An Act to consolidate and amend the law with respect to the administration of certain sentences; and for other purposes.
Part 1 Preliminary
Introductory note—
This Part contains machinery provisions, including a statement of the objects of the Act and a provision that defines various words and expressions that are used in the Act.
pt 1, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [1].
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
2A Objects of Act
(1) This Act has the following objects—(a) to ensure that those offenders who are required to be held in custody are removed from the general community and placed in a safe, secure and humane environment,(b) to ensure that other offenders are kept under supervision in a safe, secure and humane manner,(c) to ensure that the safety of persons having the custody or supervision of offenders is not endangered,(d) to provide for the rehabilitation of offenders with a view to their reintegration into the general community.(2) In the pursuit of these objects, due regard must be had to the interests of victims of the offences committed by offenders.(3) Nothing in this section gives rise to any civil cause of action or can be taken into account in any civil proceedings.s 2A: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [2].
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act—audio link means facilities (including telephone) that enable audio communication between persons at different places.audio visual link means facilities (including closed-circuit television) that enable audio and visual communication between persons at different places.Chief Executive, Justice Health means the person for the time being holding office or acting as the chief executive of the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network under the Health Services Act 1997.Commissioner means the Commissioner of Corrective Services, Department of Justice.Commonwealth Criminal Code means the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth.Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmate means an inmate of a kind referred to in section 4 (1) (c3).community correction order means an order in force under section 8 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 or section 79 of the Fines Act 1996.Community Corrections means the Community Corrections Division, Department of Justice.community corrections officer means a person who is employed within Corrective Services NSW as a community corrections officer, as referred to in section 231.community service work means any service or activity approved by the Minister, and includes participation in personal development, educational or other programs.compulsory drug treatment detention means detention in accordance with Part 4A.compulsory drug treatment order means an order in force under section 18C of the Drug Court Act 1998.conditional release order means an order in force under section 9 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.convicted inmate means a person referred to in section 4 (1) (a), (b), (c), (c1), (d1) or (d2).correctional centre means—(a) any premises declared to be a correctional centre by a proclamation in force under section 225, including any juvenile correctional centre declared under section 225A, and(b) any police station or court cell complex in which an offender is held in custody in accordance with this or any other Act.correctional complex means any premises declared to be a correctional complex by virtue of a proclamation in force under section 224.correctional officer means a person who is employed within Corrective Services NSW as a correctional officer, as referred to in section 231.Corrective Services NSW means that part of the Department of Justice comprising the group of staff who are principally involved in the administration of this Act.court means—(a) the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, the Land and Environment Court, the Industrial Relations Commission, the District Court or the Local Court, orbut, subject to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, does not include the Children’s Court or any other court that, or person who, exercises the jurisdiction of the Children’s Court.(b) any other court that, or person who, exercises criminal jurisdiction,drug means—(a) a prohibited drug or prohibited plant within the meaning of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, or(b) any other substance declared by the regulations to be a drug for the purposes of this Act.Drug Court means the Drug Court of New South Wales constituted under the Drug Court Act 1998.exercise a function includes perform a duty.full-time detention means detention in a correctional centre.function includes a power, authority or duty.governor, in relation to a correctional centre, means the governor of the correctional centre and includes any person who is for the time being in charge of the correctional centre or any person (however described) who is authorised by the Commissioner to be in charge of the correctional centre.inmate means a person to whom Part 2 applies.intensive correction means intensive correction in the community pursuant to an intensive correction order.intensive correction order means an order in force under section 7 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.interstate leave permit means a permit referred to in section 29.judicially qualified person means—(a) any Judge or retired Judge of a New South Wales court or the Federal Court, or(b) any Magistrate or retired Magistrate, or(c) any person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a New South Wales court.Justice Health means the statutory health corporation named the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network constituted under the Health Services Act 1997.juvenile correctional centre means any correctional centre declared to be a juvenile correctional centre by a proclamation in force under section 225A.law enforcement agency means any of the following—(a) the Police Service, or the police force of another State or a Territory,(b) the New South Wales Crime Commission,(c) the Australian Federal Police,(d) the Australian Crime Commission,(e) the Director of Public Prosecutions of New South Wales, of another State or a Territory or of the Commonwealth,(f) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission,(g) the Independent Commission Against Corruption,(h) the Department of Justice,(i) a person or body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.local leave order means an order referred to in section 25.local leave permit means a permit referred to in section 26.managed correctional centre means a correctional centre that is for the time being managed under a management agreement.management agreement means an agreement referred to in section 238.management company means a corporation with which the Commissioner has entered into a management agreement under which the corporation manages one or more correctional centres.medical officer, in relation to a correctional centre, means a medical officer appointed for the correctional centre as referred to in section 236C.mobile phone includes any device that may be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of sending or receiving voice or other data over a mobile telephone network, whether or not it may be used for any other purpose.non-invasive sample means any of the following samples of human biological material—(a) a sample of breath, taken by breath test, breath analysis or otherwise,(b) a sample of urine,(c) a sample of faeces,(d) a sample of saliva taken by buccal swab,(e) a sample of nail,(f) a sample of hair other than pubic hair,(g) a sample of sweat taken by swab or washing from any external part of the body other than—(i) the genital or anal area or the buttocks, or(ii) the breasts of a female or a transgender person who identifies as a female.non-parole period has the same meaning as it has in the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.NSW offence means an offence against a law of the State.NSW post sentence inmate means—(a) an inmate of a kind referred to in section 4 (1) (c1), or(b) an inmate of a kind referred to in section 4 (1) (c2).offender, where occurring elsewhere than in Part 3, 4A, 4B, 4C or 5, means a person who is subject to a sentence of imprisonment, and includes an inmate within the meaning of Part 2 and an offender within the meaning of Part 3, 4A, 4B or 4C.offender submission means a submission made to the Review Council or the Parole Authority, for the purposes of this Act, by an inmate of a correctional centre.Official Visitor means an Official Visitor appointed under section 228.Parole Authority means the State Parole Authority constituted by section 183.parole eligibility date, in relation to an offender, means—(a) subject to paragraph (b), the date on which the offender first becomes eligible for release on parole, or(b) if the offender is returned to custody while on release on parole or following revocation of parole, the date occurring 12 months after the date on which the offender is so returned.parole order means an order in force under section 138, 141, 149, 150, 154A, 158, 159 or 160 of this Act.parole revocation order means an order made under Division 3 of Part 7 revoking a parole order.re-integration home detention order means an order made under section 124D.residential facility means any premises declared to be a residential facility by a proclamation in force under section 236L.Review Council means the Serious Offenders Review Council constituted by section 195.sentence means a sentence of imprisonment.sentencing court, in relation to an offender undergoing a penalty imposed by a court, means the court by which the penalty was imposed.serious offender means—(a) an offender who is serving a sentence for life, or(b) an offender who is serving a sentence for which a non-parole period has been set in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or(c) an offender who is serving a sentence (or one of a series of sentences of imprisonment) where the term of the sentence (or the combined terms of all of the sentences in the series) is such that the offender will not become eligible for release from custody, including release on parole, until he or she has spent at least 12 years in custody, or(d) an offender who is for the time being required to be managed as a serious offender in accordance with a decision of the sentencing court, the Parole Authority or the Commissioner, or(e) an offender who has been convicted of murder and who is subject to a sentence in respect of the conviction, or(e1) a Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmate, or(e2) a NSW post sentence inmate, or(f) an offender who belongs to a class of persons prescribed by the regulations to be serious offenders for the purposes of this definition.statutory parole order—see section 158.submanagement agreement means an agreement referred to in section 239.submanagement company means a corporation with which a management company has entered into a submanagement agreement under which the corporation manages one or more correctional centres on behalf of the management company.transitional centre means premises managed or approved by the Commissioner for the purpose of accommodating certain inmates prior to their release from custody.victim of a serious offender means a person whose name is recorded in the Victims Register as a victim of that offender.Victims Register means the register kept under Part 16 in which certain victims of offenders are recorded.victim submission means a submission made to the Review Council or the Parole Authority, for the purposes of this Act, by a victim of a serious offender.Visiting Magistrate means a Magistrate exercising the functions of a Visiting Magistrate, as referred to in section 227.Note—The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.(2) In this Act—(a) a reference to a sentence to which an offender is subject includes a reference to a sentence that has been imposed but is yet to commence, and(b) a reference to the term of a sentence is, if the term is varied under this or any other Act, a reference to the term as so varied, and(c) a reference to a non-parole period of a sentence is, if the period is varied under this or any other Act, a reference to the period as so varied, and(d) a reference to a court that has sentenced an offender, made an order or given a direction includes a reference to the same court differently constituted, and(e) a reference to a condition that a person not commit any offence is a reference to any offence whether committed in New South Wales or in any other State or Territory, and(f) a reference to an obligation that a person not commit any offence is a reference to any offence whether committed in New South Wales or in any other State or Territory.(3) Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this Act.s 3: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 29, Sch 2 [1]; 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [1]; 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 13, Sch 1.5; 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [1]–[3]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [1]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [2]; 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [1] [2]; 2006 No 7, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.24, 2; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [3]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 96, Sch 5 [2]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [1]–[7]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [1] [2]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2016 No 61, Sch 6.8; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [1] [2]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [1]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [1] [2]; 2018 No 25, Sch 1.4 [1]; 2018 No 29, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [1]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.8[1]; 2020 No 26, Sch 1.5; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[1] [2]; 2022 No 16, Sch 9.1[1].
