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SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      This Act to be read with Sentencing Act 1995
            
   4.      Interpretation and abbreviations

   PART 2 -- General matters about people in custody

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   6.      Interpretation

           Division 2 -- Matters affecting the service of terms  

   7.      When a term begins
            
   8.      Order of service of fixed terms
            
   9.      Effect of escaping from custody
            
   10.     Effect of time before an appeal
            
   11.     No release if prisoner in custody for another matter

           Division 3 -- Reports about certain people in custody  

   13.     Report to Minister about a person in custody during Governor’s pleasure
            
   14.     Report to Minister about a person in custody

           Division 4 -- Releasing people in custody during the Governor’s pleasure  

   15.     Operation of this Division
            
   16.     Parole from custody during Governor’s pleasure

   PART 3 -- Parole

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   17.     Interpretation
            
   18.     Paramount consideration and interpretation

           Division 2 -- Reports about people eligible for parole  

   19.     Report to Board about prisoner serving parole term
            
   20.     Periodic reports to Minister about prisoner serving life term or indefinite imprisonment

           Division 3 -- Paroling prisoner serving parole term  

   21.     Board to parole prisoner
            
   22.     Parole period

           Division 4 -- Paroling prisoner serving life term or indefinite imprisonment  

   23.     Life imprisonment: Governor may parole prisoner
            
   24.     Strict security life imprisonment: Governor may parole prisoner
            
   25.     Indefinite imprisonment: Governor may parole prisoner

           Division 5 -- Postponing, deferring or refusing parole  

   26.     Board may postpone, defer or refuse parole
            
   27.     Prisoner to be notified of postponement etc.
            
   28.     Effect of Board deferring or refusing parole
            
   29.     Prisoner may refuse to be released on parole

           Division 6 -- Parole order  

   30.     Parole order: nature of
            
   31.     Parole order: standard obligations
            
   32.     Parole order: additional requirements
            
   33.     Prisoner’s undertaking
            
   34.     CEO to ensure parolee is supervised

           Division 7 -- Amendment, suspension and cancellation of parole order  

   35.     Amendment or cancellation before release
            
   36.     CEO may suspend parole during parole period
            
   37.     Board may amend, suspend or cancel parole during parole period
            
   38.     Amendment by Board
            
   39.     Suspension by CEO or Board
            
   40.     Cancellation by the Board
            
   41.     Amendment etc. of parole orders made by the Governor
            
   42.     Board may re-release after parole cancelled
            
   43.     Governor may re-release after parole cancelled
            
   44.     Period on parole under new parole order deemed to be time served

           Division 8 -- Miscellaneous  

   45.     Resolution of doubtful cases

   PART 4 -- Work release order  

   46.     Certain prisoners may apply to Board for WRO
            
   47.     CEO to report to Board about prisoners who apply for WRO
            
   48.     Board to decide whether to make a WRO
            
   49.     Prisoner to be notified of refusal to make WRO
            
   50.     WRO: nature of
            
   51.     WRO: standard obligations
            
   52.     WRO: additional requirements
            
   53.     Prisoner’s undertaking
            
   54.     Prisoner may be paroled or returned to custody after WRO
            
   55.     Board or CEO may suspend WRO
            
   56.     CEO may suspend WRO or refer case to Board or both
            
   57.     Suspension by Board or CEO
            
   58.     Board may cancel WRO

   PART 5 -- Home detention order  

   59.     Certain prisoners may apply to CEO for HDO and CEO may make HDO
            
   60.     HDO: nature of
            
   61.     HDO: standard obligations
            
   62.     HDO: additional requirements
            
   63.     Powers of CCO in relation to home detention
            
   64.     CEO may amend, suspend or cancel HDO
            
   65.     Amendment by CEO
            
   66.     Suspension by CEO
            
   67.     Cancellation by CEO

   PART 6 -- Provisions applicable to early release orders  

   68.     Period of early release order counts as time served
            
   69.     Effect of suspension
            
   70.     Offending while on early release order: automatic cancellation
            
   71.     Effect of cancellation
            
   72.     Returning prisoner to custody
            
   73.     Clean street time counts as time served
            
   74.     Prisoner under sentence until discharged

   PART 7 -- Provisions applicable to offenders on community orders, early release orders or work and development orders  

   75.     Interpretation
            
   76.     Offender’s obligations
            
   77.     Consequences of contravening the obligations
            
   78.     CEO may suspend requirements in case of illness etc.
            
   79.     Community service requirement: offender may be directed to do activities
            
   80.     Programme requirement: offender may be directed to do other programmes
            
   81.     Compensation for injury
            
   82.     Regulations

   PART 8 -- Community corrections centres

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   83.     Interpretation
            
   84.     Community corrections centres
            
   85.     Community corrections activities

           Division 2 -- Management  

   86.     CEO may make rules
            
   87.      Supervisors of centres
            
   88.     Functions of CCOs at centres
            
   89.     Access to centres
            
   90.     Searches
            
   91.     Seizure

           Division 3 -- Miscellaneous  

   92.     Department to report on centres
            
   93.     Regulations

   PART 9 -- Staff

           Division 1 -- Chief executive officer  

   94.     Functions
            
   95.     Delegation
            
   96.     CEO may confer functions of CCO on person
            
   97.     CEO to notify Board of certain breaches

           Division 2 -- Other staff  

   98.     Appointment
            
   99.     Volunteers

           Division 3 -- Miscellaneous  

   100.    Compensation for injury
            
   101.    Assistance by police officers

   PART 10 -- Parole board  

   102.    Parole Board established
            
   103.    Membership
            
   104.    Secretary
            
   105.    Schedule 1 applies
            
   106.    Functions
            
   107.    Board to have powers of Royal Commission
            
   108.    Orders by the Board
            
   109.    Board may require prisoner to appear before Board
            
   110.    Issue of warrants by Board
            
   111.    Judicial notice of appointment and signature
            
   112.    Annual report to Minister
            
   113.    Special reports to Minister

   PART 11 -- Miscellaneous  

   114.    Reasons for decision may be withheld
            
   115.    Exclusion of rules of natural justice
            
   116.    Issue and execution of warrants
            
   117.    Monitoring equipment
            
   118.    Secrecy
            
   119.    Protection from liability for wrongdoing
            
   120.    Regulations
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