Young Offenders Act 1994

The Board must not order the release of an offender with links to terrorism unless the Board is satisfied that there are exceptional reasons why the offender should be released.

The Board must, in making any decision for the purposes of subsection (1) —

regard the personal safety of people in the community or of any individual in the community as the paramount consideration; and

apply the general principles of juvenile justice in section 7, other than the principles referred to in paragraphs (h) and (k); and

have regard to all of the following —

the release considerations relating to the offender;

the Commissioner of Police report about the offender;

any other information about the offender brought to the attention of the Board.

Subsection (2) does not limit the matters that the Board may have regard to in making a decision for the purposes of subsection (1).

Despite subsections (2) and (3), the Board must not have regard to a Commissioner of Police report about the offender if the report has been withdrawn under section 150E(2).