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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
312Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time
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312 Cancellation of licence—recommittal to full-time
detention
(1) This section applies if the board cancels an offender’s licence.
(2) The board must order that the offender be placed in the
director-general’s custody to serve the remainder of the offender’s
sentence by imprisonment under full-time detention.
(3) If the offender is not in lawful custody, the board may also issue a
warrant for the offender to be arrested and placed in the
director-general’s custody.
(4) The warrant must—
(a) be in writing signed by a judicial member of the board; and
(b) be directed to all escort officers or a named escort officer.
(5) An escort officer who arrests the offender under this section must
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