Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Sentence calculation - Determining key dates

88: Chief executive must determine key dates, etc

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"The boss of the parole system works out important dates for offenders, like when they can get parole or be released."

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The chief executive has to work out some important dates for you if you are an offender. These dates include when you can be considered for parole and when you will be released. The chief executive must follow the rules in this Part of the Parole Act 2002 and any regulations made under this Act, or with Parts 4 and 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 and the Criminal Justice Regulations 1985, as needed. The chief executive does not have to work out all of these dates if they can figure out your parole eligibility date and statutory release date without them. A decision made about these dates can be changed at any time, and it must be made as if the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 did not exist.

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

88Chief executive must determine key dates, etc

  1. The chief executive must ensure that the key dates and non-parole period of every sentence to which an offender is subject, and the offender's parole eligibility date and statutory release date (if any), are determined in accordance with this Part and any regulations made under this Act, or with Parts 4 and 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 and the Criminal Justice Regulations 1985, as the case requires.

  2. Despite subsection (1), the non-parole period and release date of every sentence imposed on an offender need not be determined if the offender's parole eligibility date and statutory release date (if any) may be correctly calculated without determining all the non-parole periods and release dates.

  3. A determination under this section may be revised at any time.

  4. A determination made under this section must be made as if the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 had not been enacted.

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Notes
  • Section 88(4): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 (2022 No 40).