New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 285

285 Information to be given to victims and interested persons by Commissioner

(1) The Commissioner may give written notice of the following to a victim of, and an interested person in relation to, an adult offender who is recorded in the Victims Register--

(a) a change to the offender's earliest possible release date,

(b) the death of the offender while serving a sentence or released on parole,

(c) the name of the correctional centre in which the offender is serving a sentence,

(d) the escape of the offender while serving a sentence,

(e) the security classification of the offender,

(f) a decision by the Commissioner to reclassify a serious offender to a low security classification,

(g) a decision by the Commissioner to issue a local leave permit for the offender,

(h) the exercise, by the Governor, of the prerogative of mercy in relation to the offender,

(i) a transfer of the offender into the custody of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth.

(2) The Commissioner may also give written notice of the following to a victim of, and an interested person in relation to, a high risk offender who is recorded in the Victims Register--

(a) if the offender is the subject of an extended supervision order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 --the release of the offender from custody at the commencement of the extended supervision order or the return of the offender to custody following a failure to comply with the requirements of the order,

(b) if the offender is the subject of a continuing detention order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 --the expiry of the order and the release of the offender from custody.

(3) The Commissioner may also give written notice to a victim of, and an interested person in relation to, an adult offender referred to in section 279(2)(b)(i) if the offender is taken into custody while serving a sentence of imprisonment by intensive correction.

(4) The Commissioner may exercise the Commissioner's functions under subsections (1)-(3)--

(a) at the request of the victim or interested person, or

(b) at the Commissioner's discretion.

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