Corrective Services Act 2006

This section applies if, at a meeting of the parole board, the board is to—

consider a prescribed prisoner’s application for parole; or

consider, under section 175M, if a no body-no parole prisoner has given satisfactory cooperation.

A matter mentioned in subsection (1) must not be considered at the meeting unless the following board members are present—

the president, a deputy president or a professional board member;

at least 1 community board member;

at least 1 permanent board member.

In this section—prescribed prisoner means—

a prisoner mentioned in—

section 181(1); or

section 181A(1); or

section 182A(1) or (2); or

section 183(1); or

section 185B(1)(a); or

section 193A(1); or

a prisoner who is imprisoned for—

an offence mentioned in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161A(a)(i); or

a serious sexual offence; or

an offence committed with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q(1); or

an offence against the Criminal Code, section 315A; or

a prisoner who has, at any time, been convicted of a terrorism offence; or

a prisoner the subject of a Commonwealth control order; or

a prisoner about whom the parole board has information that indicates—

the prisoner may have promoted terrorism; orNote—For when a person promotes terrorism, see section 247A.

there is a risk the prisoner may carry out a terrorist act.

serious sexual offence see the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003, schedule 1.