Community Based Sentences (interstate Transfer) Act 2023

• Jurisdiction: Northern Territory
• Year: 2023
• Type of Document: Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

COMMUNITY BASED SENTENCES (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 2023

As in force at 25 March 2024

Table of provisions

Part 1 Preliminary matters

1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1

2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1

3 Purpose of Act ................................................................................. 1

4 Application of Act ............................................................................. 1

5 Definitions ........................................................................................ 2

Part 2 Key concepts for Act

6 Community based sentences .......................................................... 3

7 Local and interstate sentences ........................................................ 4

8 Corresponding law ........................................................................... 4

Part 3 Administration

9 Local authority ................................................................................. 4

10 Delegation by local authority............................................................ 4

11 Functions and powers of local authority .......................................... 4

Part 4 Registration of interstate sentences in the

Territory

12 Request for transfer of interstate sentence ...................................... 4

13 Form of request for registration ....................................................... 5

14 Request for additional information ................................................... 6

15 Withdrawal of offender's consent ..................................................... 6

16 Registration criteria .......................................................................... 6

17 Decision on request ......................................................................... 7

18 Preconditions for registration ........................................................... 8

19 Registration of interstate sentence .................................................. 9

20 Notice of registration ........................................................................ 9

21 Effect of registration ......................................................................... 9

Part 5 Registration of local sentences in

interstate jurisdictions

22 Request for transfer of local sentence ........................................... 10

23 Providing additional information ..................................................... 10

24 Effect of interstate registration ....................................................... 11

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Part 6 Miscellaneous matters

25 Inaccurate information about local sentence registered

interstate ........................................................................................ 12

26 Dispute about accuracy of information about local sentence

registered interstate ....................................................................... 12

27 Evidence of registration and registered particulars ........................ 13

28 Regulations .................................................................................... 13

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