44Statutory parole orders where detention order for period of 3 years or less

44 Statutory parole orders where detention order for period of 3 years or less

44 Statutory parole orders where detention order for period of 3 years or less

(1) A juvenile offender who is subject to a detention order for a period of 3 years or less, being an order for which a non-parole period has been set, is taken to be subject to a parole order (a statutory parole order) directing the release of the offender on parole at the end of the non-parole period.

(2) A statutory parole order is conditional on the juvenile offender being eligible for release on parole in accordance with section 42 at the end of the non-parole period of the detention order.

(3) If the juvenile offender is not eligible for release at that time, the offender is entitled to be released on parole as soon as the offender becomes so eligible.

(4) This section does not authorise the release on parole of a juvenile offender who is also subject to a detention order for a period of more than 3 years for which a non-parole period has been set unless the offender is otherwise entitled to be released under this Division.

s 44: Renumbered as sec 108, 2017 No 57, Sch 2 [4]. Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 2 [3].