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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.208Reconsidering decision to suspend or cancel parole order
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### sec.208 Reconsidering decision to suspend or cancel parole order
If the parole board makes a written order suspending or cancelling a prisoner’s parole order, the board must give the prisoner an information notice on the prisoner’s return to prison.
The parole board must consider all properly made submissions and inform the prisoner, by written notice, whether the board has changed its decision and, if so, how.
If the board changes its decision, the changed decision has effect on the day, not more than 14 days after the day the changed decision is made, stated in the written notice.
In this section—
information notice means a notice—
stating the parole board has decided to suspend or cancel the parole order; and
advising the reason for the decision; and
inviting the prisoner to show cause, by written submissions given to the board within 21 days after the notice is given, why the board should change its decision.
properly made submissions means written submissions given by or for the prisoner to the parole board within 21 days after the information notice inviting the prisoner to make the submissions is given.
s 208 amd 2009 No. 30 s 28 ; 2017 No. 15 s 24 sch 1 ; 2020 No. 23 s 30 ; 2024 No. 33 s 2E
(sec.208-ssec.1) If the parole board makes a written order suspending or cancelling a prisoner’s parole order, the board must give the prisoner an information notice on the prisoner’s return to prison.
(sec.208-ssec.2) The parole board must consider all properly made submissions and inform the prisoner, by written notice, whether the board has changed its decision and, if so, how.
(sec.208-ssec.3) If the board changes its decision, the changed decision has effect on the day, not more than 14 days after the day the changed decision is made, stated in the written notice.
(sec.208-ssec.4) In this section— information notice means a notice— stating the parole board has decided to suspend or cancel the parole order; and advising the reason for the decision; and inviting the prisoner to show cause, by written submissions given to the board within 21 days after the notice is given, why the board should change its decision. properly made submissions means written submissions given by or for the prisoner to the parole board within 21 days after the information notice inviting the prisoner to make the submissions is given.
- (a) stating the parole board has decided to suspend or cancel the parole order; and
- (b) advising the reason for the decision; and
- (c) inviting the prisoner to show cause, by written submissions given to the board within 21 days after the notice is given, why the board should change its decision.