Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 74K

74K .         Subsequent PSSO after cancellation for committing offence

        (1)         In this section —

        cancelled PSSO means a PSSO that is cancelled by operation of section 74J(2);

        further offence means an offence committed by a supervised offender during a PSSO period leading to the cancellation of the PSSO by operation of section 74J(2);

        further term means a term of imprisonment imposed upon a supervised offender in respect of a further offence.

        (2)         If a PSSO is cancelled by operation of section 74J(2), the Board may subsequently make another PSSO in respect of the supervised offender.

        (3)         The PSSO period specified in the subsequent PSSO —

            (a)         must begin on —

                  (i)         if the supervised offender is not released on parole — the day on which the supervised offender is released after serving the further term; or

                  (ii)         if the supervised offender is released on parole — the day after the day on which the further term ends;

                and

            (b)         must not be longer than the remaining PSSO period of the cancelled PSSO.

        (4)         Subsection (3)(b) does not apply if the further offence is a serious offence.

        [Section 74K inserted: No. 29 of 2020 s. 112.]