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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - Parole

21A: Board must specify date by which offender must be further considered for parole

You could also call this:

"The Parole Board must tell you when they will think about letting you out of prison again."

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When you are in prison and the Parole Board decides you cannot be released on parole, they must tell you when they will think about it again. They call this the specified date. If this date is more than 12 months away, the Board might say what things you should do before they consider you for parole again. The Board can also say that your next parole hearing might happen sooner if you finish these things early. Sometimes, the Board will tell you they might delay your next parole hearing.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: Parole

21ABoard must specify date by which offender must be further considered for parole

  1. When the Board declines to release an offender on parole, the Board in its decision—

  2. must specify a date (the specified date) by which the offender must be further considered for parole; and
    1. where the date specified in paragraph (a) is more than 12 months after the date of the current hearing, may specify the relevant activities (if any) that the Board expects will be completed by the specified date; and
      1. may specify that the next parole hearing may be brought forward if the manager of the prison in which the offender is detained considers that all of the relevant activities have been completed earlier than the specified date; and
        1. may give notice to the offender that the Board may consider making a postponement order at the next parole hearing.

          Notes
          • Section 21A: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Parole Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 4).