Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984

Where the Minister requests the designated authority for another State or a Territory under section 5(2) to register a parole order under the corresponding law of that State or Territory, the Minister shall cause to be sent to the designated authority —

the parole order to which the request relates together with any variations of the order;

the judgment or order by virtue of which the person to whom the parole order relates became liable to undergo the imprisonment to which the parole order relates;

particulars in writing of the address of that person last known to the Minister; and

a report in writing relating to that person containing such information and accompanied by such documents as appear to be likely to be of assistance to any court, authority or officer in that other State or Territory, including all documents that were before the body making the parole order, details of convictions, sentences of imprisonment, minimum terms of imprisonment, periods of imprisonment served, class of prisoner, remissions earned and other grants of parole.

A reference in subsection (1) (other than a reference in subsection (1)(a)) to an order, judgment or other document is a reference to the original or to a copy certified as a true copy by a person purporting to be the person in whose custody the original is entrusted.

7. Registration of parole orders in a State or Territory to be in interest of parolee etc.

The Minister shall not direct under section 5(1) the registration under this Act of a parole order in force under a law of another State or a Territory unless —

he is satisfied, on consideration of relevant information and documents forwarded to him by the designated authority for that State or Territory, that, having regard to the interests of the person to whom the parole order relates, it is desirable that the parole order be so registered; and

either —

that person has given his consent to, or has requested, the registration of the parole order under this Act; or

that person is residing in Western Australia.

The Minister shall not make a request under section 5(2) for the registration under the corresponding law of another State or a Territory of a parole order in force under a law of Western Australia unless —

he is satisfied that, having regard to the interests of the person to whom the parole order relates, it is desirable that the parole order be so registered; and

either —

that person has given his consent to, or has requested, the registration of the parole order under the corresponding law of that other State or Territory; or

there are reasonable grounds for believing that person is residing in that State or Territory.