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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - Parole

31: When release conditions discharged or suspended

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"What happens when your parole conditions finish or are put on hold"

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When you are on parole, your release conditions can end in a few ways. Your conditions are discharged when the time for them is over, or if you go back to prison for a new sentence. They can also end if the Board discharges them under section 58.

If you are on parole and you go to court, your release conditions are put on hold while you are in custody. Time keeps passing on your conditions while they are on hold. This happens when you are in custody under a court order or an interim recall order.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: Parole

31When release conditions discharged or suspended

  1. The release conditions of an offender who is on parole (other than an offender who is subject to an indeterminate sentence) are discharged—

  2. when the period for which they were imposed expires; or
    1. if the offender resumes detention in a prison under a new sentence; or
      1. when the Board discharges all release conditions under section 58.

        1. The release conditions of an offender who is on parole are suspended during any period that the offender spends in custody under a court order (for instance, on remand) or an interim recall order, and time runs on the conditions during any period that they are suspended.

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        • Section 31(1)(b): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).