Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
78AIntensive correction order cancellation by court—official
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78A Intensive correction order cancellation by court—official notice of sentence (1) This section applies if a court makes an order under section 65 (a cancellation order) cancelling an offender’s intensive correction (2) As soon as practicable (but no later than 10 working days) after the day the court makes the cancellation order, the court must ensure that written notice of the order, together with a copy of the order, is given to— (b) the director-general; and (c) if the court sets a nonparole period for any part of the remainder of the offender’s sentence—the secretary of the sentence administration board.
Part 5.9 Intensive correction orders—miscellaneous (3) The notice must include the following information: (a) when the period of full-time detention starts or is taken to have started; (b) when the period of full-time detention ends; (c) if a nonparole period is set for the period of full-time detention— the nonparole period and when it starts and ends; (d) the earliest day (on the basis of the information currently available to the court) that the offender will— (i) become entitled to be released from full-time detention; and (ii) if the offender’s sentence includes a nonparole period—be eligible to be released on parole. (4) Failure to comply with this section does not invalidate the cancellation order.