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Parole Act 2002

New Zealand Parole Board and amendments to other enactments relating to parole and release generally - General provisions about Board and members

124: Abolition of Parole Board and District Prisons Boards

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"The Parole Board and District Prisons Boards are closed and replaced by a new Board."

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The Parole Board and District Prisons Boards are abolished at the start of a new law. You can find out more about the old Parole Board in section 130 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985, and the old District Prisons Boards in section 132 of that Act. The people on these boards stop being members when the new law starts.

When the new law begins, any mention of the Parole Board or District Prisons Boards in other laws or documents should be understood as referring to the new Board. This change happens automatically, without anyone having to do anything extra. The people who were on the old boards do not get any compensation for losing their jobs.

The new law takes effect on a specific date, and from that day on, the old boards no longer exist. You can find information about the commencement date in the new law. The abolition of the old boards is part of the changes made by the new law.

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General provisions about Board and members

124Abolition of Parole Board and District Prisons Boards

  1. At the close of the day before the commencement date, the Parole Board established under section 130 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985, and every District Prisons Board established under section 132 of that Act, are abolished.

  2. The term of every member of the Parole Board, and of every member of a District Prisons Board, expires with the close of the day before the commencement date.

  3. No member of the Parole Board or a District Prisons Board is entitled to compensation as a result of the expiry under this section of his or her term of office.

  4. On and from the commencement date, every reference in an enactment (other than this Act), or in any instrument or register, to the Parole Board or to a District Prisons Board or District Prisons Boards must, if the context requires, be construed as a reference to the Board.