Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
218Interstate transfer—meaning of sentence of
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218 Interstate transfer—meaning of sentence of imprisonment etc (1) In this part: sentence of imprisonment means— (a) an ACT sentence of imprisonment; or (b) an interstate sentence of imprisonment; or (c) if relevant, a commonwealth sentence of imprisonment. (2) For this part, a sentence of imprisonment resulting (or originally resulting) from the operation of a law of the ACT, a State or a non-participating territory is taken, except as prescribed by regulation, to have been imposed (or originally imposed) by a court of the ACT, the State or the non-participating territory. (3) In this part, a reference to a sentence of imprisonment being served in the ACT includes a reference to a sentence of imprisonment being served in New South Wales under this Act.