy of information in interstate register 18 30. Evidence of registration and registered particulars 19 31. Regulations 20 Notes Compilation table 21 Western Australia Sentence Administration (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2009 An Act relating to the interstate transfer of community based orders, and for other purposes.

Part 1 — Preliminary