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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - General provisions

11: Application of Part to offenders detained in social welfare residence

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"Rules for offenders living in special homes, like they're in prison"

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This Part of the law applies to you if you are an offender detained in a special residence under section 34A of the Corrections Act 2004. The law treats you as if you were in a prison, even though you are in a residence. When the law talks about an offender in a prison, it also means an offender in one of these special residences.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: General provisions

11Application of Part to offenders detained in social welfare residence

  1. This Part applies to every offender detained under section 34A of the Corrections Act 2004 in a residence approved for the purpose of that section as if the offender were detained in a prison, and a reference to an offender detained in a prison is a reference to an offender detained in such a residence.

Notes
  • Section 11: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 11: amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).