Youth Justice Act 1997
142Effect of change of earliest release date or next release date
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142 Effect of change of earliest release date or next release date
(1) [Section 142 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 17, Applied:23 Aug 2016] [Section 142 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 17, Applied:23 Aug 2016] If an order is made under section 140(3)(c) or section 141(2) changing the earliest release date or next release date, the earliest release date or next release date is, for the purposes of this Act, the day specified in the order.
(2) [Section 142 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 17, Applied:23 Aug 2016] [Section 142 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 17, Applied:23 Aug 2016] If an order is made under section 140(3)(c) or 141(2) changing the earliest release date or next release date, the Secretary may release a detainee from detention under a supervised release order at any time on or after the original release day and before the end of the new earliest release date or new next release date.