New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 185

185 Functions of Parole Authority

(1) The Parole Authority has the following functions--

(a) to determine matters with respect to the granting of parole and the conditions on which parole is granted,

(a1) to determine matters with respect to the granting of re-integration home detention orders and the conditions on which the orders are granted,

(b) to determine matters with respect to the revocation of intensive correction orders and parole orders,

(c) such other functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act or law.

(2) In exercising its functions, the Parole Authority--

(a) must have regard to the fact that the Commissioner has the care, control and management of all offenders who are held in custody in accordance with Part 2, 3 or 4, and

(b) must consider any submissions made to it by the Commissioner or by any other person or body entitled to make such submissions.

(3) In particular, in exercising any function in respect of which the Review Council has furnished advice, the Parole Authority must have regard not only to that advice but also to any submissions made by the Commissioner with respect to that advice.

(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to submissions by the Commissioner under this section.