Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1983 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 24 July 2009 of the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1M. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983	75 of 1983	22 Dec 1983	1 Jul 1984 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Jun 1984 p. 1753)
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Act 1986	72 of 1986	4 Dec 1986	s. 1 and 2: 4 Dec 1986; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 2 Sep 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2 Sep 1988 p. 3393)
Acts Amendment (Corrective Services) Act 1987 Pt. IV	47 of 1987	3 Oct 1987	11 Dec 1987 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 Dec 1987 p. 4363)
Acts Amendment (Public Service) Act 1987 s. 32	113 of 1987	31 Dec 1987	16 Mar 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Mar 1988 p. 813)
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Act 1994	5 of 1994	11 Apr 1994	s. 1 and 2: 11 Apr 1994; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 4 Nov 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Nov 1995 p. 5163)
Reprint of the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 as at 6 Dec 2002 (includes amendments listed above)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 68	2 of 2008	12 Mar 2008	27 Apr 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Apr 2008 p. 1559)
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Amendment Act 2009	1 of 2009	17 Apr 2009	s. 1 and 2: 17 Apr 2009 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 18 Apr 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 as at 24 Jul 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

^1M Under the Cross-border Justice Act 2008 section 14, in order to give effect to that Act, this Act must be applied with the modifications prescribed by the Cross-border Justice Regulations 2009 Part 3 Division 15 as if this Act had been altered in that way. If a modification is to replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number. If a modification is to replace or insert a definition, the new definition is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the defined term.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
arrest warrant 3(1)
Attorney-General 3(1)
chief executive officer 3(1)
Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment 3(1)
corresponding court of Western Australia 3(1)
corresponding Minister 3(1)
default imprisonment 3(1)
indeterminate sentence 3(1)
interstate law 3(1)
joint prisoner 3(1)
Magistrates Court 3(1)
order of transfer 3(1)
participating State 3(1)
prison 3(1)
prison officer 3(1)
prisoner 3(1)
relevant security 3(1)
sentence of imprisonment 3(1)
sentences of imprisonment 21(3)(c)
State 3(1)
State prisoner 3(1)
State sentence of imprisonment 3(1)
superintendent 3(1)
Territory 3(1)
translated sentence 3(1)
translated sentence or sentences 21(3)(d)