This legislation has been repealed.
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 SCHEDULE 1 Compilation table