298Release on licence—notice of Executive decision

298 Release on licence—notice of Executive decision (1) This section applies if the Executive makes a decision to grant, or refuse to grant, an offender a licence. (2) The director-general must give written notice of the Executive’s decision to each of the following: (b) the board; (3) The director-general may also give notice of the Executive’s decision to any other entity the director-general considers appropriate. (4) The board must, in writing, take reasonable steps to tell each relevant victim of the offender, as soon as is practicable, about— (a) the Executive’s decision; and (b) if the Executive grants a licence to the offender— (i) the offender’s licence release date; and (ii) in general terms, the offender’s release on licence (5) The board may also tell a relevant victim the general area where the offender will, on release, live. (6) If a victim of the offender is a child under 15 years old, the director-general may give the information to a person who has parental responsibility for the victim under the Children and Young People Act 2008, division 1.3.2. (7) Subsection (6) does not limit the cases in which the board may give information to a person acting for a victim. Operation of licences Division 13.1.3 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 292 (Release on licence—board to seek victim’s views); (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.