40—Amendment of section 5—Interpretation
Section 5(1), definition of "community corrections officer —delete the
definition and substitute:
"community corrections officer" means an officer or employee of the
administrative unit of the Public Service that is responsible for assisting a
Minister in the administration of the Correctional Services Act 1982
whose duties include the supervision of offenders in the community; —
(a) an officer or
employee of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is responsible
for assisting a Minister in the administration of the
Correctional Services Act 1982 whose duties include the supervision of
offenders in the community; or
(b) a
community corrections officer of another participating jurisdiction;
community corrections officer , of another participating jurisdiction,
means—
(a) if the
jurisdiction is Western Australia—a community corrections officer as
defined in section 4(2) of the Sentence Administration Act 2003 of
Western Australia; or
(b) if the
jurisdiction is the Northern Territory—a probation and parole officer as
defined in section 4 of the Correctional Services Act 2014 of the
Northern Territory;