Corrective Services Act 2006

This section applies to a prisoner who—

is serving a term of imprisonment for a drug trafficking offence; and

was sentenced for the offence under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 5(2) as in force before the commencement of the Serious and Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2016, section 164.

Also, this section applies to a prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment, other than a term of imprisonment for life, for an offence against the Criminal Code, section 314A.

The prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day on which the prisoner has served—

if the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment for a drug trafficking offence—80% of the term; or

if the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment for an offence against the Criminal Code, section 314A—the lesser of the following—

80% of the term;

15 years.

However, if the term of imprisonment for the offence against the Criminal Code, section 314A was imposed under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161R(2), the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day that is worked out by adding the relevant further period to the notional parole eligibility date fixed for the prisoner under subsection (3B).

The notional parole eligibility date is the day that would apply under subsection (3) if the term of imprisonment imposed on the prisoner under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161R(2) consisted only of the base component of the sentence imposed under that section.

Despite subsections (3) and (3A), if a later parole eligibility date is fixed for the period of imprisonment under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, part 9, division 3, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the later date fixed under that division.

This section is subject to section 185.