New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 284

284 Notice to victims of re-integration home detention and parole consideration

(1) The Parole Authority must give notice to a victim of an offender who is recorded in the Victims Register if--

(a) the offender is due for consideration of whether the offender should be released under a re-integration home detention order or on parole, or

(b) the offender is eligible for or has applied for release on parole.

(2) The notice must be given subject to and in accordance with the regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the notice must contain the following information--

(a) the matter being notified,

(b) that the victim may make a submission to the Parole Authority about the matter,

(c) the form a submission may take,

(d) the period within which a submission must be made,

(e) that the Parole Authority will consider a submission made before the end of that period.

(4) The Parole Authority must consider submissions made in accordance with this section.

(5) The Parole Authority is not required to give notice to a victim under this section of a matter if the matter is included in another requirement to give notice to the victim under this Act.

(6) A failure by the Parole Authority to comply with this section does not affect the validity of a decision or order made by the Parole Authority.