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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
84Governor may make parole order
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#### 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.
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> > (2) The parole order may be made whether or not the juvenile offender is eligible for release on parole.
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> > (3) A juvenile offender may be released on parole in accordance with a parole order made by the Governor.
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> > (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—
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> > > (a) Division 1 (other than sections 41 and 42),
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> > > (b) Divisions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 (other than sections 92 and 93).
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> > (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.
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> > (6) The Governor may revoke or vary a direction given to the Children’s Court under this section.
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> **s 84:** Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 2 \[3\].