Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00810:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00810
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/8)
Character Range: 6752–9483

given by the State transfer law of that State; or
 (b) in relation to a Territory—has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
minimum term of imprisonment means that part of a sentence of imprisonment that is fixed by a court or by operation of law as the period during which a prisoner is not eligible to be released on parole.
Parliament means:
 (a) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (b) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.
prison includes:
 (a) any place where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment may be detained to undergo that imprisonment; and
 (b) any place where a person who has been charged with an offence may be remanded in custody for that offence.
prisoner means a person who is a Commonwealth prisoner or a State prisoner.
relevant security, in relation to a person, means a security given by the person, with or without sureties, by recognizance or otherwise, that the person will comply with conditions relating to his or her behaviour.
remand prisoner means a person who has been charged with an offence against a law of the Commonwealth and who has been remanded in custody for that offence.
Removal Act means the Removal of Prisoners (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1968 or the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.
return transfer order means an order for the transfer of a prisoner made under section 14, 16A or 16C.
security means:
 (a) the protection of, and of the people of, the Commonwealth and the several States and Territories from:
 (i) espionage; or
 (ii) sabotage; or
 (iii) politically motivated violence; or
 (iv) promotion of communal violence; or
 (v) attacks on Australia's defence system; or
 (vi) acts of foreign interference; or
  whether directed from, or committed within, Australia or not; and
 (b) the carrying out of Australia's responsibilities to any foreign country in relation to a matter mentioned in any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (a).
security transfer order means an order for the transfer of a prisoner made under section 16B.
sentence of imprisonment for an indeterminate period means:
 (a) a sentence of imprisonment for life; or
 (b) a sentence, order or direction of a kind referred to in paragraph (17)(c) or (d).
service tribunal means a person, body or tribunal that, under a law relating to the discipline of the Defence Force, is empowered to impose a sentence of imprisonment.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
State order of transfer means an order, under a State transfer law of a State, for the transfer of a person who is a joint prisoner (in his or her