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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
161GWorking out parole time credit—general rule
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161G Working out parole time credit—general rule
(1) This section applies when working out the parole time credit taken to
be time served against an offender’s parole sentence under
section 161C.
(2) The parole time credit begins on the offender’s parole release date
and ends on the day before the day mentioned in table 161G,
column 3 that applies to the offender because of a circumstance
mentioned in column 2.
Table 161G
column 1
item
column 2
circumstance
column 3
day
1 the offender is arrested without a
warrant under s 144
the day of the arrest
2 an arrest warrant is issued under s 145
for the offender
the day the warrant is issued
3 a warrant is issued for the offender
under s 206 in relation to a hearing, and
the board decides to cancel the
offender’s parole under s 148 or s 156
after the hearing
the day the warrant is issued
4 the offender’s parole is cancelled
because the offender fails to report
under a core condition of their parole
order, or another direction of the
director-general, on 2 or more
occasions
(a) the earliest day when the offender
failed to report; or
(b) if the board determines a later
day, taking into account the
offender’s failures to report—the
day determined by the board
Parole time credit—how to apply Division 7.5A.3
column 1
item
column 2
circumstance
column 3
day
5 the offender, while on parole, commits
an offence punishable by imprisonment
not mentioned in section 161D or 161E
and is convicted or found guilty by a
court of the offence
(a) the day the court determines the
offence was committed; or
(b) if the court determines the
offence was committed on more
than 1 day, or within a range of
days—the earliest day determined
by the court
6 in any other case the day the parole order is cancelled