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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
156Board powers—management of parole
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156 Board powers—management of parole
(1) After conducting an inquiry under section 153 (Board inquiry—
management of parole) in relation to an offender, the board may do
1 or more of the following:
(b) counsel or warn the offender about the need to comply with the
offender’s parole obligations;
(c) give the director-general direction, about the offender’s
(d) change the offender’s parole obligations by imposing or
amending an additional condition of the offender’s parole order;
(e) if subsection (3) applies—cancel the offender’s parole order.
Example of additional condition for par (d)
a condition prohibiting association with a particular person or being near a
(2) An additional condition of a parole order must not be inconsistent
with a core condition of the order.
(3) This subsection applies if the board decides either of the following:
(a) that the parole order should be cancelled on the offender’s
application;
(b) that parole is, or would be, no longer suitable for the offender.
(4) To remove any doubt, if an inquiry under section 153 in relation to an
offender is conducted in conjunction with another inquiry under this
Act in relation to the offender, the board’s powers under this division
may be exercised with any other powers of the board in relation to the
other inquiry.
Change or cancellation of parole Part 7.5