Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025

Queensland Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025

Queensland Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Replacement of s 208C (Parole board must consider suspension by prescribed board member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 208C Parole board must consider decision of prescribed board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 211 (Effect of cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Insertion of new ch 7A, pt 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Part 20 Validation provision for Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Act 2025 490ZP Particular suspension of parole orders . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2025 A Bill for An Act to amend the Corrective Services Act 2006 for particular purposes

[s 1] Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025 Page 4 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Act 2025. 2 Act amended This Act amends the Corrective Services Act 2006. 3 Replacement of s 208C (Parole board must consider suspension by prescribed board member) Section 208C— omit, insert— 208C Parole board must consider decision of prescribed board member (1) If a prescribed board member makes a decision under section 208B in relation to a parole order, the parole board must, within 2 business days of the decision being made— (a) confirm the decision; or (b) for a decision not to suspend a parole order—set aside the decision and substitute its own decision to suspend or cancel the parole order; or (c) for a decision to suspend the parole order— (i) set aside the decision and substitute its own decision to cancel the parole order; or (ii) set aside the decision. (2) Subsection (3) applies if— (a) both of the following apply— 1 Clause 2 3 4 Clause 5 6 Clause 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

[s 4] Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025 Page 5 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel (i) the prescribed board member’s decision was to suspend the parole order; (ii) the parole board decides to confirm the decision; or (b) the parole board sets aside the prescribed board member’s decision and substitutes its own decision to suspend or cancel the parole order. (3) The parole board’s decision is taken to be a decision to suspend or cancel a parole order under section 205(2). (4) Subsections (5) to (7) apply if— (a) the prescribed board member’s decision was to suspend the parole order; and (b) the parole board decides to set aside the decision under subsection (1)(c)(ii). (5) The suspension, and any warrant issued by the prescribed board member under section 208B(8)(b) in relation to the member’s decision, stop having effect. (6) If a warrant mentioned in subsection (5) has been executed, the prisoner must be released. (7) For this Act, the prisoner is taken not to have been unlawfully at large for the period— (a) starting when the order was made by the prescribed board member under section 208B; and (b) ending when the parole board decided to set aside the prescribed board member’s decision. 4 Amendment of s 211 (Effect of cancellation) Section 211(1), note, ‘208C(2)’— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Clause 32 33