Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 22

22 .         Parole period

        (1)         Subject to section 94 of the Sentencing Act 1995 , the parole period for a prisoner released under a parole order made under section 21 in respect of a parole term is the lesser of —

            (a)         the period beginning on the release date and ending when two thirds of the parole term have elapsed; or

            (b)         the period calculated by deducting from the prescribed period a period equal to the pre-release period.

        (2)         In this section —

        “the prescribed period” is one third of the parole term or —

            (a)         6 months if that calculation produces a result of less than 6 months; or

            (b)         24 months if that calculation produces a result of more than 24 months;

        “the pre-release period” is the period (if any) that —

            (a)         began when the non-parole period (as defined in section 8 (3)) ended; and

            (b)         ended when the prisoner was released on parole,

                but it does not include any period during which the prisoner was not serving that parole term or those parole terms.