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SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 22L Parole order

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 22L

Parole order

22L Parole order

(1) If the Board decides in accordance with this Subdivision that a prisoner should be released on parole, the Board is required to make an order directing the release of the prisoner at a specified time on:
(a) if the day on which the prisoner becomes eligible for release on parole occurs after the period of 8 days after the order is made--that day, or
(b) if the day on which the prisoner becomes eligible for parole occurs during the period of 8 days after the order is made--a day during the period of 7 days commencing at the end of that period, or
(c) if the day on which the prisoner becomes eligible for release on parole has passed--a day during the period of 7 days commencing at the end of the period of 8 days after the order is made.
(2) If an application is made to the Court of Criminal Appeal under section 23A within the period of 7 days after a parole order is made, the order is suspended until the application is dealt with by the Court or the application is withdrawn.
(3) However, if the direction of the Court of Criminal Appeal includes a requirement that the Board reconsider its decision in the light of the direction, the suspension of the order continues until the Board revokes the order under section 28 or confirms it with or without modifications. If the Board does neither during the period of 28 days after the date of the Court's order, the suspension automatically lapses at the end of that period.