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SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 93

93 .         Release from parole term

        (1)         Subject to sections 94A, 94 and 95A, a prisoner serving a parole term is eligible to be released on parole —

            (a)         if the term served is 4 years or less — when he or she has served one-half of the term; or

            (b)         if the term served is more than 4 years — when he or she has served 2 years less than the term.

        (2)         Any order for the release on parole of a prisoner to whom subsection (1) applies must be made in accordance with Part 3 of the Sentence Administration Act 2003 .

        (3)         If a prisoner serving a parole term has not been released on parole before the term ends, the prisoner is discharged from that sentence when the term ends and, subject to Part 2 Division 2 of the Sentence Administration Act 2003 , must be released then.

        [Section 93 inserted: No. 50 of 2003 s. 20; amended: No. 6 of 2014 s. 5; No. 32 of 2015 s. 5.]



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