Queensland Consolidated Acts

PRISONERS INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1997 - SECT 12

12.(1) Attached to this Act is a copy of the Commonwealth Act.

(2) The attachment is not part of this Act.

(3) The attachment must be revised so that it is an accurate copy of the Commonwealth Act as amended from time to time.

(4) The revision under subsection (3) must happen in the first reprint of this Act after an amendment of the Commonwealth Act.

section 5

"Commonwealth Act" means the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997 (Cwlth).

"corresponding law" means a law of another State that provides for the international transfer of prisoners.

"federal prisoner" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"function" includes power.

"mentally impaired prisoner" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"performance" of a function, includes the exercise of a power.

"prison officer" see the Commonwealth Act section 4.

"prisoner" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"release on parole" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"sentence of imprisonment" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"this jurisdiction" means Queensland.

"transfer country" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"tribunal prisoner" see the Commonwealth Act, section 4.

"under" the Commonwealth Act, includes--

(a) by; and

(b) for the purposes of; and

(c) in accordance with; and

(d) within the meaning of;

the Commonwealth Act.

"war crimes tribunal" means the Former Yugoslavia Tribunal or Rwanda Tribunal within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act.

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 (CWLTH)