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Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
84Imprisonment—official notice of sentence
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84 Imprisonment—official notice of sentence
(1) As soon as practicable after (but no later than 10 working days after
the day) the court makes the order sentencing the offender to
imprisonment, 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 the sentence—the
secretary of the sentence administration board.
Note 1 If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for this
provision, the form must be used (see that Act, s 8 (2)).
Note 3 If the order is part of a combination sentence, a single notice may be given
(2) The notice must include the following information:
(a) when the sentence starts or is taken to have started;
(b) when the sentence ends;
(c) whether the sentence is to be served as full-time detention or by
intensive correction;
(d) if the sentence includes more than 1 kind of imprisonment—
when each kind of imprisonment starts and ends;
(e) if a suspended sentence order is made for a part of the
sentence—when the suspended part of the sentence starts and
ends;
(f) if the court makes an intensive correction order—any conditions
made by the court for the intensive correction order;
(g) if a nonparole period is set for the sentence—the nonparole
period and when it starts and ends;
(h) the earliest day (on the basis of the information currently
available to the court) that the offender will become entitled to
be released from detention or be eligible to be released on
parole;
(i) if the sentence is for an offence committed by the offender while
on parole for another offence—an end date for the offender’s
parole time credit under Crimes (Sentence Administration)
Act 2005, part 7.5A (Parole time credit).
(3) If the court makes an intensive correction order for the offender, the
court may remand the offender in custody until the offender is given
the notice.
(4) Failure to comply with this section does not invalidate the sentence
(a) for an order made for a young offender—the CYP
director-general; and
(b) for any other order—the director-general responsible for
this Act.