SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 36 Warrants

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 36

36 Warrants

(1) If:

(a) a parole order made for a person has been revoked, or

(b) the Board has made a decision under section 32 that a warrant should be issued for the arrest of the person for whom a parole order was made,

the Board may, by warrant signed by the Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of the Board, authorise any member of the Police Force to arrest the person to whom the parole order related or relates.

(2) If a warrant is issued under this section because of the revocation of a parole order made for a person, the warrant also authorises any member of the Police Force to return the person to a prison for the purpose of serving the person's sentence of imprisonment.

(3) If a warrant is issued under this section because of a decision made under section 32, the warrant also authorises any member of the Police Force:

(a) to return the person to a prison, or

(b) if the terms of the warrant so require, to remove the person to a place of custody or to a court, or both, as specified in the warrant,

there to remain until the revocation of the warrant by the Board or the court or until the expiration of the period of 7 days commencing with the day on which the person was returned to prison or removed to a place of custody, or to court, pursuant to the warrant, whichever first occurs, for the purpose of conducting an inquiry under section 33 to determine whether the terms and conditions of the parole order have been contravened.

(4) A warrant issued under this section is sufficient authority for the arrest of the person to whom it relates by a member of the Police Force and the removal to and detention in prison or at another place, as the warrant may require, of the person.