For the purposes of section 84 of the Act, the holder of an office specified in column 2 of an item in the following table in the State specified in column 1 of the item is taken to be the person in charge of the correction service of the State.
Person taken to be in charge of the correction service of a State | ||
Item |
Column 1 State |
Column 2 Office |
1 |
New South Wales |
Commissioner (within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW)) |
2 |
Victoria |
Commissioner mentioned in section 8A of the Corrections Act 1986 (Vic.) |
3 |
Queensland |
chief executive mentioned in section 263 of the Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld) |
4 |
Western Australia |
CEO within the meaning of the Sentence Administration Act 2003 (WA) |
5 |
South Australia |
chief executive of the Department (within the meaning of the Correctional Services Act 1982 (SA)) |
6 |
Tasmania |
Director of Corrective Services mentioned in section 5 of the Corrections Act 1997 (Tas.) |
7 |
Australian Capital Territory |
director-general within the meaning of the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 (ACT) |
8 |
Northern Territory |
(a) if the person under restraint is a youth (within the meaning of the Youth Justice Act (NT)) other than one sentenced to a term of imprisonment--CEO (within the meaning of that Act); or (b) otherwise--Commissioner of Correctional Services mentioned in section 17 of the Correctional Services Act (NT) |
9 |
police officer in charge in Norfolk Island |