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New South Wales
Sentencing Amendment (Parole)
Act 1996 No 144
Contents
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| 1 | N am e of Act | 2 |
| 2 | C om m encem ent | 2 |
| 3 | A m endm ent of S en tencing Act 198 9 N o 8 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Am endm ent of P risons Act 195 2 N o 9 | 2 |
| 5 | C onsequential am endm ent of o ther Acts | 2 |
S ch ed u les
| 1 | Am endm ent of S en tencing Act 1989 | 3 |
| 2 | Am endm ent of P risons Act 1952 | 24 |
| 3 | C onsequential am endm ent of o ther Acts | 28 |
New South Wales
Sentencing Amendment (Parole)
Act 1996 No 144
Act N o 1 4 4 , 1 9 9 6
An Act to amend the Sentencing Act 1989, the Prisons Act 1952 and certain other Acts to revise the procedures relating to the parole of prisoners who are serious offenders, to require victim submissions to be taken into consideration in certain circumstances, to change the name of the Offenders Review Board, and for other purposes. [Assented to 16 December 1996]
| Section 1 | Sentencing Amendment (Parole) Act 1996 No 144 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Sentencing Amendment (Parole) Act 1996.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.
3 Amendment of Sentencing Act 1989 No 87
The Sentencing Act 1989 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Amendment of Prisons Act 1952 No 9
The Prisons Act 1952 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
5 Consequential amendment of other Acts
The Acts specified in Schedule 3 are amended as set out in that
Schedule.
Sentencing Amendment (Parole) Act 1996 No 144
| Amendment of Sentencing Act 1989 | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Sentencing Act 1989 |
(Section 3 )
[1 ] Section 4 Definitions
Omit the definition of Board in section 4 (1). Insert instead:
Board means the Parole Board constituted by this Act.
[2 ] Part 3, Division 2, Subdivision 1, heading
Insert after the heading to Division 2 “Subdivision l General”.
[3 ] Part 3, Division 2, Subdivision 2
Insert after section 17:
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| 17A Application of this Subdivision |
This Subdivision applies only to prisoners who are not serious offenders.
[4 ] Section 18 Consideration by the Board Insert after section 18 (2):
| (3) | Despite subsection (1) (c), the Board is not required to consider whether the person concerned should be released on parole until the person is returned to the prison system following revocation of the parole order. If the person is at large for the whole of one or more years following the revocation, the Board may decline to consider its decision at all in relation to that year or those years. |
| (4) | Despite the above provisions of this section, the Board may decline to consider the case of a prisoner for up to… |