International Transfer of Prisoners (Tasmania) Act 1997
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3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act –
Commonwealth Act means the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
corresponding law means a law of another State that provides for the international transfer of prisoners;
function includes a power, authority or duty;
State includes a Territory;
this jurisdiction means Tasmania;
War Crimes Tribunal means the Former Yugoslavia Tribunal or Rwanda Tribunal within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act.
(2) If an expression is defined in the Commonwealth Act and is also used in this Act, the expression as used in this Act has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning as in that Act.