Board may parole prisoner
20 Board may parole prisoner
Before the day when, under section 93(1) of the Sentencing Act 1995, a prisoner is eligible to be released on parole, the Board must consider whether the prisoner should be released on parole.
If the Board, having regard to —
the requirements of sections 66B(1) and 66G(1); and
the release considerations relating to a prisoner; and
any report made by the CEO under section 17; and
any other information about the prisoner brought to its attention,
decides that it is appropriate to release the prisoner on parole, it must make a parole order in respect of the prisoner.
The release date in the order is that set by the Board, but it must not be earlier than the day when, under section 93(1) of the Sentencing Act 1995, the prisoner is eligible to be released on parole.
The parole period in the order is the period that begins on the day when the prisoner is released and ends when the parole term ends.
If the Board decides it is not appropriate to release a prisoner on parole, it is not precluded from subsequently reconsidering whether the prisoner should be released on parole.
[Section 20 amended: No. 41 of 2006 s. 17; No. 2 of 2018 s. 6; No. 14 of 2022 s. 11.]
[21. Deleted: No. 41 of 2006 s. 18.]
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