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SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 11A

11A .         Reports by CEO to Board about certain prisoners

        (1)         In this section —

        prisoner does not include a prisoner sentenced to a fixed term of less than the length prescribed for the purposes of this section.

        (2)         At any time the Board may request the CEO to give the Board a written report about a prisoner (a prisoner management report ).

        (3)         A request —

            (a)         must be in writing; and

            (b)         must specify the prisoner concerned; and

            (c)         must specify the matters to be dealt with in a prisoner management report; and

            (d)         may request the CEO to give a prisoner management report on more than one occasion, as specified in the request; and

            (e)         may request the CEO to give a prisoner management report —

                  (i)         at a time specified or referred to in the request; or

                  (ii)         at more than one time specified or referred to in the request.

        (4)         Without limiting subsection (3)(e), the time at which a prisoner management report is to be given may be fixed by reference to a time when the Board will review the prisoner’s circumstances.

        (5)         The Board may give the CEO written directions in general terms about giving the Board prisoner management reports.

        (6)         Matters about which the Board can give the CEO directions include —

            (a)         which prisoners the CEO is to give prisoner management reports about; and

            (b)         what prisoner management reports are to deal with; and

            (c)         when prisoner management reports are to be given.

        (7)         The Board may at any time give the CEO a written notice amending or cancelling a request or direction given under this section.

        (8)         On receiving a request or direction given under this section the CEO must comply with it so far as is reasonably practicable.

        [Section 11A inserted: No. 41 of 2006 s. 10.]



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