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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
140Parole—when time is served against sentence
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140 Parole—when time is served against sentence
(1) An offender is taken, while on parole, to be under the sentence of
imprisonment for which the parole was granted and not to have served
any period of the imprisonment that remained to be served on the
offender’s parole release date, unless—
(a) the parole ends without the parole order being cancelled under
part 7.4 (Supervising parole); or
(b) the offender is otherwise discharged from the imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 139 and part 7.5A (Parole time
credit).
(3) If an offender’s parole order in relation to a sentence of imprisonment
ends without the order being cancelled, the offender is taken to have
served the period of imprisonment that remained to be served on the
parole release date and to have been discharged from the
Note For the consequences of the cancellation of parole, see s 160.