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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