South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts(1) On request under section 8
, the local authority may—
(a) register the interstate sentence in this jurisdiction; or
(b) register the sentence in this jurisdiction subject to preconditions imposed under section 14
; or
(c) decline to register the sentence.
(2) In deciding whether to register an interstate sentence, the local authority—
(a) must have regard to the registration criteria; and
(b) may have regard to—
(i) any matter prescribed by the regulations; and
(ii) any other relevant matter.
(3) The local authority—
(a) must not register an interstate sentence unless satisfied that the registration criteria are met; and
(b) may decline to register an interstate sentence even if satisfied that the registration criteria are met.
(4) The local authority may decide whether to register an interstate sentence (including whether to impose any preconditions under section 14
) on the information and documents given to the authority under this Part, and any other information or documents available to the authority, without hearing the offender.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, the local authority may decide to register an interstate sentence even if—
(a) the interstate jurisdiction is not the originating jurisdiction for the sentence; or
(b) the sentence has previously been registered in this jurisdiction or this jurisdiction is the originating jurisdiction for the sentence; or
(c) the authority has previously decided not to register the sentence in this jurisdiction.
(6) If the local authority decides not to register the interstate sentence, the authority must give written notice of the decision to the offender and the interstate authority.