Part 2 Imprisonment by way of full-time detention
Introductory note—
This Part applies to those offenders who have been sentenced to imprisonment by way of full-time detention (referred to as inmates) and to other persons who are required to be held in custody. It deals with the following matters—
(a) the general obligations of inmates (Division 1),
(b) the circumstances in which an inmate can be kept in segregated or protective custody (Division 2),
(c) the circumstances in which an inmate may be transferred to another correctional centre, or to hospital, or given leave of absence (Division 3),
(d) the management of juvenile inmates (Division 3A),
(e) the conveyance and detention of prisoners received from the Australian Capital Territory (Division 4),
(f) the conveyance and detention of prisoners received from Norfolk Island (Division 5),
(g) the prescription of correctional centre offences, the penalties they attract and the procedure for dealing with both correctional centre offences and other offences (Division 6),
(h) the procedure to be followed in determining whether a serious offender is to be given a low security classification permitting unescorted leave of absence from a correctional centre (Division 7),
(i) other miscellaneous matters (Division 8).
pt 2, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [4].
Division 1 Preliminary
4 Application of Part
(1) This Part applies to—(a) any person the subject of a warrant under section 62 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 by which a court has committed the person to a correctional centre to serve a sentence or the remainder of a sentence by way of full-time detention, other than a person who is on release on parole, and(b) (Repealed)(c) any person the subject of a warrant under section 181 of this Act by which the Parole Authority has committed the person to a correctional centre to serve the remainder of a sentence by way of full-time detention, and(c1) any person the subject of a warrant under section 20 of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 by which the Supreme Court has committed the person to a correctional centre pursuant to a continuing detention order, interim detention order or emergency detention order under that Act, and(c2) any person the subject of a warrant under section 49 of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 by which the Supreme Court has committed the person to a correctional centre pursuant to a continuing detention order, interim detention order or emergency detention order under that Act, and(c3) any person the subject of a continuing detention order or interim detention order in force under Division 105A of Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code who, under an arrangement with the State under section 105A.21 of that Code, is detained in a correctional centre, and(d) any person the subject of a warrant or order by which a court has committed the person to a correctional centre on remand in connection with proceedings for an offence committed, or alleged to have been committed, by the person, and(d1) any person the subject of an order under section 33 (1) (g) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 by which the Children’s Court has committed the person to the control of the Minister administering this Act, and(d2) any person who is the subject of a warrant under section 170 (1) (a) of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 of the Commonwealth by which an authorised officer under that Act has committed the person to a correctional centre pursuant to a punishment of imprisonment imposed under that Act, and(d3) any person who is a detainee within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth and who is held in a correctional centre as referred to in paragraph (b) (ii) of the definition of immigration detention in section 5 of that Act, and(e) any person the subject of a warrant or order by which a court or other competent authority has committed the person to a correctional centre otherwise than as referred to above, and(f) any person in custody who is given into the keeping of a correctional officer under section 250, and(g) any person whose release from custody has been delayed in accordance with section 8(2)(b) or (2A).(2) This Part does not apply to a person who is detained in a correctional centre in accordance with Part 16 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.(3) In this Part, inmate means a person to whom this Part applies and convicted inmate means a person referred to in subsection (1) (a), (c), (c1), (d1) or (d2).s 4: Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.17; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [3]; 2006 No 7, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2006 No 58, Sch 1.8 [1]; 2008 No 54, Sch 3.3 [1] [2]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [1]; 2013 No 82, Sch 2.5; 2014 No 58, Sch 2.1 [1]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [3]; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.7 [1]; 2022 No 16, Sch 9.1[2] [3].
5 Obligations of inmate
The obligations of an inmate while serving a sentence by way of full-time detention are—(a) to comply with such requirements of this Part and the regulations as apply to the inmate, and(b) to comply with the requirements of any directions given to the inmate under this Part.
6 Work performed by inmates
(1) The governor of a correctional centre may make an order directing any convicted inmate in the correctional centre to carry out such work as the governor considers suitable.(2) The governor may direct a convicted inmate, or such classes or groups of convicted inmates as the Commissioner may from time to time determine, to carry out community service work, or any work for Corrective Services NSW or a public or local authority—(a) within the correctional centre in which the inmate is imprisoned, or(b) within the correctional complex in which the inmate is imprisoned but outside the correctional centre, or(c) outside the correctional complex in which the inmate is imprisoned.(3) An inmate is not required to carry out work that the inmate is not capable of carrying out.s 6: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2004 No 29, Sch 2.2 [1] [2]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [5].
7 Payments to inmates
(1) The Commissioner may, out of money provided by Parliament or otherwise legally available, make payments to inmates for any reason (including for work done).(2) Payment for work done by inmates of a managed correctional centre may not be made by the management company for the correctional centre otherwise than in accordance with a scheme approved by the Commissioner.(3) The payment of an inmate by the Commissioner under this section for work done (whether or not at the direction of the Commissioner) does not constitute employment of, or a contract of service with, the inmate by the Crown or any other person, and accordingly an inmate who undertakes any such paid work is not—(a) a worker for the purposes of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998, the Annual Holidays Act 1944 or the Long Service Leave Act 1955, or(b) an employee (however described) for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 or any Act or other law.s 7: Am 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [2].
7A Deductions from remuneration earned by inmates on external work release program
(1) Any remuneration earned by an inmate as a participant in an external work release program is to be paid by the employer to the Commissioner on behalf of the inmate.(2) The Commissioner may deduct from such remuneration an amount, calculated in accordance with the directions of the Minister, to contribute towards—(a) the costs of administering the external work release program, and(b) travel fares and other expenses relating to the inmate’s participation in the external work release program, and(c) the costs of the inmate’s imprisonment during the period in which such remuneration is earned.(3) The Commissioner must cause a record to be kept of remuneration received and deductions made under this section.(4) In this section—external work release program means a program provided under this Act which enables an eligible inmate to work in paid employment in the community during the inmate’s sentence, in accordance with a local leave permit.s 7A: Ins 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [1].
8 Release from custody
(1) Unless sooner released under a re-integration home detention order or on parole, an inmate who is serving a sentence by way of full-time detention (the current sentence) is to be released from custody on the day the sentence expires (the release date), as determined in accordance with Division 1 of Part 4 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 but subject to any variation of the term of that sentence under this or any other Act.(2) An inmate may be released from custody—(a) at any time on the release date for the current sentence, or(b) if the release date for the current sentence is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday and the inmate so requests, at any time during the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.(2A) An inmate may be released from custody at any time during the period of 4 days after the date on which the inmate would otherwise be required to be released under this section if—(a) there is a good reason to delay the release (such as a lack of transport), and(b) the inmate requests or consents to the delay.(2B) Subsection (2A) does not permit an inmate to be held in a correctional centre for any period longer than the period requested or consented to by the inmate.(3) This section does not apply to an inmate who, as at the release date for the current sentence, is subject to another sentence that is being served by way of full-time detention—(a) where the other sentence commenced before, but will not end until after, the release date for the current sentence, or(b) where the other sentence commences immediately after the release date for the current sentence.s 8: Am 2000 No 53, Sch 3.4; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [2]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [2].
Division 2 Segregated and protective custody
pt 2, div 2: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
9 Definitions
In this Division—protective custody direction means a direction referred to in section 11.segregated custody direction means a direction referred to in section 10.suspension direction means a direction referred to in section 20 (1) (a).s 9: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
10 Segregated custody of inmates
(1) The Commissioner may direct that an inmate be held in segregated custody if of the opinion that such segregation is necessary to secure—(a) the personal safety of any other person, or(b) the security of a correctional centre, or(c) good order and discipline within a correctional centre.(2) The governor of a correctional centre may exercise the Commissioner’s functions under this section in relation to the correctional centre and, on each occasion he or she does so, must notify the Commissioner of that fact and of the grounds on which the segregated custody direction was given.(3) A segregated custody direction given by the governor of a correctional centre does not apply in relation to any other correctional centre.(4) Subsection (3) is subject to section 15.s 10: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [2].
