Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 19APA

Amendment of conditions

  (1)   The Attorney - General may, at any time before the end of:

  (a)   a parole period for a person for whom a parole order has been made; or

  (b)   a licence period for a person who is released on licence for a federal sentence;

by order in writing, amend the parole order or licence by doing any or all of the following:

  (c)   imposing additional conditions on the parole order or licence;

  (d)   varying or revoking a condition of the parole order or licence specified under paragraph   19AN(c) or 19AP(7)(c) or imposed under paragraph   (c);

  (e)   if the supervision period has not ended--changing the day on which the supervision period ends.

Amendments to rectify errors etc.

  (2)   If a parole order or licence:

  (a)   contains an error of a technical nature; or

  (b)   has a defect of form; or

  (c)   contains an ambiguity;

the Attorney - General may, at any time, by order in writing, amend the parole order or licence to rectify the error, defect or ambiguity.

Note:   For paragraph   (a), the following are examples of errors of a technical nature: a clerical mistake, an accidental slip or omission, a material miscalculation of figures or a material mistake in the description of a person, thing or matter.

When amendments take effect

  (3)   An amendment of a parole order or licence under subsection   (1) takes effect when notice in writing of the amendment is given to the offender.

  (4)   An amendment of a parole order or licence under subsection   (2) is taken to have had effect from the date of effect of the parole order or licence.