Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2020

The local authority may decide to—

register the interstate sentence; or

register the interstate sentence subject to preconditions imposed under section 15; or

decline to register the interstate sentence.

In deciding whether to register the interstate sentence, the local authority—

must have regard to the registration criteria; and

may have regard to—

any matter prescribed by regulation; and

any other matter the authority considers relevant.

The local authority—

may decide not to register the interstate sentence even if satisfied the registration criteria are met; and

must not register the interstate sentence unless satisfied that the registration criteria are met.

The local authority may decide whether to register the interstate sentence, or to impose any preconditions, on the information and documents given to the authority under this part, and any other information or documents available to the authority, without hearing the offender.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that the local authority may decide to register the interstate sentence even if—

the interstate jurisdiction is not the originating jurisdiction for the sentence; or

the sentence was previously registered in Queensland or Queensland is the originating jurisdiction for the sentence; or

the authority has previously decided not to register the sentence in Queensland.

If the local authority decides not to register the interstate sentence, the authority must give written notice of the decision to the offender and the interstate authority.

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