Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if the board makes a decision to make, or refuse to make, a parole order for an offender.
(2) The board must give written notice of its decision to each of the following:
(a) the offender;
(b) the director-general;
(c) the director of public prosecutions;
(d) the chief police officer.
(3) The board—
(a) must also, as soon as practicable, take reasonable steps to give each relevant victim written information, about—
(i) the board's decision; and
(ii) if the board decided to make a parole order for the offender—the offender's parole release date and, in general terms, the offender's parole obligations; and
(b) may tell a relevant victim the general area where the offender will live on parole.
(4) If a victim of the offender is a child under 15 years old—
(a) the director-general may give notice of the inquiry to a relevant person; and
(b) a relevant person may make a submission, or tell the board about any concern, in accordance with the notice on behalf of the victim.
(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the cases in which the board may give information to a person acting for a victim or a member of a victim's family.
(6) In this section:
"relevant person" means a person who has parental responsibility for the victim under the Children and Young People Act 2008
.
"relevant victim" means each of the following:
(a) a victim of the offender who made a submission to the board, or told the board about any concern, under section 123 (Board to seek victim's views for parole inquiry);
(b) any other victim of the offender that the board is aware has expressed concern, or has had concern expressed on their behalf, about the need for the victim, or the victim's family, to be protected from violence or harassment by the offender;
(c) a registered
victim of the offender.