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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
116Effect of detention in mental health facility on sentence and parole
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#### 116 Effect of detention in mental health facility on sentence and parole
116 Effect of detention in mental health facility on sentence and parole
> > (1) A period of detention of a person in a mental health facility or other place, following a transfer under this Part from a correctional centre or detention centre, is to be treated as if it were a period of imprisonment in a correctional centre or a detention centre for the purposes of the person’s sentence and parole.
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> > (2) For the purposes of Part 6 of the [Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-093), a forensic patient who is currently serving a sentence of imprisonment, or a correctional patient, who is detained in a mental health facility, is taken to be serving a full-time sentence of detention in a correctional centre or detention centre.
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> > Part 6 of that Act contains provisions permitting the granting of parole to certain persons serving full-time sentences of detention.
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> > (3) The detention of a person in a mental health facility or other place under this Part does not prevent the granting of parole to the person under the [Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-093).