11 Protective custody of inmates
(1) The Commissioner may direct that an inmate be held in protective custody if of the opinion that the association of the inmate with other inmates constitutes or is likely to constitute a threat to the personal safety of the inmate.(2) The Commissioner may also direct that an inmate be held in protective custody if the inmate requests the Commissioner in writing to do so.(3) The governor of a correctional centre may exercise the Commissioner’s functions under this section in relation to the correctional centre and, on each occasion he or she does so, must notify the Commissioner of that fact and of the grounds on which the protective custody direction was given.(4) A protective custody direction given by the governor of a correctional centre does not apply in relation to any other correctional centre.(5) Subsection (4) is subject to section 15.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
12 Effect of segregated or protective custody direction
(1) An inmate subject to a segregated or protective custody direction is to be detained—(a) in isolation from all other inmates, or(b) in association only with such other inmates as the Commissioner (or the governor of the correctional centre in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions under section 10 or 11) may determine.(2) An inmate who is held in segregated or protective custody—(a) is not to suffer any reduction of diet, and(b) is not to be deprived of any rights or privileges other than those determined by the Commissioner (or the governor in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions under section 10 or 11), either generally or in a particular case, and other than those the deprivation of which is necessarily incidental to the holding of the inmate in segregated or protective custody.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
13 Form of direction
A segregated or protective custody direction must be in writing and must include the grounds on which it is given.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
14 Information concerning review of segregated or protective custody direction
As soon as practicable after an inmate is directed—(a) to be held in segregated custody under section 10, orthe governor of the correctional centre is to provide the inmate with information concerning the inmate’s rights to a review of the segregated or protective custody direction.(b) to be held in protective custody under section 11 (other than at the inmate’s request),ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
15 Transfer of inmate held in segregated or protective custody
(1) If an inmate held in segregated or protective custody under a segregated or protective custody direction given by the governor of a correctional centre is transferred to another correctional centre, the segregated or protective custody direction applies—(a) in relation to the correctional centre to which the inmate is transferred (the receiving correctional centre), and(b) in relation to the conveyance of the inmate to the receiving correctional centre, including custody of the inmate in any correctional centre in which the inmate is held during the course of being conveyed to the receiving correctional centre.(2) Within 72 hours after the arrival of the inmate at the receiving correctional centre, the governor of the receiving correctional centre must review the segregated or protective custody direction, having regard to the grounds referred to in section 10 or 11, and give one of the following directions—(a) a direction revoking the segregated or protective custody direction,(b) a direction confirming the segregated or protective custody direction,(c) a direction confirming the segregated or protective custody direction but amending its terms.(3) A direction given under subsection (2) has effect according to its terms.(4) A segregated or protective custody direction that is subject to a direction under subsection (2) (b) or (c) is, on and after the giving of that direction, taken to be a segregated or protective custody direction given by the governor of the receiving correctional centre.(5) A direction by the governor of a receiving correctional centre revoking, confirming or amending a segregated or protective custody direction has effect even though it is given outside the period during which it is required to be given under this section.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
16 Review of segregated or protective custody direction by Commissioner
(1) The governor of a correctional centre where an inmate is held in segregated or protective custody must submit a report about the segregated or protective custody direction to the Commissioner within 14 days after the date on which the direction is given (the relevant date), regardless of whether the segregated or protective custody direction was given by the Commissioner or by the governor of a correctional centre.(2) Within 7 days after receiving the report, the Commissioner must review the segregated or protective custody direction and give one of the following directions—(a) a direction revoking the segregated or protective custody direction,(b) a direction confirming the segregated or protective custody direction,(c) a direction confirming the segregated or protective custody direction but amending its terms.(3) If the direction is confirmed, the governor of the correctional centre where the inmate is held in segregated or protective custody must submit a further report about the direction to the Commissioner within 3 months after the relevant date, and within each subsequent period of 3 months after that period.(4) Within 7 days after each occasion on which the Commissioner receives any such further report, the Commissioner must review the segregated or protective custody direction and give one of the directions referred to in subsection (2) (a)–(c).(5) The confirmation of a segregated or protective custody direction by the governor of a correctional centre under section 15, or by the Review Council under section 22, does not affect the requirements for reporting about and reviewing a segregated or protective custody direction under this section.(6) A direction by the Commissioner revoking, confirming or amending a segregated or protective custody direction has effect even though it is given outside the period during which it is required to be given under this section.(7) In this section—report, in relation to a segregated or protective custody direction, means a report recommending whether or not the segregated or protective custody direction should be revoked, confirmed or amended.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
17 Revocation of segregated or protective custody direction
(1) A segregated or protective custody direction remains in force until it is revoked.(2) The Commissioner may, at any time, revoke a segregated or protective custody direction or amend its terms.(3) The Commissioner must revoke a protective custody direction given at the request of an inmate if the inmate requests the Commissioner in writing to revoke it.(4) The governor of a correctional centre may exercise the Commissioner’s functions under this section in relation to the correctional centre.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
18 Report to Minister on segregated or protective custody direction
(1) As soon as practicable after confirming a segregated or protective custody direction, the Commissioner must give written notice of that fact to the Minister, giving reasons for the confirmation direction, if—(a) the confirmation direction will result in the inmate being subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months, or(b) the inmate has already been subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months.(2) This section does not apply to a direction confirming a protective custody direction that was given at the request of an inmate.ss 11–18: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
19 Review of segregated or protective custody direction by Review Council
(1) An inmate whose total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeds 14 days may apply to the Review Council for a review of the segregated or protective custody direction under which the inmate is held in segregated or protective custody.(2) The application is to be in writing and is to include the inmate’s reasons for making the application.(3) The Review Council must review the direction unless subsection (4) applies.(4) The Review Council may refuse to review the direction if—(a) the application does not, in the opinion of the Review Council, disclose substantial grounds for a review, or(b) the Review Council has previously determined a review of the same direction under this Division and the application does not, in the opinion of the Review Council, disclose substantially different grounds for review.(5) The Review Council may not refuse to review a direction under subsection (4) if a period of more than 3 months has elapsed since the Review Council determined a review of the segregated or protective custody direction.(6) This section applies regardless of whether the relevant segregated or protective custody direction was given by the Commissioner or by the governor of a correctional centre.s 19: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [5]. Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
20 Suspension directions by Review Council
(1) The Chairperson of the Review Council may give a direction for—(a) the suspension of an inmate’s segregated or protective custody direction, or(b) the transfer of an inmate to a different correctional centre.(2) A suspension direction may be given at any time after an application for a review is made and before it is determined.(3) While a suspension direction is in force, the inmate is not to be held in segregated or protective custody unless a new segregated or protective custody direction is given.(4) The Chairperson may at any time vary or revoke a suspension direction.(5) A suspension direction does not revoke a segregated or protective custody direction.(6) A direction for the transfer of an inmate to a different correctional centre may be given—(a) if the Chairperson considers that the inmate’s removal would facilitate the review of the segregated or protective custody direction, or(b) for any other reason that the Chairperson thinks fit.(7) The determination of a review of a segregated or protective custody direction by the Review Council under section 22 revokes any suspension direction applying to the segregated or protective custody direction.s 20: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
21 Procedure for review of segregated or protective custody direction by Review Council
(1) In determining any matter relating to the segregated or protective custody of an inmate, the Review Council is not bound by the rules of evidence but may inform itself of any matter in such manner as it thinks appropriate.(2) The Review Council must cause notice of any hearing in relation to a review to be given to the inmate who applied for the review.(3) If the inmate so wishes, the Review Council must allow the inmate to be present, and to be heard, at the hearing.(4) The inmate may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner chosen by the inmate or, if the Review Council so approves, by some other person chosen by the inmate.(5) The Commissioner or the governor of a correctional centre (or both) may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or by some other person.(6) Division 2 of Part 9 applies to the conduct of a review by the Review Council under this Division.s 21: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3].
22 Determination of review by Review Council
(1) In reviewing a segregated or protective custody direction, the Review Council must take the following matters into account—(a) whether the direction was given or reviewed in accordance with this Division,(b) whether the direction was reasonable in the circumstances,(c) whether the direction was necessary to secure the personal safety of the inmate or any other person,(d) the security of, and the preservation of good order and discipline within, the relevant correctional centre,(e) the interests of the public.(2) In determining an application for review, the Review Council may revoke, confirm or amend the segregated or protective custody direction to which the application relates.s 22: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [3].
Division 3 Transfer and leave of absence
Subdivision 1 Transfer and leave of absence within New South Wales
23 Transfers from one correctional centre to another
(1) The Commissioner may order that an inmate be transferred from one correctional centre to another—(a) because the correctional centre is being or is about to be repaired, altered, enlarged or rebuilt, or(b) because of an outbreak or threatened outbreak in the correctional centre of an infectious disease, or(c) because the correctional centre has ceased or is about to cease to be a correctional centre, or(d) because the correctional centre is overcrowded, or(e) because inmates in the correctional centre need to be separated in compliance with the requirements of the regulations, or(f) because of any other reason specified in the order.(2) In relation to an inmate who is under the age of 18 years, such an order may not be made on a ground referred to in subsection (1) (d), (e) or (f) so as to transfer the inmate from a juvenile correctional centre to a correctional centre that is not a juvenile correctional centre.Note—Such an inmate may only be transferred to such a correctional centre in accordance with section 41C (2).s 23: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [2]; 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [3].
