84Governor may make parole order

84 Governor may make parole order

84 Governor may make parole order

(1) The Governor may, in exercising the prerogative of mercy, make a parole order in respect of a juvenile offender.

(2) The parole order may be made whether or not the juvenile offender is eligible for release on parole.

(3) A juvenile offender may be released on parole in accordance with a parole order made by the Governor.

(4) The following provisions of this Part (the applied provisions) apply to a parole order made by the Governor in the same way as they apply to a parole order made by the Children’s Court—

(a) Division 1 (other than sections 41 and 42),

(b) Divisions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 (other than sections 92 and 93).

(5) Except to the extent the Governor otherwise directs, the Children’s Court is to exercise functions under the applied provisions as if the parole order were a parole order made by the Children’s Court.

(6) The Governor may revoke or vary a direction given to the Children’s Court under this section.

s 84: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 2 [3].