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Parole Act 2002

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30: Release conditions applying to offenders detained in hospital or secure facility who are released on parole

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"Rules for people on parole who are in hospital or a secure facility before being released"

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When you are detained in a hospital or secure facility and are released on parole, the Board can change or remove some of the standard release conditions. You do not have to follow these conditions until you are actually released from the hospital or secure facility. The time you spend in the hospital or secure facility counts towards your release conditions, as if you were in prison.

If you were supposed to be released on a certain date if you were in prison, that is when time starts to run for your release conditions. This means that even though you are not yet out of the hospital or secure facility, the clock is already ticking for your release conditions. You will still have to follow the conditions once you are released.

The Board makes these decisions when they are directing your release on parole from a hospital or secure facility. They can decide to vary or waive the standard release conditions for you. This is part of the Parole Act 2002, which you can learn more about on the New Zealand legislation website.

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30Release conditions applying to offenders detained in hospital or secure facility who are released on parole

  1. The Board may, when directing the release on parole of an offender who is detained in, or on leave from, a hospital or secure facility, vary any standard release conditions, or waive the obligation to comply with any or all of them.

  2. The offender's release conditions do not take effect until the offender is actually released from the hospital or the secure facility.

  3. However, for the purpose of determining when the release conditions are discharged, time starts to run from the date on which the offender would have been released if he or she had been detained in a prison.

Notes
  • Section 30 heading: amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
  • Section 30(1): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
  • Section 30(2): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
  • Section 30(3): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).