24 Transfers to hospital
(1) The Commissioner may order that an inmate be transferred—(a) to a hospital (including a hospital that is or forms part of a correctional centre or correctional complex), orif of the opinion that it is necessary or desirable for the inmate to receive medical attention there.(b) to some other place specified in the order,(2) While the inmate is at the hospital or other place, the Commissioner may direct a correctional officer to take charge of the inmate.(3) An inmate who is transferred to a hospital may be discharged from the hospital on the certificate of the medical superintendent or other person in charge of the hospital.(4) On being discharged from the hospital or other place, the inmate must immediately be returned—(a) to the correctional centre from which the inmate was transferred, or(b) to such other correctional centre as the Commissioner may direct.(5) The Commissioner’s functions under this section may be exercised in relation to a correctional centre by the governor of the correctional centre.
25 Local leave orders
(1) The Commissioner may make an order (a local leave order) requiring an inmate to be taken from a correctional centre to any place in the State—(a) on such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the order, and(b) for such purpose as the Commissioner considers appropriate.(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (b), the purposes for which a local leave order may be made include the following—(a) enabling an inmate to be interviewed by a police officer, or by an officer of a law enforcement agency, in connection with the commission of an offence in a correctional centre, whether or not the offence was committed or is suspected of having been committed by the inmate,(b) enabling an inmate to assist in the administration of justice.(3) The conditions to which a local leave order is subject must include such conditions as are required by the regulations to be included in such an order.(4) Subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner may, at any time—(a) vary or omit any condition of a local leave order, or(b) substitute or add new conditions to a local leave order, or(c) revoke a local leave order.
26 Local leave permits
(1) The Commissioner may issue a permit (a local leave permit) allowing an inmate to be absent from a correctional centre—(a) on such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the permit, and(b) for such purpose as the Commissioner considers appropriate.(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (b), the purposes for which a local leave permit may be issued include the following—(a) enabling an inmate to be interviewed by a police officer, or by an officer of a law enforcement agency, in connection with the commission of an offence in a correctional centre, whether or not the offence was committed or is suspected of having been committed by the inmate,(b) enabling an inmate to assist in the administration of justice,(c) enabling an inmate to attend a funeral service or burial of a member of the inmate’s immediate or extended family,(d) enabling an inmate to be present at an occasion of special significance to the inmate’s immediate or extended family,(e) enabling an inmate to visit any member of the inmate’s immediate family who is suffering serious illness or disability,(f) enabling an inmate to apply for work or attend an interview with an employer or prospective employer,(g) enabling an inmate to attend a place of education or training in connection with any course of education or training,(h) enabling an inmate to engage in employment specified in the permit,(i) enabling an inmate to have weekend leave,(j) enabling an inmate to reside at a transitional centre,(k) enabling an inmate to attend tuition or perform work in connection with a course of education or training being undertaken by the inmate,(l) in the case of a female inmate who is the mother of a young child or young children, enabling the inmate to serve her sentence with her child or children in an appropriate environment.(3) The conditions to which a local leave permit is subject must include such conditions as are required by the regulations to be included in such a permit.(4) Subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner may, at any time—(a) vary or omit any condition of a local leave permit, or(b) substitute or add new conditions to a local leave permit, or(c) revoke a local leave permit.(5) For the purposes of this section, member of the inmate’s immediate family includes a de facto partner of the inmate.Note—“De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987.s 26: Am 2002 No 73, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [4]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.28 [1] [2].
26A Conditions of leave as to non-association and place restriction
(1) The conditions to which a local leave permit is subject may include either or both of the following—(a) provisions prohibiting or restricting the inmate from associating with a specified person,(b) provisions prohibiting or restricting the inmate from frequenting or visiting a specified place or district.(2) A condition referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) is suspended while the inmate is in lawful custody (otherwise than while unescorted as referred to in section 38 (2) (a)).(3) An inmate does not contravene a prohibition or restriction as to his or her association with a specified person—(a) if the inmate does so in compliance with an order of a court, or(b) if, having associated with the person unintentionally, the inmate immediately terminates the association.(4) An inmate does not contravene a requirement not to frequent or visit a specified place or district if the inmate does so in compliance with an order of a court.(5) In this section, associate with means—(a) to be in company with, or(b) to communicate with by any means (including post, facsimile, telephone and email).s 26A: Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 2.2 [1].
Subdivision 2 Interstate leave of absence
27 Definitions
In this Subdivision—corresponding Commissioner, in relation to a participating State, means the officer responsible for the administration of correctional centres (however described) in the participating State.corresponding interstate law means a law that is declared to be a corresponding interstate law for the purposes of this Subdivision by an order published under section 28.escape, in relation to an interstate prisoner temporarily released from lawful custody, includes fail to return to lawful custody at the end of the time for which the prisoner has been released.escorted custody, in relation to an interstate prisoner, means in the custody of an interstate escort under section 30.interstate escort, in relation to a participating State, means—(a) a correctional officer (however described) or a police officer of that State, or(b) a person who is authorised to have the custody of an interstate prisoner under a permit issued in accordance with the corresponding interstate law of that State, or(c) a person who is appointed by the corresponding Commissioner of that State by an instrument in writing to be an escort for the purpose of escorting an interstate prisoner to that State.interstate prisoner means a person who is in New South Wales under the authority of a permit issued under a corresponding interstate law.participating State means any State in which a corresponding interstate law is in force.State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.unescorted custody, in relation to an interstate prisoner, means leave within New South Wales in circumstances where—(a) the leave is authorised by a permit issued under a corresponding interstate law, and(b) no interstate escort has been appointed to escort the prisoner while within New South Wales, and(c) the corresponding interstate law provides that the prisoner is taken to be in the custody of the corresponding Commissioner or another official of the participating State while in New South Wales.
28 Corresponding interstate law
(1) The Governor may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, declare that a law of a State other than New South Wales is a corresponding interstate law for the purposes of this Subdivision.(2) Such an order is to be made only if the Governor is satisfied that the law substantially corresponds with the provisions of this Subdivision.s 28: Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.4.
29 Issue of interstate leave permit
(1) The Commissioner may issue an interstate leave permit to an inmate of a correctional centre for leave to travel to and from, and remain in, a participating State for a specified period—(a) if the inmate does not have a high security classification, on any grounds that the Commissioner considers appropriate, or(b) if the inmate has a high security classification, only if the leave is for medical treatment or for some compassionate purpose.(2) In particular, the Commissioner may issue an interstate leave permit to an inmate who is an Aboriginal person if satisfied that the purpose of the leave is—(a) to enable the inmate to attend a funeral service or burial of a member of the inmate’s immediate or extended family, or(b) to enable the inmate to be present at an occasion of special significance to the inmate’s immediate or extended family.(3) The period specified in an interstate leave permit must not exceed 7 days.(4) An interstate leave permit is subject to such conditions (including conditions relating to the escort of the inmate) as the Commissioner specifies in the permit or as may be prescribed by the regulations.(5) The Commissioner may, by instrument in writing, appoint any correctional officer to be an escort for the purposes of this Subdivision.(6) In this section, high security classification means a classification prescribed by the regulations as a high security classification.(7) For the purposes of this section, member of the inmate’s immediate family includes a de facto partner of the inmate.s 29: Am 2002 No 73, Sch 1.5 [2]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.28 [3].
30 Effect of interstate leave permit
(1) If it is a condition of an interstate leave permit that an inmate be escorted to a participating State, the permit—(a) authorises the inmate concerned to be absent from the correctional centre in the custody of an escort for the purpose and period specified in the permit, and(b) authorises the escort to take and keep custody of the inmate for the purpose of escorting the inmate—(i) to the participating State (whether or not across any other State), andin accordance with the permit, and(ii) within the participating State,(c) authorises the escort to take and keep custody of the inmate for the purpose of returning the inmate to the correctional centre from which leave of absence was given.(2) If it is not a condition of an interstate leave permit that an inmate be escorted to a participating State, the permit authorises the inmate concerned to be absent from the correctional centre for the purpose and period specified in the permit.
31 Variation or revocation of interstate leave permit
The Commissioner may at any time—(a) vary or omit any condition of an interstate leave permit (whether specified in the permit or prescribed by the regulations), or(b) substitute or add new conditions to an interstate leave permit, or(c) revoke an interstate leave permit.
32 Breach of interstate leave permit
An inmate must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any condition of an interstate leave permit.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
33 Notice to participating State and transit jurisdiction
On granting an interstate leave permit, the Commissioner must cause written notice of the fact that the permit has been granted, and of the period of the permit, to be given—(a) to the corresponding Commissioner and the chief officer of police of the participating State to which the inmate is to travel, and(b) to the chief officer of police of any other jurisdiction through which the inmate is to travel to reach the participating State.
34 Effect of interstate leave permit issued under corresponding interstate law
A correctional officer (however described) or a police officer of a participating State who is authorised under a permit issued under a corresponding interstate law to escort a person imprisoned in that State to or through New South Wales is authorised, while in New South Wales—(a) to take and keep custody of the person for the purposes and period set out in the permit, and(b) to take and keep custody of the person for the purpose of returning the person to the participating State.
