133Notice of decisions on parole applications

133 Notice of decisions on parole applications (1) This section applies if the board makes a decision to make, or refuse to make, a parole order for an offender. (2) The board must give written notice of its decision to each of the (3) The board— (a) must also, as soon as practicable, take reasonable steps to give each relevant victim written information, about— (i) the board’s decision; and (ii) if the board decided to make a parole order for the offender—the offender’s parole release date and, in general terms, the offender’s parole obligations; and (b) may tell a relevant victim the general area where the offender will live on parole.

(a) the director-general may give notice of the inquiry to a relevant person; and (5) Subsection (4) does not limit the cases in which the board may give relevant person means a person who has parental responsibility for relevant victim means each of the following: (a) a victim of the offender who made a submission to the board, or told the board about any concern, under section 123 (Board to seek victim’s views for parole inquiry); (b) any other victim of the offender that the board is aware has expressed concern, or has had concern expressed on their behalf, about the need for the victim, or the victim’s family, to be protected from violence or harassment by the offender; (c) a registered victim of the offender.