Criminal Code Amendment (Life Prisoners and Dangerous Criminals) Act 1994
7Interpretation: Part 3
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7 Interpretation: Part 3
In this Part –
applicant means an existing life prisoner who has applied to the Supreme Court to be resentenced under this Part;
existing life prisoner means a person who –
(a) is serving a life sentence and in respect of whom an order has not been made under section 12BA (1) of the Parole Act 1975 ; and
(b) is not on parole;
life sentence means a sentence of imprisonment for the term of a person's natural life and life imprisonment has a corresponding meaning;
original sentence, in relation to an existing life prisoner, means the life sentence that the prisoner is serving at the time the prisoner applies to be resentenced under this Part and originally sentenced has a corresponding meaning.