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SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 74B

74B .         PSSO considerations

        (1)         In this Part a reference to the PSSO considerations is a reference to these considerations —

            (a)         issues for any victim of a serious offence for which the prisoner is in custody, including any matter raised in a victim’s submission;

            (b)         the behaviour of the prisoner when in custody insofar as it may be relevant to determining how the prisoner is likely to behave if released;

            (c)         whether the prisoner has participated in programmes available to the prisoner when in custody, and if not the reasons for not doing so;

            (d)         the prisoner’s performance when participating in a programme mentioned in paragraph (c);

            (e)         the behaviour of the prisoner when subject to any PSSO made previously;

            (f)         the likelihood of the prisoner committing a serious offence when subject to a PSSO;

            (g)         the likelihood of the prisoner complying with the standard obligations and any additional requirements of any PSSO;

            (h)         subject to subsection (2), any other matter that is or may be relevant to whether the prisoner should be subject to a PSSO after the prisoner’s release.

        (2)         In this Part a reference to the PSSO considerations does not include a reference to considerations relating to the community’s interest in punishment or deterrence of offences.

        [Section 74B inserted: No. 45 of 2016 s. 25; amended: No. 29 of 2020 s. 107.]



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