Schedules
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Consequential amendments
Crimes Act 1914
1 Subsection 16(1) (definition of parole order)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
parole order, for a person, has the meaning given by subsection 19AKD(1).
2 Subsection 16(1)
Insert:
Chair of the Commonwealth Parole Board means the person appointed as the Chair of the Commonwealth Parole Board under subsection 29(1) of the Commonwealth Parole Board Act 2026.
Commonwealth Parole Board means the Commonwealth Parole Board established by subsection 8(1) of the Commonwealth Parole Board Act 2026.
eligible for release: see subsection 19AKE(3).
relevant pre‑release period: see subsection 19APC(2).
3 After subsection 16(1)
Insert:
Meaning of decides to make a parole order
The Commonwealth Parole Board decides to make a parole order for a person if the Commonwealth Parole Board decides under either of the following to make a parole order for the person:
paragraph 19AKB(1)(a);
paragraph 19AKC(1)(a).
Meaning of refuses to make a parole order
The Commonwealth Parole Board refuses to make a parole order for a person if:
the Commonwealth Parole Board refuses under either of the following to make a parole order for the person:
paragraph 19AKB(1)(b);
paragraph 19AKC(1)(b); or
the Commonwealth Parole Board is taken to have refused to make a parole order for the person under subsection 19APE(1).
Meaning of defers deciding whether to make a parole order
The Commonwealth Parole Board defers deciding whether to make a parole order for a person if the Commonwealth Parole Board decides under either of the following to defer deciding whether to make a parole order for the person under:
paragraph 19AKB(1)(c);
paragraph 19AKC(1)(c).
Expressions in the singular
4 Paragraph 19AH(1)(b)
Omit “Attorney‑General”, substitute “Commonwealth Parole Board”.
5 Subsection 19AHA(4)
Omit “Attorney‑General”, substitute “Commonwealth Parole Board”.
6 Section 19AL
Repeal the section, substitute:
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