Further sentence if detainee on parole
131 Further sentence if detainee on parole
This section applies if:
a youth is sentenced in the Territory to a term of detention or imprisonment for an offence that was committed while a parole order under the Parole Act 1971 was in force for the youth; and
the parole order:
was revoked by the Chairperson under section 5B(1)(b) of the
Parole Act 1971 before the youth was sentenced; or
was cancelled by a court under section 6 of the Parole Act
1971 before the youth was sentenced; or
is taken, under section 5D of the Parole Act 1971, to have been revoked because of the sentence.
The Court must also order the youth to be detained or imprisoned for:
if the parole order was revoked or cancelled as mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii) – the term that the youth had not served when released from detention under the parole order minus the
part of the term the youth served after the parole order was revoked or cancelled; or
otherwise – the term that the youth had not served when released from detention under the parole order.
The term of detention or imprisonment to be served in accordance with subsection (2) starts at the end of the term of detention or imprisonment to which the youth is sentenced for the offence mentioned in subsection (1).
In this section:
Chairperson, see section 3(1) of the Parole Act
1971.
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