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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.401Eligibility for remission
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### sec.401 Eligibility for remission
This section applies if, immediately before the commencement—
a prisoner was eligible for remission of a term of imprisonment under previous section 75(1); and
the prisoner had served at least two-thirds of the term of imprisonment; and
the chief executive had not made a decision about granting remission of the term of imprisonment.
The chief executive must make a decision about granting the remission under previous section 75 as if this Act had not been enacted.
For subsection (2), previous sections 77, 78 and 79 continue to apply as if this Act had not been enacted.
(sec.401-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement— a prisoner was eligible for remission of a term of imprisonment under previous section 75(1); and the prisoner had served at least two-thirds of the term of imprisonment; and the chief executive had not made a decision about granting remission of the term of imprisonment.
(sec.401-ssec.2) The chief executive must make a decision about granting the remission under previous section 75 as if this Act had not been enacted.
(sec.401-ssec.3) For subsection (2), previous sections 77, 78 and 79 continue to apply as if this Act had not been enacted.
- (a) a prisoner was eligible for remission of a term of imprisonment under previous section 75(1); and
- (b) the prisoner had served at least two-thirds of the term of imprisonment; and
- (c) the chief executive had not made a decision about granting remission of the term of imprisonment.