For the purposes of this Agreement —
(a) “transferring State” means the State in which the sentence was imposed on the prisoner who may be, or has been, transferred;
(b) “receiving State” means the State to which the prisoner may be, or has been, transferred in order to serve his sentence;
(c) “prisoner” means a person who is required to be detained in a prison, a hospital or any other institution in the transferring State by virtue of an order made by a court in the course of the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction;
(d) “sentence” means any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a court for a limited or unlimited period of time in the course of the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction;
(e) “judgment” means a decision or order of a court or tribunal imposing a sentence;
(f) “national” means—
(i) in relation to the United Kingdom, a British citizen or any person whose transfer the Government of the United Kingdom considers appropriate having regard to any close ties which that person has with the United Kingdom,
(ii) in relation to Saint Lucia, a citizen of Saint Lucia as defined by the Saint Lucia Constitution Order and Laws of Saint Lucia