CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 143
Consideration of parole when serious offender first eligible for parole
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 143
Consideration of parole when serious offender first eligible for parole
143 Consideration of parole when serious offender first eligible for parole
(1) The Parole Authority must consider whether or not a serious offender
should be released on parole at least 60 days before the offender's parole
eligibility date.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Parole Authority may defer
consideration of an offender's case until not less than 21 days before the
offender's parole eligibility date if it is of the opinion--
(a) that it is
unable to complete its consideration because it has not been furnished with a
report required to be made to it, or
(b) that there are other relevant
matters requiring further consideration.
