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Corrections Amendment (Adult Parole
Board) Bill 2018
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the purposes of the Bill, which are to amend the
Corrections Act 1986 to provide for the appointment of
members of the Adult Parole Board who are victims of crime or
who represent the interests of all victims of crime; and to further
provide for the constitution of a division of the Adult Parole
Board.
Clause 2 provides for the Bill to commence on a day or days to be
proclaimed or no later than 21 August 2019.
Clause 3 inserts new section 61(2)(db) into the Corrections Act 1986 to
provide that one or more persons appointed by the Governor in
Council to the Adult Parole Board may be victims of crime or
persons who represent the interests of all victims of crime.
Clause 4 substitutes section 64(2) of the Corrections Act 1986 to
require that a division of the Adult Parole Board consists of at
least 4 members, of whom at least one must be a Judge, retired
Judge, Associate Judge, Magistrate or retired Magistrate; and at
least one member must be victims of crime or who represent
the interests of all victims of crime, as mentioned in the new
section 61(2)(db).
The clause also inserts new section 64(2A) into the Corrections
Act 1986 requiring that the chairperson of a division of the Adult
Parole Board must be a member mentioned in section 64(2)(a),
that is, a Judge, retired Judge, Associate Judge, Magistrate or
retired Magistrate.
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Clause 5 amends section 66(5) of the Corrections Act 1986 to provide
that meetings of a division of the Adult Parole Board must be
attended by at least 3 members, not 2 as currently.
Clause 6 provides for the automatic repeal of the amending Act on
21 August 2020. The repeal of the Act does not affect
the continuing operation of the amendment made by it
(see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation
Act 1984).
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