Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 156

    (1)     After conducting an inquiry under section 153 (Board inquiry—management of parole) in relation to an offender, the board may do 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     take no further action;

        (b)     counsel or warn the offender about the need to comply with the offender's parole obligations;

        (c)     give the director-general direction, about the offender's supervision;

        (d)     change the offender's parole obligations by imposing or amending an additional condition of the offender's parole order;

        (e)     if subsection (3) applies—cancel the offender's parole order.

Example of additional condition for par (d)

a condition prohibiting association with a particular person or being near a particular place

    (2)     An additional condition of a parole order must not be inconsistent with a core condition of the order.

    (3)     This subsection applies if the board decides either of the following:

        (a)     that the parole order should be cancelled on the offender's application;

        (b)     that parole is, or would be, no longer suitable for the offender.

    (4)     To remove any doubt, if an inquiry under section 153 in relation to an offender is conducted in conjunction with another inquiry under this Act in relation to the offender, the board's powers under this division may be exercised with any other powers of the board in relation to the other inquiry.