Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C06403:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C06403
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 7939–8682

8  Application of Act to persons in custody, etc., at commencement of Act
  This Act applies to and in relation to a person who was, before the commencement of this Act, placed in custody in a prison in the State for the purpose of giving effect to an order or sentence of a magistrate or court and has not been unconditionally released before the commencement of this Act, as if:
 (a) this Act had been in force at the time he was so placed in custody;
 (b) he had been delivered into the custody of the officer in charge of that prison in pursuance of a warrant issued under this Act in relation to that order or sentence; and
 (c) his detention in the State before the commencement of this Act had been detention in pursuance of this Act.