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98. Definitions (Part 10).

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authorised person" means a person who is appointed in writing by the Minister, or a person who is one of a class of persons which is prescribed, to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Part;

"a direction" means a direction given by the Minister under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1960 authorising the release of a person from prison (within the meaning of that section) for a temporary period;

"governor" includes, in relation to a prisoner, a person for the time being performing the functions of governor;

"imprisonment" includes detention in a place provided under section 2 of the Prisons Act 1970 and "sentence of imprisonment" shall be construed accordingly;

"mandatory term of imprisonment" includes, in relation to an offence, a term of imprisonment imposed by a court under an enactment that provides that a person who is guilty of the offence concerned shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of not less than such term as is specified in the enactment;