CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 170
Actions by Commissioner or community corrections officer on non-compliance with parole order
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 170
Actions by Commissioner or community corrections officer on non-compliance with parole order
170 Actions by Commissioner or community corrections officer on non-compliance
with parole order
(1) This section applies if the Commissioner or a
community corrections officer is satisfied that an offender has failed to
comply with the offender's obligations under a parole order.
(2) A community
corrections officer may take any of the following actions--
(a) record the
breach and take no further action,
(b) give an informal warning to the
offender,
(c) give, or arrange to be given to, the offender a formal warning
that further breaches will result in referral to the Parole Authority,
(d)
give a reasonable direction to the offender relating to the kind of behaviour
by the offender that caused the breach,
(e) impose a curfew on the offender
of up to 12 hours in any 24 hour period.
(3) As an alternative, or in
addition, to taking any such action, the Commissioner or a community
corrections officer may decide to refer the breach to the Parole Authority
because of the serious nature of the breach and may also make a recommendation
as to the action that the Parole Authority may take in respect of the
offender.
(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect
of the offender's breach of the parole order, the Commissioner or a community
corrections officer may have regard to any action previously taken in respect
of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.
(5) The regulations may
make provision for or with respect to any action that may be taken by a
community corrections officer under this section.
