Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
"authorized person" means the Sheriff, or a Deputy Sheriff, of the Territory, a magistrate, the Clerk or a Deputy Clerk of the Court of Petty Sessions established under the law of the Territory or the Sheriff or like officer of a Federal Court;
"constable" means a member of the Police Force of the Territory or a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police;
"court" means-
(a) a Federal Court;
(b ) the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory;
(c ) the Court of Petty Sessions established under the law of the Territory; or
(d ) any other court that has, or has had, jurisdiction in respect of the Territory or a part of the Territory;
"magistrate" means a Stipendiary Magistrate or Special Magistrate appointed under the law of the Territory, and includes a magistrate of a State who is performing the duties of a magistrate in the Territory in pursuance of an arrangement in force under section 78 of the Public Service Act 1922-1968 ;
"order" includes direction;
"prison" includes any place that is, or was at the relevant time, a prison for the purposes of the law of the State;
"the State" means the State of New South Wales;
"the Territory" means the Australian Capital Territory, and includes the Jervis Bay Territory.
(2) Where the Governor-General has commuted a sentence of death pronounced on a person to a term of imprisonment, this Act applies to and in relation to the person as if the sentence of death had been a sentence of imprisonment for that term.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a reference to the making of an order by a court includes a reference to the issue by a court or a magistrate of a warrant remanding or committing a person to prison or to some gaol, lock-up or other place of security, and a reference in this Act to an order shall be construed accordingly.