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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - Procedures for certain hearings

44: Information for victims

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"Information to help victims prepare for parole hearings"

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If you are a victim and you ask for information about an offender under section 43(3), the Department of Corrections will send you some information. They will tell you about the programmes the offender has attended or completed, the offender's current security classification, and any new convictions the offender has received. They will also tell you that the purpose of giving you this information is to help you make submissions.

The Department of Corrections must send you this information before the parole hearing and before any subsequent parole hearings if the offender is not released on parole. You will get this information to help you prepare for the hearings.

The information you get is to help you make submissions, and you should not use it for any other purpose.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: Procedures for certain hearings

44Information for victims

  1. If a victim requests information on an offender under section 43(3), the Department of Corrections must prepare and send to the victim the following:

  2. a list of any programmes that the offender has attended since commencing his or her sentence, and a list of any programmes that the offender has completed:
    1. a statement of the offender's current security classification:
      1. a list of any convictions received by the offender since commencing his or her sentence:
          1. a statement that the purpose of providing the victim with information about the offender is to assist the victim to make submissions, and that the information is not to be used for any other purpose.

            1. The Department of Corrections must prepare and send to the victim the information specified in subsection (1) before—

            2. the parole hearing; and
              1. each subsequent parole hearing, if at the earlier parole hearing the Board does not direct that the offender be released on parole.

                Notes
                • Section 44(1)(d): repealed, on , by section 24 of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).
                • Section 44(2): inserted, on , by section 6 of the Parole Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 37).