Jervis Bay Territory

Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Ordinance 20051

Ordinance 2005 No. 1

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915.

Dated 15 December 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JAMES ERIC LLOYD

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to amend the Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985 of the Australian Capital Territory, in its application to the Jervis Bay Territory

1 Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Ordinance 2005.

2 Commencement

  This Ordinance commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985

  The Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985 of the Australian Capital Territory is amended, in its application to the Territory, as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Amendments of Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985

(section 3)

1 Section 3, before definition of community corrections officer

insert

APS employee has the meaning given by the Public Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Minister means the Minister of the Commonwealth administering the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 of the Commonwealth, and any Minister of the Commonwealth acting for or on behalf of that Minister.

2 After subsection 4 (2)

insert

 (2A) The Commonwealth Minister may appoint an APS employee to perform the functions of a community corrections officer.

3 Subsection 4 (3)

omit

subsection (2).

insert

subsection (2), and any APS employee appointed under subsection (2A).

4 After subsection 5 (2)

insert

 (2A) The Commonwealth Minister may appoint:

 (a) an APS employee; or

 (b) a person who, in the Commonwealth Minister’s opinion, has the skills and experience necessary to perform the functions of a supervisor;

to perform the functions of a supervisor.

5 Subsection 5 (3)

omit

subsection (2).

insert

subsection (2), and any person appointed under subsection (2A).

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.