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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 160F
Significance of an offender’s period of imprisonment
160F Significance of an offender’s period of imprisonment
(1) One of the objects of sections 160A to 160E is to ensure that at any 1
time there is only 1 parole release date or parole eligibility date in
existence for an offender.
(2) When fixing a date under this division as the
date an offender is to be released on parole or is to be eligible for release
on parole, the date fixed by the court must be a date relating to the
offender’s period of imprisonment as opposed to a particular term of
imprisonment. Examples— 1 O is sentenced to a term of 1 year’s
imprisonment on 1 July 2007 with a parole release date of 1 January 2008. O is
released on parole on 1 January 2008. On 1 April 2008, O is sentenced to a
further term of 1 year’s imprisonment for another offence. A parole
eligibility date fixed for O under section 160B (2) must relate to the 2 years
period of imprisonment to which O has been sentenced and must not be earlier
than 1 January 2008.
2 O is sentenced to a term of 1 year’s imprisonment on
1 July 2007 with a parole release date of 1 January 2008. On 1 November 2007,
O is sentenced to a further term of 1 year’s imprisonment for another
offence, to be served concurrently with the first term. A parole release date
fixed for O under section 160B (3) must relate to the 16 months period of
imprisonment to which O has been sentenced and must not be earlier than 1
January 2008.
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