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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 71

71—Variation or revocation of parole conditions

        (1)         Where a person has been released on parole from a sentence other than a sentence of life imprisonment, the Board may, on the application of that person or of its own motion, vary or revoke a condition to which the parole is subject or impose further conditions on the parole.

        (2)         Where a person has been released on parole from a sentence of life imprisonment, the Board may, on the application of that person or an interested person, or of its own motion, vary or revoke a condition to which the parole is subject or impose further conditions on the parole.

        (3)         The Board cannot—

            (a)         in the case of a person released on parole from a sentence other than a sentence of life imprisonment—exercise its powers under this section of its own motion, unless it has given reasonable notice of its intention to do so to that person and has considered any submissions made by the person on the matter; or

            (b)         in the case of a person released on parole from a sentence of life imprisonment—exercise its powers under this section—

                  (i)         of its own motion, unless it has given reasonable notice of its intention to do so to that person and each interested person and has considered any submissions made by any such person on the matter; or

                  (ii)         on application from the person unless it has given reasonable notice of its intention to do so to each interested person and has considered any submissions made by any such person on the matter.

        (4)         The Board cannot make an order under this section in relation to a person who is under the supervision of a community corrections officer unless it has obtained and considered a report from the CE.

        (5)         The Board may only vary or revoke the conditions imposed by section 68(1)(a)(ia) and (iii)(C) on the release on parole of a person if the Board is satisfied that—

            (a)         there are cogent reasons to do so; and

            (b)         the possession of a firearm, ammunition or part of a firearm by the person does not represent an undue risk to the safety of the public.

        (6)         In this section—

"interested person" means any of the following persons:

            (a)         the Attorney-General;

            (b)         the Commissioner of Police;

            (c)         the Commissioner for Victims' Rights.



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