Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
23Definitions—ch 4
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23 Definitions—ch 4 (1) In this Act: recommitted, for an offender, means placed in the director-general’s custody because of an order under any of the following provisions: (a) section 72 (Suspension or cancellation of intensive correction order—recommittal to full-time detention); (b) section 161 (Cancellation of parole—recommittal to full-time detention); (c) section 312 (Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time detention). release date, for an offender for a sentence, means the day the term of the sentence ends. Note The term of a sentence includes the term of the sentence as amended (see dict). (2) In this chapter: full-time detainee—see section 22 (1). offender—see section 22 (2). remandee—see section 22 (3).