In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Administrator of Magistrates Courts means the person appointed as Administrator of Magistrates Courts under section 16 of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 ;

approved hospital has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act 2013 ;

approved medical practitioner means an approved medical practitioner within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013 ;

area restriction order means an order made under Division 3 of Part 9 ;

assessment order has the meaning given by section 73 ;

Australian driver licence has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 ;

authorised person means –

(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions or an Australian legal practitioner acting on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or

(b) a police officer; or

(c) an Australian legal practitioner employed in the responsible Department in relation to the Police Offences Act 1935 ; or

(d) a probation officer;

breach includes fail to comply;

Chief Psychiatrist has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act 2013 ;

child sexual offence means an offence, committed in relation to a person under the age of 17 years, against section 124 , 124A , 125 , 125A , 125B , 125C , 125D , 126 , 127 , 129 , 130 , 130A , 133 or 185 of the Criminal Code ;

community correction order means a community correction order made under section 42AN ;

community service means work or other activity in the community under the direction of a probation officer or supervisor;

community service order means an order of a court that the offender in respect of whom it is made must perform some work or other activity in the community under the direction of a probation officer or supervisor, but does not include a community correction order;

compensation order means an order made under Division 2 of Part 9 ;

court means the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal or a court of petty sessions;

DCS means Director of Corrective Services;

Director, MPES means the Director, Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service appointed under section 8 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ;

detention period has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;

DPP means Director of Public Prosecutions;

driver licence has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 ;

driving disqualification order means an order of a court under section 55 ;

drug treatment order means a drug treatment order made under section 27B ;

earliest release date has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;

enactment means –

(a) an Act; or

(b) any other instrument of a legislative character; or

(c) any provision or part of an Act or of any other instrument of a legislative character;

enforcement debtor means a person to whom an enforcement order has been issued under Part 5 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ;

escape offence means an offence under section 107 of the Criminal Code or an offence committed by a person who has escaped from lawful custody;

family violence offence means a family violence offence within the meaning of the Family Violence Act 2004 ;

fine means the sum of money payable by an offender under an order of a court made on the offender being found guilty, or convicted, of an offence and includes a sum of money payable as costs, a restitution order and a compensation order;

home detention order means a home detention order made under section 42AC ;

mental illness means a mental illness within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013 ;

monetary penalty means a monetary penalty as defined in section 3 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ;

motor vehicle has the same meaning as in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 ;

MPCSO means a Monetary Penalty Community Service Order issued under section 33 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ;

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) applies, the whole of the period of the sentence; or

(b) in a case to which section 17(2)(b) or 18(1)(b) 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 of the Corrections Act 1997 ;

notification means notification in writing;

Parole Board means the Parole Board established under the Corrections Act 1997 ;

pre-sentence program means a program aimed at addressing the underlying causes of offending;

prison offence means an offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Corrections Act 1997 ;

probation officer means a probation officer within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 ;

probation order means an order of a court that the offender in respect of whom it is made be of good behaviour during the period of the order or do or refrain from doing such things as are specified in the order;

proper officer , in relation to a court, means the officer or officers of that court prescribed by the rules of that court for the purpose of the provision in which the term is used;

rehabilitation program means a structured treatment program designed to reduce the likelihood of a person who has committed a family violence offence re-offending;

rehabilitation program order means an order to attend and participate in a rehabilitation program and in doing so comply with the reasonable directions of a person employed or engaged to conduct such a program;

responsible medical officer means a person appointed as responsible medical officer under section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 ;

restitution order means an order made under Division 1 of Part 9 ;

restriction order has the meaning given by section 77 ;

secure mental health unit has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act 2013 ;

supervision order has the meaning given by section 77A ;

supervisor means a supervisor within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 ;

treatment order has the meaning given by section 76 .