The Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "Australian Capital Territory";

(b) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "corresponding Minister" and substituting the following definition:

corresponding Minister, in relation to a participating State, means the Minister of that State who is responsible for the administration of the interstate law of that State;

(c) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "joint prisoner" and substituting the following definition:

joint prisoner means a person upon whom both a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment has been imposed and any one of the following sentences of imprisonment has been imposed:

(a) a State sentence of imprisonment;

(b) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined by an interstate law;

(c) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 of the Australian Capital Territory;

(d) a Territory sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act of the Northern Territory;

(d) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "participating State" and substituting the following definition:

participating State means a State in which an interstate law is in force;

(e) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "sentence of imprisonment" and substituting the following definition:

sentence of imprisonment means –

(a) a State sentence of imprisonment; or

(b) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined by an interstate law; or

(c) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 of the Australian Capital Territory; or

(d) a Territory sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act of the Northern Territory; or

(e) where relevant, a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment;

(f) by inserting in the definition of "State" in section 3(1) "the Australian Capital Territory and" after "includes";

(g) by omitting from section 3(1) the definition of "Territory" and substituting the following definition:

Territory means the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands or the Jervis Bay Territory;

(h) by omitting subsection (5) of section 3 and substituting the following subsections:

(5)  In the case of a State other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, a reference in this Act to the Governor of a participating State includes a reference to any person exercising and performing all the powers and functions of the Governor of that State.

(5A)  In the case of the Australian Capital Territory –

(a) the reference in section 26(5) to the Governor of a participating State is a reference to the Governor-General; and

(b) the references in section 26(6)(b) to the Governor of a participating State are references to the Governor-General or to the Executive within the meaning of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.

(5B)  In the case of the Northern Territory, a reference in this Act to the Governor of a participating State is a reference to the Administrator of the Northern Territory, and includes a reference to any person exercising and performing all the powers and functions of the Administrator.

(5C)  A reference in this Act to the Governor-General includes a reference to any person exercising and performing all the powers and functions of the Governor-General.