Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 206

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an offender does not appear before the board at a hearing in accordance with—

              (i)     a notice under section 63 (Notice of inquiry—breach of intensive correction order obligations); or

              (ii)     a notice under section 205 (1); or

              (iii)     an agreement mentioned in section 205 (3); or

        (b)     a judicial member of the board considers that—

              (i)     an offender will not appear before the board as mentioned in paragraph (a); or

              (ii)     for any other reason, the offender must be arrested immediately and brought before the board for a hearing.

    (2)     A judicial member may issue a warrant for the offender to be arrested and brought before the board for the hearing.

Note     An offender's intensive correction order and sentence are extended by the period during which a warrant is outstanding under this section and the offender is not in custody (see s 80).

    (3)     The warrant must—

        (a)     be signed by the judicial member or the secretary of the board; and

        (b)     be directed to all police officers or a named police officer; and

        (c)     order the offender's arrest and bringing the offender before the board for the hearing; and

        (d)     state an end date for the offender's parole time credit under part 7.5A.

    (4)     A police officer who arrests the offender under the warrant must, as soon as practicable, bring the offender before—

        (a)     the board; or

        (b)     if the board is not sitting—a magistrate.

Note     For remanding or granting bail to the offender, see the Bail Act 1992

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