YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 132

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 132

132 .         Supervised release order, Board may make

        (1)         Except as provided in Division 2A, if an offender is serving a sentence of detention the Board may order the release of the offender from custody subject to conditions, in accordance with this Division.

        (1a)         Instead of ordering the release of the offender from custody, the Board may, if it considers it appropriate to do so —

            (a)         decide not to order the release of the offender from custody; or

            (b)         defer its decision about whether or not to order the release of the offender from custody.

        (2)         An order for the release of an offender from custody is required to have attached an agenda specifying the conditions that it imposes.

        (3)         The conditions are to be in accordance with a release plan approved by the Board.

        (4)         The agenda attached to the order is to be considered a part of the order.

        (5)         If the term of the sentence that was imposed does not exceed 3 months, the order may be made —

            (a)         by the Board; or

            (b)         by the Secretary in accordance with criteria fixed by the Board.

        [Section 132 amended: No. 58 of 2004 s. 27; No. 14 of 2022 s. 32.]