Western Australian Current Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 142A

142A .         Cancellation automatic in case of offender with links to terrorism

        (1)         In this section, a reference to the Board is a reference to the Board as constituted by the chairperson alone.

        (2)         The Board must cancel a supervised release order in respect of any of the following offenders —

            (a)         an offender who, during the period the offender is subject to the supervised release order —

                  (i)         is charged with, or convicted of, a terrorism offence; or

                  (ii)         is charged with, or convicted of, an offence against the Commonwealth Criminal Code section 80.2C(1); or

                  (iii)         becomes subject to an interim control order or confirmed control order; or

                  (iv)         becomes subject to a Commissioner of Police report and who the Board is satisfied has made statements or carried out activities that support, or advocate support for, terrorist acts;

            (b)         an offender for whom, during the period the offender is subject to the supervised release order, an interim control order is being sought under the Commonwealth Criminal Code section 104.3(1);

            (c)         an offender who the Board is satisfied —

                  (i)         at the time that the supervised release order in respect of the offender was made, was a category 1 offender or a category 2 offender; and

                  (ii)         in respect of whom, this fact was not known by the person who made the order at the time that the order was made.

        [Section 142A inserted: No. 14 of 2022 s. 34.]