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Children, Youth and Families
Amendment (Youth Offenders)
Bill 2016
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the purposes of the Bill, which are to provide that
community safety is the paramount consideration in any decision
by the Youth Parole Board relating to parole and to require the
Youth Parole Board to include in its annual report the number of
persons who have committed serious offences while released on
parole.
Clause 2 provides for the Bill to commence on a day or days to be
proclaimed, with a default commencement of 1 July 2017.
Clause 3 amends section 452 of the Children, Youth and Families
Act 2005 to require the Youth Parole Board to annually report
on the number of persons convicted during the reporting period
of a serious offence committed while released on parole by the
Board.
Subclause (2) amends section 452 of the Children, Youth and
Families Act 2005 to clarify that serious offence has the same
meaning as in section 72 of the Corrections Act 1986.
Clause 4 inserts new section 458A into the Children, Youth and Families
Act 2005.
New section 458A requires the Board to give paramount
consideration to the safety and protection of the community in
determining whether to grant or revoke parole or whether to
amend or vary the terms and conditions of a parole order.
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Clause 5 repeals the amending Bill on the first anniversary of its
commencement.
The repeal of the Bill does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendments made by the Bill.
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