Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“community service order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 ;

“court” does not include a Special Criminal Court;

“district of residence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 ;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

“offender” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 ;

“probation and welfare officer” means a person appointed by the Minister to be a probation and welfare officer or to be a welfare officer or probation officer;

“relevant officer” means a probation and welfare officer discharging functions under this Act.

(2) A reference in this Act to a section is to a section of this Act and a reference to a subsection is to a subsection of the section in which the reference occurs.