Victorian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONS (TRANSITION CENTRES AND CUSTODIAL COMMUNITY PERMITS) ACT 2005 (NO 2 OF 2005) - SECT 4

After section 3 of the Corrections Act 1986 insert —

        "4.     References to prisons to include transition centres

    (1)     A reference in the following provisions of this Act to a prison is to be read as including a reference to a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears: Parts 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (other than sections 56 and 56AC), 8A and 10.

    (2)     A reference in any other Act, in any subordinate instrument or in any other document to a prison is to be read as including a reference to a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.

    (3)     A reference to a Governor in this Act or in any regulations made under this Act is to be read as including a reference to the officer in charge of a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.

    (4)     A reference in any other Act, in any subordinate instrument or in any other document to a Governor of a prison is to be read as including a reference to the officer in charge of a transition centre, unless the contrary intention appears.".