court means the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal or a court of petty sessions;
custodial sentence, in relation to an offender, means a sentence, imposed by a court, that requires the offender to serve a term of imprisonment, and includes any period of such a sentence during which the offender is eligible for parole or is on parole, but does not include a sentence of imprisonment that is wholly or partly suspended;
dangerous criminal means an offender in respect of whom a declaration is in force;
dangerous criminal offence, in relation to an offender, means –
(a) the crime, of which the offender has been convicted, that is specified in the application under section 4(1) pursuant to which a declaration was made in relation to the offender; or
(b) where the offender is subject to a declaration to which section 8(1) relates – the offence in relation to which a sentence of imprisonment was imposed on the offender in accordance with section 19(3) of the Sentencing Act 1997 , as in force before the day on which Part 2 of this Act commences; or
(c) where the offender is subject to a declaration to which section 8(2) relates – the offence in relation to which a sentence of imprisonment was imposed on the offender, pursuant to section 392(2) of the Criminal Code , as in force immediately before the commencement of the ;
(a) a declaration under section 7(1) that is in force in relation to the offender; and
(b) an instrument in writing that is, under section 8(1) , taken to be a declaration made under section 7(1) and that is in force in relation to the offender; and
(c) an instrument in writing that is, under section 8(2) , taken to be a declaration made under section 7(1) and that is in force in relation to the offender;
DPP means the Director of Public Prosecutions;
HRO order means a high risk offender order, made under section 35(1) , that is in force;
interim HRO order means an interim high risk offender order, made under section 37(1) , that is in force;
offender means a person whom a court has convicted of an offence;
pre-release order, in relation to an offender, means an order, made under section 13(3) or (4) in relation to the offender, that is in force;
probation officer means a probation officer within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 ;
psychologist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the psychology profession;
relevant custodial sentence, in relation to an offender, means –
(a) a custodial sentence, for the offender’s dangerous criminal offence, whether or not the sentence is being served concurrently with, or cumulatively on, another custodial sentence for another crime or offence; or
(b) a custodial sentence, for a crime or offence, that is being served cumulatively on a custodial sentence, that has been served, for the offender’s dangerous criminal offence, irrespective of when the first-mentioned sentence was imposed; or
(c) a custodial sentence, for another crime or offence, that is being served cumulatively on a custodial sentence referred to in paragraph (b) that has been served, irrespective of when the first-mentioned sentence was imposed;
review application means an application made under section 10(1) or (3) ;
risk assessment committee means the high risk offenders assessment committee established by section 26 ;
(a) an offence against a provision listed in Schedule 1 ; or
(b) an offence of attempting to commit an offence against a provision listed in Schedule 1 ; or
(c) an offence, against a provision of the law of this State, another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth, that is substantially the same as an offence listed in Schedule 1 .
(2) A reference in this Act to an offender serving a custodial sentence is a reference to an offender serving in the State a custodial sentence and includes a reference to the offender being on parole while serving such a sentence.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a custodial sentence in relation to an offender is not to be taken to expire when the offender is on parole.