35 Arrest of escaped interstate prisoners
If it appears to an interstate escort, a police officer or any other person that an interstate prisoner has escaped from lawful custody, the interstate escort, police officer or person may arrest the interstate prisoner and (in the case of an interstate prisoner in escorted custody) return the interstate prisoner to the custody of the interstate escort.
36 Return of escaped interstate prisoners to State of origin
(1) An interstate prisoner—(a) who is arrested following an escape, ormay be taken before a Magistrate.(b) who attempts to escape,(2) Despite the terms of any permit issued in accordance with a corresponding interstate law, a Magistrate may by warrant (a return warrant)—(a) order the return of the interstate prisoner to the participating State in which the permit was issued, and(b) order the interstate prisoner to be delivered to an interstate escort for the purpose of such a return.(3) A return warrant may be executed in accordance with its terms.(4) An interstate prisoner who is the subject of a return warrant may be held in custody as an inmate until the person is delivered into the custody of an interstate escort in accordance with that warrant, or until the expiry of a period of 14 days from the issue of the warrant, whichever first occurs.(5) A return warrant ceases to have effect if the interstate prisoner who is the subject of the warrant is not delivered into the custody of an interstate escort, in accordance with the terms of the warrant, within 14 days after the warrant is issued.
37 Liability of Crown for damage caused by inmate or escort
(1) The Crown in right of the State is liable for any damage or loss sustained by any person in a participating State that is caused by the acts or omissions of an inmate or escort while in a participating State because of an interstate leave permit.(2) Nothing in this section affects any right of action the Crown may have against the inmate or escort for the damage or loss concerned.
Subdivision 3 Miscellaneous
38 Absent inmates taken to be in custody
(1) This section applies to an inmate who is absent from a correctional centre in any of the following circumstances—(a) while performing community service work or other work outside a correctional centre, as referred to in section 6 (2),(b) while being transferred from one correctional centre to another, as referred to in section 23 or 41C,(c) while at a hospital or other place referred to in section 24, or while being transferred between a correctional centre and such a hospital or place,(d) while absent from a correctional centre in accordance with a local leave order,(e) while absent from a correctional centre in accordance with a local leave permit,(f) while absent from a correctional centre in accordance with an interstate leave permit,(f1) while absent from a correctional centre in accordance with an approval granted under section 255A,(g) while being transferred from one part of a correctional centre to another part of the correctional centre located on separate premises.(2) An inmate who is absent from a correctional centre in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) is taken to be in custody as follows—(a) if not escorted by a correctional officer, the inmate is taken to be in the custody of the governor of the correctional centre from which he or she is absent,(b) if escorted by a correctional officer employed in a correctional centre, the inmate is taken to be in the custody of the governor of the correctional centre in which the correctional officer is employed,(c) if escorted by a correctional officer not employed in a correctional centre, the inmate is taken to be in the custody of the designated officer.(3) An inmate is not taken to be absent from a correctional centre merely because the inmate is in some other part of a correctional complex of which the correctional centre forms part.(4) In this section—correctional officer includes—(a) a person employed on a temporary basis within Corrective Services NSW to perform some or all of the duties of a correctional officer, and(b) a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform escort duties.designated officer means the person for the time being holding or acting in the position within Corrective Services NSW designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section.s 38: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [6]–[8]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [5]; 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [4]; 2007 No 32, Sch 1 [1] [2].
39 Powers of arrest
(1) A police officer or correctional officer may, with or without a warrant, arrest an inmate—(a) who has contravened, or has manifested an intention to contravene, a condition of a local leave order, local leave permit, interstate leave permit or approval granted under section 255A, or(b) whose local leave order, local leave permit, interstate leave permit or approval granted under section 255A has been revoked, or(c) who has not returned to a correctional centre at the expiry of the period specified in a local leave order, local leave permit, interstate leave permit or approval granted under section 255A, or(d) who has escaped from custody.(2) A police officer who arrests an inmate under subsection (1)—(a) in the case of an inmate who has escaped from custody—is to take the inmate before an authorised officer to be dealt with according to law, or(b) in any other case—is to convey the inmate to the nearest appropriate correctional centre.(3) A correctional officer who arrests an inmate under subsection (1)—(a) in the case of an inmate who has escaped from custody—is to take the inmate to a police officer, or before an authorised officer to be dealt with according to law, or(b) in any other case—is to convey the inmate to the nearest appropriate correctional centre.(4) If an inmate is taken before an authorised officer under subsection (2) (a) or (3) (a), the authorised officer may, by warrant, commit the inmate to the custody of—(a) the person from whose custody the inmate escaped, or(b) a correctional centre to be held pending the return of the inmate to the custody of that person, or(c) any other person with lawful authority to hold the inmate in custody.(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the powers of an authorised officer to deal with an inmate according to law.(6) A warrant under subsection (4) is sufficient authority—(a) for any police officer or correctional officer to convey the inmate to the person specified in the warrant, or to the correctional centre specified in the warrant, and to deliver the inmate into the custody of that person or the governor of that correctional centre, and(b) for the governor of the correctional centre to keep the inmate in his or her custody pending the person’s return to the custody of the person from whose custody the inmate escaped.(7) In this section—has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.s 39: Subst 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 58, Sch 1.8 [2] [3]; 2007 No 32, Sch 1 [3].
40 Certain unlawful absences not to affect length of sentence
(1) This section applies to an inmate who is unlawfully absent from a correctional centre during the term of a sentence—(a) otherwise than by reason of having escaped from lawful custody, and(b) otherwise than by reason of having failed to return to a correctional centre at the expiry of the period specified in a local leave permit, interstate leave permit or approval granted under section 255A, and(c) otherwise than by reason of having failed to return to a correctional centre following the revocation of an intensive correction order or parole order, andand so applies whether or not the inmate is taken, while absent, to be in the custody of the governor of the correctional centre.(d) otherwise than by reason of having failed to enter a correctional centre in accordance with a warrant or order committing the inmate to a correctional centre,(2) For the purpose only of calculating how much of the sentence the inmate has served, the inmate is taken to have been in lawful custody for the whole of that absence.s 40: Am 2007 No 32, Sch 1 [4]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [8]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [3]; 2020 No 31, Sch 1.5; 2022 No 26, Sch 2.7.
41 Transfer of inmates to or through ACT
An inmate who is in the Australian Capital Territory—(a) while being transferred from one correctional centre to another under this Act, or(b) while being transferred to a hospital or other place for medical attention, orremains in the lawful custody of the governor of the correctional centre from which the inmate is transferred or absent.(c) while absent from a correctional centre in accordance with a local leave order or local leave permit,
Division 3A Juvenile inmates
pt 2, div 3A: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [5].
41A Definitions
In this Division—adult correctional centre means a correctional centre that is not a juvenile correctional centre.juvenile inmate means an inmate who is under the age of 21 years.section 28 juvenile inmate means a juvenile inmate under the age of 18 years who has been transferred to a juvenile correctional centre pursuant to an order under section 28 of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987.s 41A: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2006 No 41, Sch 2.2 [1].
41B Custody of section 28 juvenile inmates
Subject to this Act, a section 28 juvenile inmate is to be held in custody in a juvenile correctional centre.s 41B: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [5].
41C Transfers to and from juvenile correctional centres
(1) The Commissioner may order that a juvenile inmate be transferred from an adult correctional centre to a juvenile correctional centre for any reason specified in the order.(2) The Minister may order that a juvenile inmate be transferred from a juvenile correctional centre to an adult correctional centre if—(a) the Commissioner, in the case of a juvenile inmate who is of or above the age of 18 years, orrecommends to the Minister that the inmate should be transferred.(b) the Review Council, in the case of a juvenile inmate who is under the age of 18 years,(3) A recommendation for the transfer of a juvenile inmate from a juvenile correctional centre to an adult correctional centre may not be made unless the Commissioner or Review Council, as the case may be, is satisfied that—(a) the inmate wishes to be transferred, or(b) the inmate’s behaviour is or has been such that he or she should be transferred, or(c) it is in the inmate’s best interests that he or she be transferred, or(d) the association of the inmate with other juvenile inmates at the juvenile correctional centre constitutes, or is likely to constitute, a threat to—(i) the personal safety of any other person, or(ii) the security of the juvenile correctional centre, or(iii) good order and discipline within the juvenile correctional centre.(4) Subsection (2) does not limit the operation of section 23 (1) in relation to juvenile inmates who are of or above the age of 18 years.Note—Section 23 (2) limits the operation of section 23 (1) in relation to juvenile inmates who are under the age of 18 years.(5) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) do not apply to the transfer of a juvenile inmate to a hospital pursuant to an order by the Commissioner under section 24.(6) Such an order may not be made without prior consultation between the Commissioner and the Chief Executive, Justice Health.s 41C: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [4]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3].
