CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 106T
Drug Court is parole authority for offenders in compulsory drug treatment detention
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 106T
Drug Court is parole authority for offenders in compulsory drug treatment detention
106T Drug Court is parole authority for offenders in compulsory drug treatment
detention
(1) Part 6 applies to an offender who is serving a sentence by way
of compulsory drug treatment detention, subject to the following--
(a)
references to the Parole Authority are taken to be references to the Drug
Court,
(b) references to the Chairperson of the Parole Authority are taken to
be references to the Senior Judge of the Drug Court,
(c) references to the
Secretary of the Parole Authority are taken to be references to the registrar
of the Drug Court,
(d) any modifications of those provisions prescribed by
the regulations.
(2) On the release of an offender on parole under a parole
order made by the Drug Court under Part 6 as applied in accordance with this
section (and the consequent expiry of the offender's compulsory drug treatment
order under section 106E (b)), Part 7 applies to the offender in the same way
as it applies to other offenders released on parole.
Note : This section
provides that the Drug Court is the authority that will determine whether an
offender serving a sentence by way of compulsory drug treatment detention is
to be released on parole. Subsection (2) makes it clear that after release on
parole (and the consequent expiry of the offender's compulsory drug treatment
order), the Parole Authority is responsible for the supervision and revocation
of any parole order made in relation to the offender.
