CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 177
Application to Supreme Court by State
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 177
Application to Supreme Court by State
177 Application to Supreme Court by State
(1) If--
(a) the Parole Authority
refuses or fails within 28 days after a request by the Attorney General or the
Director of Public Prosecutions under section 172 to revoke a parole order in
relation to a serious offender, and
(b) the Attorney General or the Director
of Public Prosecutions alleges that the parole order has been made on the
basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information,
the Attorney General or
the Director of Public Prosecutions may, in accordance with rules of court,
apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority
as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant and the
Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it
thinks fit.
(2) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to
consider the merits of the Parole Authority's decision otherwise than on the
grounds referred to in subsection (1).
