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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
127Parole applications—notice of hearing
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127 Parole applications—notice of hearing
(1) The board must give written notice of a hearing required by
section 126 (2) (b) to each of the following:
(2) The notice must include the following:
(a) a statement to the effect that the board considers that the
documents before it do not justify paroling the offender;
(b) details of when and where the hearing is to be held;
(c) an invitation to the offender to tell the board, within 7 days after
the day the offender receives the notice and in writing, if the
offender wishes to do either or both of the following:
(i) appear at the hearing;
(ii) make a submission to the board about being paroled;
(d) a statement about the effect of section 128.
(3) The notice—
(a) may include anything else the board considers appropriate; and
(b) subject to section 192 (Confidentiality of board information),
must be accompanied by a copy of any report or other document
intended to be used by the board in deciding whether the
offender should be paroled.