Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 (NO. 59 OF 2005) - SECT 10

    (1)     This part applies if—

        (a)     a court (a committing authority ) makes an order (a committal order ) sentencing an offender to imprisonment that, under a territory law, must be served by full-time detention; or

        (b)     the board (also a committing authority ) makes an order (also a committal order ) in relation to an offender under any of the following provisions:

              (i)     section 82 (Suspension or cancellation of periodic detention—recommittal to full-time detention);

              (ii)     section 161 (Cancellation of parole—recommittal to full-time detention);

              (iii)     section 312 (Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time detention).

    (2)     A reference in this section to a court sentencing an offender to imprisonment includes—

        (a)     the registrar of the Magistrates Court, in relation to a committal under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , section 154D (Committal to prison—fine defaulters); and

        (b)     an entity prescribed by regulation.

Note     ACT courts have federal jurisdiction in criminal matters (including sentencing) under the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cwlth). See particularly that Act, s 68 (Jurisdiction of State and Territory courts in criminal cases).