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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Reconsideration of sentences of imprisonment or detention

155A: Information for victims

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"Getting information about a prisoner if you are a victim"

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You can ask for information about the service prisoner if you are a victim. The person in charge must send you a list of programmes the prisoner attended and completed, and their current security level. They must also send a list of any new offences the prisoner was convicted of since their sentence started. You will get a statement explaining that the information is to help you make submissions. The person in charge must send this information to you and the Authority before every reconsideration hearing. The person in charge is either the chief executive of the Department of Corrections or the Director of Military Prosecutions, depending on where the prisoner is being held. The information is sent to help you, and you can use it to make submissions under section 155(1B)(b). You will get this information before each reconsideration hearing for the service prisoner. This helps you understand what is happening with the service prisoner.

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Part 8Reconsideration of sentences of imprisonment or detention

155AInformation for victims

  1. If a victim requests information under section 155(1B)(b), the relevant person must prepare and send to the victim and the Authority all of the following:

  2. a list of any programmes that the service prisoner has attended since commencing the service prisoner’s sentence, and a list of any programmes that the service prisoner has completed:
    1. a statement of the service prisoner’s current security classification:
      1. a list of any offences that the service prisoner has been convicted of since commencing the service prisoner’s sentence:
        1. a statement that the purpose of providing the victim with information about the service prisoner is to assist the victim to make submissions, and that the information is not to be used for any other purpose.

          1. The relevant person must prepare the information and send it to the victim and the Authority before every reconsideration hearing for the service prisoner.

          2. In this section, relevant person means—

          3. if the service prisoner is detained in a prison, the chief executive of the Department of Corrections; or
            1. in every other case, the Director of Military Prosecutions.

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              Notes
              • Section 155A: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Military Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 36).