Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00237
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 6360–9157

4  Definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ACT means the Australian Capital Territory.
ACT Minister means the Minister for the ACT administering the law of the ACT relating to the transfer of prisoners and includes any Minister acting for the time being for or on behalf of that Minister.
appropriate Ministerial consent means Ministerial consent given as required by section 5.
Attorney‑General means the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth.
Australian court means a court or tribunal of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
child: without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the child of a person if he or she is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
close family member: see section 4AA.
community ties has the meaning given by subsections (4) and (5).
continued enforcement method, in relation to enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment, has the meaning given by section 42.
converted enforcement method, in relation to enforcement of a sentence of imprisonment, has the meaning given by section 42.
de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
escort officer, in relation to a prisoner, means the police officer, prison officer or other person specified in the warrant authorising the transfer of the prisoner under this Act as the escort officer for the prisoner.
extradition country has the same meaning as in the Extradition Act 1988.
federal prisoner:
 (a) means a prisoner who is serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed under a law of the Commonwealth; and
 (b) includes a prisoner who is serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed under a law of the Northern Territory and who was, before 12 June 1985, removed to the State of South Australia under section 3 of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.
foreign law means a law of a foreign country or of a part of, or in force in a part of, a foreign country.
Former Yugoslavia Tribunal:
 (a) means the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 827 S/RES/827 (1993); and
 (b) includes the organs referred to in Article 11 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).
Immigration Minister means the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958.
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals:
 (a) means the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, established by