SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 25A Parole orders in exceptional circumstances

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SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 25A

25A Parole orders in exceptional circumstances

(1) The Board may make a parole order directing the release of a prisoner on parole who (but for this section) is not otherwise eligible for release on parole, but only if the prisoner is dying or if the Board is satisfied that it is necessary to release the prisoner on parole because of exceptional extenuating circumstances.

(2) If a parole order is made under this section in respect of a sentence with a minimum term, the remaining period of the minimum term is to be added to and becomes part of the additional term for the sentence.

(3) If a parole order is made under this section in respect of a sentence with a fixed term, the sentence is to be taken to comprise a minimum term for the period until release and an additional term for the balance of the sentence.

(4) The Board is not required to consider an application for a parole order under this section, nor to conduct a hearing if it decides not to grant such an application.

(5) Divisions 2 and 3 do not apply to a parole order under this section.

(6) This section does not apply in respect of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life.