Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The board must conduct an inquiry, without holding a hearing, into a parole application by an offender (unless the application is rejected under section 122).
(2) If the application is an ordinary parole application, and the application does not include a written submission from the offender about the offender's parole, the board must—
(a) by written notice, ask the offender to make a written submission to the board for the inquiry within 14 days after the day the offender receives the notice; and
(b) after the 14-day period, hold the inquiry whether or not the offender makes the submission requested.
Note A special parole application must be rejected if it does not include a written submission about the exceptional circumstances (see s 122 (1)).
(3) The board must give written notice of the inquiry to—
(a) the director-general; and
(b) the director of public prosecutions.
(4) The notice must include invitations for the offender and the director-general to make submissions to the board by a stated date for the inquiry.
(5) The inquiry must consider whether, on the documents currently before the board, the offender should be released on parole.