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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
100BNotification to victims of parole consideration
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#### 100B Notification to victims of parole consideration
100B Notification to victims of parole consideration
> > (1) The government agency that keeps the Victims Register must give notice to any victim of a serious young offender, within the meaning of Part 4B, whose name is recorded in the Victims Register if—
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> > > (a) the serious young offender is due for consideration of whether or not the serious young offender should be released on parole, or
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> > > (b) the serious young offender is eligible for, or has applied for, release on parole.
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> > (2) The notice is to be given subject to and in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the notice must contain the following information—
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> > > (a) the matter being notified,
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> > > (b) that the victim may make a submission to the Children’s Court about the matter,
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> > > (c) the form that a submission may take,
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> > > (d) the period within which a submission must be made,
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> > > (e) that the Children’s Court will consider a submission made before the end of that period.
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> > (4) The Children’s Court must consider any submission made in accordance with this section.
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> > (5) The government agency that keeps the Victims Register is not required to give notice of a matter under this section if the matter required to be notified to the victim is included in any other requirement to give notice under this Act.
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> > (6) A failure by the government agency that keeps the Victims Register to comply with this section does not affect the validity of any decision of, or order made by, the Children’s Court.
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> **s 100B:** Ins 2019 No 10, Sch 1.3 \[5\].