Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Sentence calculation - Sentence expiry dates

82: Sentence expiry date

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"The day you finish serving your whole sentence and it officially ends"

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When you have a determinate sentence, the sentence expiry date is the day you finish serving your full sentence. You reach this date when you have served the whole term of your sentence. This is the date that marks the end of your sentence.

If you have a notional single sentence, which is made up of many sentences, the sentence expiry date is the expiry date of the last sentence in the series. This means you look at the last sentence and find its expiry date to know when your whole sentence ends. The expiry date of the last sentence is the expiry date for all your sentences.

If you have an indeterminate sentence, it means you do not have a sentence expiry date. This type of sentence does not have a fixed end date. You will not have a specific date to mark the end of your sentence.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Sentence calculation: Sentence expiry dates

82Sentence expiry date

  1. The sentence expiry date of a determinate sentence is the date that is reached when the offender who is subject to the sentence has served the full term of the sentence.

  2. The sentence expiry date of a notional single sentence is the sentence expiry date of the last sentence in the series of sentences that forms the notional single sentence.

  3. An indeterminate sentence has no sentence expiry date.