41D Procedure to be followed by Review Council as to transfer of juvenile inmate to adult correctional centre
(1) On the application of the Commissioner, the Review Council is to conduct an inquiry for the purpose of deciding whether or not to recommend the transfer of a juvenile inmate from a juvenile correctional centre to an adult correctional centre, as referred to in section 41C (2) (b).(2) In conducting an inquiry under this section, the Review Council is not bound by the rules of evidence but may inform itself of any matter in such manner as it thinks appropriate.(3) The Review Council must cause notice of any hearing in relation to an inquiry under this section to be given to the Commissioner and to the juvenile inmate to whom the inquiry relates.(4) If the inmate so wishes, the Review Council must allow the juvenile inmate to be present, and to be heard, at the hearing.(5) The juvenile inmate may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner chosen by the inmate or, if the Review Council so approves, by some other person chosen by the inmate.(6) The Commissioner may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or by some other person.(7) For the purposes of an inquiry under this section, the Review Council must co-opt a person who is—(a) a Children’s Magistrate or former Children’s Magistrate, orunless such a person is already a member of the Review Council and is available for the inquiry.(b) an Australian legal practitioner of at least 7 years’ standing who has experience as an advocate on behalf of children,(8) A person who is co-opted to the Review Council under subsection (7)—(a) may be co-opted—(i) as a community member, if the Review Council, as constituted for the purposes of the inquiry, includes a judicial member, or(ii) as a judicial member, if the Review Council, as constituted for the purposes of the inquiry, does not include some other judicial member, and(b) is taken, for the purposes of the inquiry, to be a judicial member or community member, as the case may be, and has, in relation to the inquiry, all of the powers and immunities of such a member.(9) Division 2 of Part 9 applies to the conduct of an inquiry by the Review Council under this section.s 41D: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3].
Division 4 Full-time detainees received from Australian Capital Territory
pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
42 Definitions
In this Division—Australian Capital Territory Act means the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 of the Australian Capital Territory.Australian Capital Territory direction means a direction issued under section 26 of the Australian Capital Territory Act.chief executive, escort officer and full-time detainee have the same meanings as they have in the Australian Capital Territory Act.pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
43 Application of Division
This Division does not apply to a full-time detainee who is in custody in a correctional centre in New South Wales pursuant to a transfer effected under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982.pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
44 Conveyance and detention of full-time detainees from ACT
(1) If an escort officer has a full-time detainee in custody in accordance with the terms of an Australian Capital Territory direction, it is lawful for the escort officer to hold and deal with the detainee in accordance with those terms.(2) It is the duty of the governor of a correctional centre or any other officer doing duty at a correctional centre to accept custody of any full-time detainee the subject of an Australian Capital Territory direction.(3) The full-time detainee is to be held in custody in a correctional centre for so long as is necessary for the detainee’s sentence referred to in the Australian Capital Territory direction to be executed in accordance with that direction.(4) Nothing in this section prevents the early release of a full-time detainee by reason of the operation of any law of the Commonwealth, or of the Australian Capital Territory, relating to the release of full-time detainees.(5) Until released from custody or delivered into the custody of an escort officer under an Australian Capital Territory direction, a full-time detainee may be dealt with as if the detainee’s sentence were a sentence passed under a law of New South Wales.(6) Subsection (5) is subject to the provisions of the Australian Capital Territory Act.pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
45 Return of full-time detainees to ACT
(1) If an escort officer presents to a governor of a correctional centre an Australian Capital Territory direction in respect of a full-time detainee held in custody in the correctional centre under this Division—(a) for the delivery of the full-time detainee into the custody of the escort officer, andthe governor of the correctional centre must deliver the full-time detainee into the custody of the escort officer.(b) for the conveyance of the full-time detainee to the Australian Capital Territory,(2) The direction is sufficient authority for the escort officer to convey the full-time detainee in custody to the Australian Capital Territory.pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
46 Evidentiary provision
A document purporting to be an Australian Capital Territory direction and to be under the hand of the chief executive is admissible in any proceedings and is in all courts exercising jurisdiction in New South Wales and on all occasions evidence of the particulars stated in the document.pt 2, div 4 (ss 42–46): Subst 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [1].
Division 5 Prisoners received from Norfolk Island
47 Definitions
(1) In this Division—, constable, court, magistrate and order have the same meanings as they have in the Norfolk Island Act.Norfolk Island Act means the Removal of Prisoners Act 2004 of Norfolk Island.Norfolk Island warrant means a warrant issued under the Norfolk Island Act.prisoner means a person who is liable to undergo imprisonment or other detention in custody under a law in force in Norfolk Island.(2) For the purposes of this Division, a reference to an order of a court or magistrate includes a reference to a warrant issued by a court or magistrate, other than a Norfolk Island warrant.s 47: Subst 2004 No 71, Sch 1 [1].
47A Application of Division
This Division does not apply to a person who is the subject of a direction under section 9 of the Norfolk Island Act.s 47A: Ins 2004 No 71, Sch 1 [2].
48 Conveyance and detention of prisoners from Norfolk Island
(1) If a constable has a prisoner in custody in accordance with the terms of a Norfolk Island warrant, it is lawful for the constable to hold and deal with the prisoner in accordance with those terms.(2) It is the duty of the governor of a correctional centre or any other officer doing duty at a correctional centre to accept custody of any prisoner the subject of a Norfolk Island warrant.(3) The prisoner is to be held in custody in a correctional centre for so long as is necessary for the order of the court or magistrate referred to in the Norfolk Island warrant to be executed in accordance with that warrant.(4) Nothing in this section prevents the early release of a prisoner by reason of the operation of any law of the Commonwealth, or of any law in force in Norfolk Island, relating to the release of prisoners.(5) Until released from custody or delivered into the custody of a constable under a Norfolk Island warrant, a prisoner may be dealt with as if the prisoner’s sentence were a sentence passed under a law of New South Wales.(6) Subsection (5) is subject to the provisions of the Norfolk Island Act, the Sentencing Act 2007 of Norfolk Island and Division 4A of Part 6 of this Act.s 48: Am 2004 No 71, Sch 1 [3]–[5]; 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [1].
49 Return of prisoners to Norfolk Island
(1) If a constable presents to a governor of a correctional centre a Norfolk Island warrant in respect of a prisoner held in custody in the correctional centre under this Division—(a) for the delivery of the prisoner into the custody of the constable, andthe governor of the correctional centre must deliver the prisoner into the custody of the constable.(b) for the conveyance of the prisoner to Norfolk Island,(2) The warrant is sufficient authority for the constable to convey the prisoner in custody to Norfolk Island.s 49: Am 2004 No 71, Sch 1 [6].
50 Evidentiary provision
A document purporting to be a Norfolk Island warrant and to be signed by an authorised person is admissible in any proceedings and is in all courts exercising jurisdiction in New South Wales and on all occasions evidence of the particulars stated in the document.s 50: Subst 2004 No 71, Sch 1 [7].
Division 6 Correctional centre discipline
51 Definitions
In this Division—correctional centre offence means any act or omission by an inmate (whether or not it is also a criminal offence)—(a) that occurs while the inmate is within a correctional centre or correctional complex or is taken to be in the custody of the governor of a correctional centre, and(b) that is declared by the regulations to be a correctional centre offence for the purposes of this Division.criminal offence means an act or omission that constitutes an offence otherwise than as a consequence of its having been declared by the regulations to be a correctional centre offence for the purposes of this Division.withdrawable privilege means a privilege or amenity that is declared by the regulations to be a withdrawable privilege for the purposes of this Division.s 51: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [2]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [4] [5].
52 Hearing of charges by governor
(1) If it is alleged that an inmate of a correctional centre has committed a correctional centre offence, the governor of the correctional centre may charge the inmate with the offence and conduct an inquiry into the allegation.(2) The following provisions apply to any such inquiry—(a) the inquiry must be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as fairness to the inmate charged, the requirements of this Act and the regulations and the proper consideration of the charge permit,(b) the governor is not bound by the rules of evidence, but may inform himself or herself of any matter in such manner as the governor thinks fit,(c) the inmate is entitled to be heard at any hearing during the inquiry and to examine and cross-examine witnesses,(d) except as provided by paragraph (e), the inmate is not entitled to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or by any other person,(e) the governor must allow a person (other than an Australian legal practitioner) to represent or assist the inmate if the governor is satisfied—(i) that the inmate does not sufficiently understand the nature of the inquiry, or(ii) that the inmate does not understand English or is otherwise unable to properly represent himself or herself during the inquiry,(f) if the inmate refuses or fails to attend at any hearing during the inquiry, the governor may hear and determine the matter in the inmate’s absence,(g) evidence is not to be given on oath or by affidavit at any hearing during the inquiry,(h) the governor may allow any correctional officer or other person to be present, and to be heard, at any hearing during the inquiry,(i) the governor may transfer the conduct of an inquiry to the governor of another correctional centre to which the inmate has been transferred.(3) The regulations may make further provision for or with respect to the making of any such charge and the conduct of any such inquiry.s 52: Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3].
