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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - Parole

26: Other times when Board may consider offenders for parole

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"When you can be considered for parole at a different time"

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The Board can consider you for parole at a time other than when you are due to be considered, after your parole eligibility date. They can make an order under section 28(1) to direct your release on parole. You can apply to the Board at any time to be considered for parole.

The prison manager can notify the Board if you finish all the required activities early or if your circumstances change significantly. The chairperson or a panel convenor can then refer you for consideration for parole.

If the prison manager thinks you have completed all the necessary activities or your circumstances have changed, they must tell the Board as soon as possible. Then the chairperson or a panel convenor can decide to consider you for parole under section 21A(b).

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: Parole

26Other times when Board may consider offenders for parole

  1. The Board may, at any time after an offender's parole eligibility date, consider the offender for release on parole at a time other than when the offender is due to be considered for parole, and may make an order under section 28(1) directing his or her release on parole.

  2. An offender may apply to the Board at any time for consideration for parole and the chairperson or a panel convenor may refer an offender for consideration for parole under subsection (1).

  3. If the manager of the prison in which the offender is detained considers that all of the relevant activities specified under section 21A(b) have been completed earlier than the date specified under section 21A(a) or considers that there has been a significant change in the circumstances of an offender that are relevant to release of the offender on parole,—

  4. the manager must notify the Board as soon as practicable; and
    1. the chairperson or a panel convenor may refer the offender for consideration for parole under subsection (1).

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      Notes
      • Section 26(2): replaced, on , by section 12 of the Parole Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 4).
      • Section 26(3): inserted, on , by section 12 of the Parole Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 4).