(1) If the Board is
required to consider whether to order the release of a category 1 offender
from custody, the Board must make a written request to the Commissioner of
Police for a written report about the offender.
(2) The report must
deal with the release considerations relating to the offender to the extent
that the information is within the knowledge of the Commissioner of Police and
may —
(a)
include any other information that the Commissioner of Police considers is, or
may be, relevant to whether the offender should be released; and
(b)
declare that some or all of the information in the report is, in the opinion
of the Commissioner of Police, terrorist intelligence information.
(3) The Commissioner
of Police must give to the Board the report within a reasonable period after
receiving the request.
(4) The Commissioner
of Police may give to the Board a written report dealing with the matters
referred to in subsection (2) in relation to any other offender.
[Section 150D inserted: No. 14 of 2022 s. 36.]