Tasmanian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONS ACT 1997 (NO. 51 OF 1997) - SECT 3

3. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

"approved organisation" means an organisation approved by the Director under section 13;

"Board" means the Parole Board established under section 62;

"correctional officer" means a person appointed as a correctional officer pursuant to section 5;

"custodian" means a person referred to in section 42(4)(a), (b) or (c) (other than the Director);

"detainee" means a person, other than a prisoner, who is subject to an order of a court by which he or she is remanded or otherwise committed to prison;

"Director" means the Director of Corrective Services appointed under section 5;

"disciplinary officer" means a correctional officer –

(a) nominated by the Director under section 57 to be a disciplinary officer; or

(b) belonging to a class of correctional officers nominated by the Director under section 57 to be disciplinary officers;

"hospital" means a place approved as a hospital under section 35;

"imprisonment" means imprisonment imposed as a result of a lawful sentence;

"institution" means a place approved as an institution under section 35;

"leave permit" means a leave permit in force under section 42;

"legal member" means the member of the Board referred to in section 62(2)(a);

"legal practitioner" means a person referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of "legal practitioner" in section 3 of the Legal Profession Act 1993 ;

"life prisoner" means a prisoner who is serving a sentence for the term of his or her natural life;

"medical officer" means a legally qualified medical practitioner who is engaged to examine, treat or care for a prisoner or detainee;

"non-parole period" , in relation to a sentence of imprisonment, means –

(a) in a case to which section 17(2)(a) or 18(1)(a) of the Sentencing Act 1997 applies, the whole of the period of the sentence; or

(b) in a case to which section 17(2)(b) or 18(1)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1997 applies, the period specified in the order made under that section; or

(c) in any other case, the non-parole period specified in section 68(1);

"officer of the Ombudsman" means a person who is appointed or employed pursuant to section 9 of the Ombudsman Act 1978 ;

"official visitor" means a person appointed as an official visitor to a prison under section 10;

"operative sentence" means such part of a sentence of imprisonment as has not been suspended;

"parole order" means a parole order under section 72;

"police officer" has the same meaning as in the Police Regulation Act 1898 ;

"prison" includes a place of detention irrespective of the title by which it is known, and includes the whole area, whether or not walled or fenced, established as a prison;

"prisoner" means a person who is subject to an order of a court by which he or she is sentenced to a term of imprisonment;

"prison offence" means an offence specified in Schedule 1;

"probation officer" means a person appointed as a probation officer pursuant to section 5 and includes an honorary probation officer appointed under that section;

"regulations" means the regulations in force under this Act;

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department;

"sentence" includes a sentence imposed by way of resentencing under section 9(1) of the Criminal Code Amendment (Life Prisoners and Dangerous Criminals) Act 1994 ;

"standing orders" means the standing orders made under section 6(3);

"supervisor" means a person appointed as a supervisor pursuant to section 5 and includes an honorary supervisor appointed under that section.