Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
10Application—pt 3.1
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10 Application—pt 3.1 (1) This part applies if— (a) a court (a committing authority) makes an order (a committal order) sentencing an offender to imprisonment that, under a territory law, must be served by full-time detention; or (b) the board (also a committing authority) makes an order (also a committal order) in relation to an offender under any of the following provisions: (i) section 72 (Suspension or cancellation of intensive correction order—recommittal to full-time detention); (ii) section 161 (Cancellation of parole—recommittal to full-time detention); (iii) section 312 (Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time detention). (2) A reference in this section to a court sentencing an offender to imprisonment includes— (a) an entity prescribed by regulation sentencing an offender to (b) a court ordering the imprisonment of a fine defaulter under section 116ZK. Note ACT courts have federal jurisdiction in criminal matters (including sentencing) under the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cwlth). See particularly that Act, s 68 (Jurisdiction of State and Territory courts in criminal cases).
Imprisonment Part 3.1