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Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945
sec.18BParole orders under Corrective Services Act 2006
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### sec.18B Parole orders under Corrective Services Act 2006
The Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 5 applies to a detainee, subject to this part, as if—
instead of being detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, the detainee were a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (a notional term of life imprisonment ) to whom the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 181 (2) (d) applies, subject to subsection (2) ; and
for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7) at the end of a term of imprisonment (an original term of imprisonment )—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the detainee began to serve the original term of imprisonment; and
for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7A) when the judge ordered the detention—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the judge ordered the detention.
If a detainee committed the relevant offence before 1 July 1997, the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 5 applies to the detainee as if the period of 15 years mentioned in section 181 (2) (d) of that Act were a period of 13 years.
In this section—
relevant offence means—
for a detainee dealt with by a judge under section 18 (1) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (1) of which the detainee was found guilty; or
for a detainee about whom an application was made under section 18 (4) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (4) for which the detainee was serving a sentence of imprisonment.
s 18B ins 2002 No. 23 s 36
amd 2006 No. 29 s 518 sch 3 ; 2012 No. 19 s 10
(sec.18B-ssec.1) The Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 5 applies to a detainee, subject to this part, as if— instead of being detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, the detainee were a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (a notional term of life imprisonment ) to whom the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 181 (2) (d) applies, subject to subsection (2) ; and for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7) at the end of a term of imprisonment (an original term of imprisonment )—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the detainee began to serve the original term of imprisonment; and for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7A) when the judge ordered the detention—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the judge ordered the detention.
(sec.18B-ssec.2) If a detainee committed the relevant offence before 1 July 1997, the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 5 applies to the detainee as if the period of 15 years mentioned in section 181 (2) (d) of that Act were a period of 13 years.
(sec.18B-ssec.3) In this section— relevant offence means— for a detainee dealt with by a judge under section 18 (1) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (1) of which the detainee was found guilty; or for a detainee about whom an application was made under section 18 (4) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (4) for which the detainee was serving a sentence of imprisonment.
- (a) instead of being detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, the detainee were a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (a notional term of life imprisonment ) to whom the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 181 (2) (d) applies, subject to subsection (2) ; and
- (b) for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7) at the end of a term of imprisonment (an original term of imprisonment )—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the detainee began to serve the original term of imprisonment; and
- (c) for a detainee whose detention began under section 18 (7A) when the judge ordered the detention—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the judge ordered the detention.
- (a) for a detainee dealt with by a judge under section 18 (1) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (1) of which the detainee was found guilty; or
- (b) for a detainee about whom an application was made under section 18 (4) —the offence mentioned in section 18 (4) for which the detainee was serving a sentence of imprisonment.