Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237:section:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 11413–14198

of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this subsection.
police officer means:
 (a) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
 (b) a member of the police force of a State or Territory.
prisoner means a person (however described) who is serving a sentence of imprisonment and includes:
 (a) a mentally impaired prisoner; and
 (b) a person who has been released on parole.
prisoner's representative means a person who may consent to the transfer of a prisoner as referred to in section 6.
prison officer means a person appointed or employed to assist in the management of a prison.
release on parole means any form of conditional release in the nature of parole and includes:
 (a) release on probation; and
 (b) release on licence to be at large.
Rwanda Tribunal:
 (a) means the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations committed in the territory of neighbouring States, between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994, established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 S/RES/955 (1994); and
 (b) includes the organs referred to in Article 10 of the Statute of the Tribunal.
Note: In 2013, the text of United Nations Security Council resolutions was accessible through the United Nations website (www.un.org).
sentence of imprisonment means any punishment or measure involving:
 (a) deprivation of liberty; or
 (b) potential deprivation of liberty, if the punishment or measure relates to a conviction for a non‑Tribunal offence;
ordered by a court or tribunal for a determinate or indeterminate period in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction, and includes any direction or order given or made by the court or tribunal with respect to the commencement of the punishment or measure.
Note: Paragraph (b) covers suspended sentences.
serving: see subsection 4B(1).
State includes the ACT and the Northern Territory.
State Minister means:
 (a) in relation to a particular State other than the ACT or the Northern Territory—the Minister of the State administering the law of the State relating to the transfer of prisoners; and
 (b) in relation to the ACT—the ACT Minister; and
 (c) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Minister for the Northern Territory administering the law of the Northern Territory relating to the transfer of prisoners;
and includes any Minister acting for the time being for or on behalf of that Minister and any person to whom the Minister has delegated any of the Minister's functions under this Act.