SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 22N Reasons to be provided for rejection of Review Council's advice

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 22N

22N Reasons to be provided for rejection of Review Council's advice

(1) If the Board rejects the advice of the Review Council given under section 62 of the Prisons Act 1952 concerning the release on parole of a prisoner, the Board must state in writing its reasons for rejecting that advice.

(2) The Board must forward a copy of those reasons to the Review Council.

(3) The Review Council may make submissions to the Board concerning the rejection of its advice within 21 days of that rejection.

(4) The Board is not to make a final decision concerning the release of the prisoner during the period referred to in subsection (3).