Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PERIODIC DETENTION ACT 1995 (NO. 3 OF 1995) - SECT 20

20. For the purposes of this Act, a detainee shall be taken to be complying with an order for periodic detention if he or she serves his or her sentence in accordance with an order of the Director made under section 15, 16 or 17 in respect of the detainee and while the detainee complies with such an order that is inconsistent with a provision of an earlier order of the court or the Director in respect of the detainee, the earlier order shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, cease to have force or effect.