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by omitting from paragraph (a) "during the Governor-General's pleasure" and substituting "under Division 6 or 7 of Part IB or section 20BS";

    (b) by adding at the end the following subsection:

    "(2) In this section:

'Territory' does not include the Australian Capital Territory.".

Permitting escape

18. Section 47C of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by inserting before subsection (1) the following subsection:

    "(1A) In this section:

'Territory' does not include the Australian Capital Territory.".

    (b) by omitting from paragraph (1)(b) "during the Governor-General's pleasure" and substituting "under Division 6 or 7 of Part IB or section 20BS".

Harbouring etc. an escapee

19. Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "(other than the Australian Capital Territory)" after "Territory".

Sentence ceases to run while escaped prisoner at large

20. Section 48A of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by inserting "or 47B" after "47";

    (b) by adding the following subsection:

    "(2) If a person who is undergoing punishment for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory commits an offence against a law of a State or Territory that corresponds to section 47 or 47B, the person is, upon being returned to lawful custody.

    to undergo (in addition to any punishment imposed for the corresponding offence and any other punishment that the person is required to undergo under the law of the State or Territory) the punishment that the person would have undergone for the first-mentioned offence if the person had not escaped.".

Interception devices prohibited

21. Section 85ZKB of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to an apparatus or device designed principally for the reception of messages transmitted by radiocommunications.".

Exclusions

22. Section 85ZZH of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (h) and substituting the following paragraph:

    "(h) the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, for the purpose of assessing:

        (i) prospective officers or prospective members of the Centre; or

        (ii) persons proposed to be engaged as consultants to, or to perform services for, the Centre;".

PART 4—AMENDMENTS OF THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1983

Principal Act

23. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Transfer of Prisoners Act 19833.

Objects of Part

24. The objects of this Part are:

    (a) to make amendments consequential upon the inclusion of the ACT as a participating State in the transfer of prisoners scheme; and

    (b) to correct some minor drafting errors.

Interpretation

25. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by inserting in paragraph (a) of the definition of "appropriate Minister" in subsection (1) "the Australian Capital Territory or" after "other than";

    (b) by inserting after paragraph (a)