New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 106T

106T Drug Court is parole authority for offenders in compulsory drug treatment detention

(1) Part 6 applies to an offender who is serving a sentence by way of compulsory drug treatment detention, subject to the following--

(a) references to the Parole Authority are taken to be references to the Drug Court,

(b) references to the Chairperson of the Parole Authority are taken to be references to the Senior Judge of the Drug Court,

(c) references to the Secretary of the Parole Authority are taken to be references to the registrar of the Drug Court,

(d) any modifications of those provisions prescribed by the regulations.

(2) On the release of an offender on parole under a parole order made by the Drug Court under Part 6 as applied in accordance with this section (and the consequent expiry of the offender's compulsory drug treatment order under section 106E (b)), Part 7 applies to the offender in the same way as it applies to other offenders released on parole.

Note : This section provides that the Drug Court is the authority that will determine whether an offender serving a sentence by way of compulsory drug treatment detention is to be released on parole. Subsection (2) makes it clear that after release on parole (and the consequent expiry of the offender's compulsory drug treatment order), the Parole Authority is responsible for the supervision and revocation of any parole order made in relation to the offender.