53 Penalties governor may impose
(1) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, the governor may impose one (but not more than one) of the following penalties—(a) reprimand and caution,(b) deprivation, for up to 56 days, of such withdrawable privileges as the governor may determine,(c) confinement to a cell for up to 7 days, with or without deprivation of withdrawable privileges,(d) cancellation of any right to receive payments under section 7 for up to 14 days, but to the extent only to which those payments are additional to the payments made at the base rate to inmates generally or to inmates of a class to which the inmate belongs.(2) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, but is of the opinion that a penalty should not be imposed—(a) the governor may dismiss the charge, or(b) the governor may defer imposing a penalty on condition that the inmate be of good behaviour for a specified period (not exceeding 2 months) and, if the condition is complied with, dismiss the charge after the end of that period.(3) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, the governor must dismiss the charge.(4) A penalty imposed on an inmate by the governor may be revoked by the governor or by the Commissioner.s 53: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [3]–[5].
54 Reference of offences to Visiting Magistrate
(1) The governor may refer a correctional centre offence with which an inmate is charged to a Visiting Magistrate for hearing and determination if the governor considers that, because of the serious nature of the offence, it should be referred to a Visiting Magistrate.(2) A charge may be referred to a Visiting Magistrate without any inquiry being conducted by the governor, or may be so referred during or after any such inquiry.s 54: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [2]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [6].
55 Hearing of charges by Visiting Magistrate
(1) This section applies to proceedings on a charge that is referred to a Visiting Magistrate under this Division.(2) Subject to this section—(a) the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 applies to and in respect of the proceedings in the same way as it applies to and in respect of proceedings on a court attendance notice issued for a summary offence before the Local Court, and(b) any order or decision that is made by the Visiting Magistrate in or in connection with any such proceedings is taken to have been made under that Act.(3) In its application to the proceedings, the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 is subject to such modifications as are prescribed by the regulations and to such other modifications as the Visiting Magistrate considers appropriate.(4) An inmate is entitled to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner in the proceedings.(5) Any hearing in the proceedings is to be held—(a) in the correctional centre at which the inmate is in custody, or(b) if the Visiting Magistrate is satisfied that it is in the interests of the administration of justice for it to be held elsewhere—at any other place appointed by the Visiting Magistrate (an appointed place).(5A) If a Visiting Magistrate appoints an appointed place for the holding of any hearing in the proceedings, the Visiting Magistrate may do any of the following—(a) direct that the inmate must appear before the Visiting Magistrate by way of audio visual link from the correctional centre at which the inmate is in custody,(b) direct that any other inmate who gives evidence or makes a submission in the hearing is to do so by way of audio visual link from the correctional centre at which that inmate is in custody,(c) direct that any person other than an inmate who gives evidence or makes a submission is to do so by way of audio visual link from any place within New South Wales nominated by the Visiting Magistrate.(5B) The Visiting Magistrate must not make a direction referred to in subsection (5A) if—(a) the necessary audio visual facilities are unavailable or cannot reasonably be made available, or(b) the Visiting Magistrate is satisfied that the direction would be unfair to a party to the proceedings.(5C) Facilities are to be made available for private communication between an inmate appearing by way of audio visual link under this section and the inmate’s representative in the proceedings if the inmate’s representative attends the hearing at the appointed place.(5D) Any place at which a person appears, gives evidence or makes a submission by way of audio visual link under this section is taken to be part of the appointed place.(5E) Subsection (5D) has effect, for example, for the purposes of the laws relating to evidence, procedure, contempt of court or perjury.(5F) Subsection (5D) also has the effect that any offence committed at the place at which a person appears, gives evidence or makes a submission under this section by way of audio visual link is to be taken to have been committed at the appointed place.(5G) Sections 5D, 20A, 20B and 20D–20F of the Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 apply, with such modifications as the Visiting Magistrate may direct, to proceedings in which a person appears, gives evidence or makes a submission by way of audio visual link under this section as they apply to the appearance, giving evidence or making of a submission by way of audio visual link in a proceeding before a NSW court under that Act.(5H) Nothing in this section prevents a direction under section 5BA (1) of the Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998being made in the proceedings.(6) If the inmate is transferred to another correctional centre, the Visiting Magistrate may transfer the proceedings to a Visiting Magistrate for the other correctional centre.s 55: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [3]–[5]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [7]; 2007 No 75, Sch 2.2; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [6].
56 Penalties Visiting Magistrate may impose
(1) If, after hearing the charge, the Visiting Magistrate is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of the correctional centre offence, the Visiting Magistrate may make an order imposing one (but not more than one) of the following penalties—(a) reprimand and caution,(b) deprivation, for up to 90 days, of such withdrawable privileges as the Visiting Magistrate may determine,(c) confinement to a cell for up to 28 days, with or without deprivation of withdrawable privileges,(d) cancellation of any right to receive payments under section 7 for up to 14 days, but to the extent only to which those payments are additional to the payments made at the base rate to inmates generally or to inmates of a class to which the inmate belongs,(e) extension, by up to 6 months at a time, of—(i) the term of the inmate’s sentence, and(ii) in the case of an offence occurring during a non-parole period of the inmate’s sentence, the non-parole period of the sentence,(f) imposition of a sentence of imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months.(2) If, after hearing the charge, the Visiting Magistrate is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of the correctional centre offence, but is of the opinion that a penalty should not be imposed, the Visiting Magistrate may dismiss the charge.(3) If, after hearing the charge, the Visiting Magistrate is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of the correctional centre offence, the Visiting Magistrate must dismiss the charge.(4) To avoid doubt, a Visiting Magistrate making an order referred to in subsection (1) (f) is a person exercising criminal jurisdiction for the purposes of the definition of court in section 3 (1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.s 56: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [6]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [8]–[13].
56A Penalty for use or possession of a mobile phone
(1) The governor or Visiting Magistrate dealing with a charge relating to a correctional centre offence arising out of the use or possession of a mobile phone or any part of it, a mobile phone SIM card or any part of it, or a mobile phone charger or any part of it may order that an inmate be deprived, for up to 6 months, of such withdrawable privileges as the governor or Visiting Magistrate may determine if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of the offence.(2) To avoid doubt, if a penalty is imposed under this section in respect of a correctional centre offence, a governor or Visiting Magistrate must not also impose a penalty referred to in section 53 or 56, as the case may be, in respect of the same correctional centre offence.s 56A: Ins 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 91, Sch 2.13; 2007 No 33, Sch 1.1.
57 Drug tests for inmates
(1) This section applies to a correctional centre offence arising out of—(a) the result of a test showing the presence of a drug in a non-invasive sample taken from or provided by an inmate, or(b) an inmate refusing or failing to provide, or enable to be taken, from the inmate a non-invasive sample when required to do so by a correctional officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent.(2) The governor or Visiting Magistrate dealing with a charge relating to an offence to which this section applies may order that an inmate be deprived, for up to 6 months, of such withdrawable privileges as the governor or Visiting Magistrate may determine if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of the offence.(3) The governor or Visiting Magistrate is not to make such an order if the inmate establishes that the drug—(a) was administered on and in accordance with the prescription of a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist, or(b) was lawfully supplied by, and taken in accordance with the instructions of, a registered medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered nurse, or(c) was taken or administered in such form or preparation as may be allowed by the regulations, or(d) was present in a quantity that does not exceed the quantity (if any) prescribed by the regulations, or(e) was not a drug within the meaning of this Act at the time it was taken by or administered to the inmate.s 57: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [7]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [15] [16].
58 Certain offences may be dealt with by Local Court
If, during proceedings on a charge relating to a correctional centre offence, the Visiting Magistrate is of the opinion that the act or omission giving rise to the offence constitutes a criminal offence for which proceedings should be taken before a court, the Visiting Magistrate must terminate the proceedings and order that the inmate be brought before the Local Court to be dealt with according to law.s 58: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [8]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [6]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
59 Compensation for property damage
(1) If an inmate causes any loss of or damage to property as a result of committing a correctional centre offence, the governor or Visiting Magistrate may, whether or not a penalty is imposed for the offence, order that the inmate pay to the Crown (or, if the property is owned by some other person, to that other person) a specified amount as compensation for the loss or damage.(2) The maximum amount of compensation that the governor may order an inmate to pay is $500.(3) Compensation that an inmate is ordered to pay under this section is payable out of any money held by the governor on behalf of the inmate or out of any other money otherwise payable to the inmate under this Act or the regulations.s 59: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [10]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [9]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [17].
60 Cumulative punishments
If—(a) an inmate is charged with 2 or more correctional centre offences, andany cumulative penalties imposed for those offences must not, in respect of any particular kind of penalty, exceed the maximum penalty that may be imposed in relation to a single correctional centre offence.(b) the charges are determined together or arise out of a single incident,
61 Record of punishments for correctional centre offences
(1) If a penalty is imposed on an inmate in relation to a correctional centre offence, the governor must cause the following particulars to be recorded—(a) the nature and date of the offence,(b) the name of the inmate,(c) the date of sentence,(d) the penalty imposed,(e) any order for the payment of compensation.(2) The record must be kept at the correctional centre concerned and made available for inspection by such persons as the Commissioner considers appropriate.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the disposal of any such record.
