The power to revoke parole under s 66 of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 (NSW) can only be exercised after the juvenile offender has been released to parole; a purported revocation made before release is an administrative act without jurisdiction and is ineffective. Where an offender is held in custody solely because bail was refused for a subsequent offence, the sentence for that offence should commence from the date custody became referable solely to that offence.
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