Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 54

54 .         RRO, nature of

        (1)         An RRO is an order that on a release date specified in the order a prisoner is to be released if he or she —

            (a)         acknowledges in writing that he or she understands the general effect of Part 5 Divisions 2 and 3 should the order be cancelled;

            (b)         gives a written undertaking that while the RRO is in force he or she will comply with —

                  (i)         the standard obligations in section 55; and

                  (ii)         such of the primary requirements in section 56 as the RRO contains; and

                  (iii)         any additional requirements imposed by the Board under section 57.

        (2)         An RRO ceases to be in force when the period of the RRO ends, or when it is cancelled, whichever happens first.

        (3)         The period of an RRO is the period —

            (a)         beginning on the day when the prisoner is released under the RRO; and

            (b)         ending on the date when under section 95 of the Sentencing Act 1995 , the prisoner must be released.

        (4)         A prisoner who is released under an RRO is nevertheless still subject to the sentence or sentences of imprisonment to which the RRO relates.

        [Section 54 amended: No. 41 of 2006 s. 45.]