62 Appeals against decisions of Visiting Magistrates
(1) An appeal against a penalty imposed by a Visiting Magistrate under section 56 (1) (e) or (f) may be made to the District Court under Part 3 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 as if that penalty were a sentence arising from a court attendance notice dealt with under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.(2) The Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 applies to an appeal arising under subsection (1) with such modifications as are made by or in accordance with the regulations under that Act.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the lodging and determination of appeals under this section.(4) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a decision of a Visiting Magistrate to impose a penalty on an inmate in proceedings under this Division is final and is not liable to be challenged, appealed against, quashed or called into question by any court.s 62: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [10] [11]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [18]; 2015 No 15, Sch 2.9.
63 Double jeopardy
(1) For the purpose of determining whether proceedings for a criminal offence may be brought for the act or omission giving rise to a correctional centre offence, the decision of a Visiting Magistrate in proceedings for the correctional centre offence is taken to be the decision of a court in proceedings for a criminal offence.(2) Proceedings for a correctional centre offence are not to be commenced or continued under this Division if proceedings for a criminal offence have been commenced in a court for the act or omission giving rise to the correctional centre offence.s 63: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [11].
64 False or misleading statements
(1) A person must not, in or in connection with any proceedings under this Division, make any statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.(2) This section does not apply to a statement verified by statutory declaration.
65 Offences may be dealt with by governor of any correctional centre
A correctional centre offence may be dealt with under this Division by the governor of a correctional centre even though the offence was committed, or is alleged to have been committed, while the inmate was in another correctional centre or correctional complex or in the custody of the governor of another correctional centre.s 65: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [12]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [7].
65A Behaviour management policies
(1) The Commissioner may adopt policies to manage the behaviour of inmates of correctional centres (behaviour management policies).(2) A behaviour management policy may—(a) include any matter relating to the management of the behaviour of inmates in accordance with this Act and the regulations, and(b) specify circumstances in which the withdrawable privileges provided to an inmate may be modified either by increasing or depriving the inmate of privileges.(3) Despite any other provision of this Division, modifying the withdrawable privileges provided to an inmate in accordance with a behaviour management policy—(a) is authorised even if the circumstances causing the modification relate to an act or omission that is a correctional centre offence or criminal offence, and(b) may be done at any time regardless of any proceedings or process underway or penalty imposed in relation to a correctional centre offence or criminal offence, and(c) does not prevent the commencement or continuation of proceedings for a correctional centre offence or criminal offence.s 65A: Ins 2019 No 5, Sch 1.
Division 7 Classification of serious offenders
66 Application of Division
This Division applies to any proposal for a recommendation by the Review Council under section 197 that a serious offender be given a security classification that would allow the offender to become eligible for unescorted leave of absence under a local leave permit or interstate leave permit (a low security classification).
67 Formulation of Review Council’s initial intention
(1) As soon as practicable after a proposal is made that the Review Council recommend a low security classification for a serious offender, the Review Council is (subject to and in accordance with the regulations) required to give a preliminary notice of its intention to any victim of the offender who is recorded in the Victims Register.(2) The preliminary notice—(a) must state that a proposal for such a recommendation has been made, and(b) must state that there will be an opportunity for victims to make submissions to the Review Council about the making of such a recommendation, and(c) must specify a period of at least 14 days during which a victim may lodge with the Executive Officer and Registrar of the Review Council a notice of intention to make submissions to the Review Council.s 67: Am 2022 No 1, Sch 1[4].
68 Submissions by victims
A victim who receives a notice under section 67 may make a written submission to the Review Council about the proposed recommendation referred to in the notice.
69 Review Council to consider all submissions
The Review Council must consider all submissions made in accordance with this Division and must disregard all other submissions.
70 Decision following review
(1) After reviewing all the reports, documents, submissions and other information placed before it in relation to a serious offender, the Review Council must decide whether or not to recommend a low security classification for the offender.(2) If the Review Council decides not to recommend a low security classification, the Review Council must cause the reasons for its decision to be recorded in its minutes.
71 Submissions by State
(1) The State may at any time make submissions to the Review Council concerning the making of a low security classification for a serious offender.(2) If the State does so, the Review Council is not to make a final decision concerning the classification of the offender until it has taken any such submission into account.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to submissions by the State under this section, including provisions relating to the application of this Division in connection with any such submission.(4) The powers of the State under this section may be exercised, subject to the regulations, by any agent of the State.(5) The power exercisable by the State under this section may also be exercised by the Australian Capital Territory in relation to a prisoner within the meaning of Division 4 and, for that purpose, references in this section to the State are taken to extend to the Australian Capital Territory.s 71: Am 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [5].
Division 8 Miscellaneous
72 Custody of inmates
(1) While held in custody in a correctional centre, an inmate is taken to be in the custody of the governor of the correctional centre to which the inmate has been committed or (if the inmate has been transferred to another correctional centre in accordance with section 23 or 41C) the correctional centre to which the inmate has been transferred.(2) An inmate does not cease to be in the custody of the governor of a correctional centre merely because the inmate is for the time being held in custody in some other part of a correctional complex (other than another correctional centre) of which the correctional centre forms part.(3) Despite any other provision of this Act, an inmate is not to be held in a police station or court cell complex for more than 7 days at a time.s 72: Am 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [6].
72A Medical attention
An inmate must be supplied with such medical attendance, treatment and medicine as in the opinion of a medical officer is necessary for the preservation of the health of the inmate, of other inmates and of any other person.s 72A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [11].
73 Compulsory medical treatment
(1) A medical practitioner (whether that practitioner is a medical officer or not) may carry out medical treatment on an inmate without the inmate’s consent if the Chief Executive, Justice Health is of the opinion, having taken into account the cultural background and religious views of the inmate, that it is necessary to do so in order to save the inmate’s life or to prevent serious damage to the inmate’s health.(2) Medical treatment carried out on an inmate under this section is, for all purposes, taken to have been carried out with the inmate’s consent.(3) Nothing in this section relieves a medical practitioner from liability in respect of the carrying out of medical treatment on an inmate, being a liability to which the medical practitioner would have been subject had the treatment been carried out with the inmate’s consent.(4) If the Chief Executive, Justice Health is not a medical practitioner, the reference to the Chief Executive, Justice Health in subsection (1) is taken to be a reference to a person, designated by the Chief Executive for the purposes of that subsection, who is a medical practitioner.s 73: Subst 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [7]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3].
74 Notice to coroner of inmate’s death
(1) The governor of a correctional centre must give written notice to a coroner immediately after becoming aware of the death of any inmate who is in the custody of the governor.(2) For the purposes of the Coroners Act 2009, the receipt of such a notice from the governor has the same effect as the receipt of information of a death from a police officer.s 74: Am 2009 No 41, Sch 4.
75 Confiscation of property
(1) The Commissioner may confiscate any property (including any money) that is unlawfully in the possession of an inmate.(2) Property that is confiscated under this section becomes the property of the State, to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner may direct.(3) The regulations may provide for the circumstances in which property is taken to be unlawfully in the possession of an inmate.s 75: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [13]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [6].
76 Sale of unclaimed property
(1) The Commissioner may direct that any unclaimed property found within a correctional centre be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioner may direct.(2) The proceeds of sale of unclaimed property are to be dealt with as if they were unclaimed money held by the Commissioner.s 76: Am 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [6].
76A Inmates’ money
(1) Any money—(a) that is surrendered by an inmate on being taken into custody at a correctional centre, or(b) that is paid to an inmate pursuant to section 7, oris to be deposited in an authorised deposit-taking institution.(c) that is received by the Commissioner or a correctional officer or other member of staff of Corrective Services NSW on an inmate’s behalf (other than money that it is unlawful for the inmate to acquire or retain possession of while in custody),(2) Until repaid, money so deposited may be invested by the Treasurer in any form of investment approved by the Treasurer.(3) Interest from any such investment may be applied for the benefit of inmates and their families in such manner as the Commissioner may determine.s 76A: Ins 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [7]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [3].
77 Attendance of inmates before courts and court officers
(1) If an appropriate authority is satisfied that—(a) it is necessary that an inmate should attend before it for the purposes of any legal proceeding, inquest or inquiry, andthe authority may make an order directing the Commissioner to cause the inmate to be produced at the court or other place at which the proceeding, inquest or inquiry is being, or is to be, held.(b) the absence of the inmate may prejudice the rights of a party,(2) Such an order is sufficient authority for the governor of the correctional centre in which the inmate is held to cause the inmate to be produced in accordance with the order.(3) An inmate produced in accordance with such an order is taken to be in lawful custody while in the actual custody of the governor, a correctional officer, a sheriff’s officer or a police officer.(4) It is the duty of the person having actual custody of the inmate to return the inmate to the correctional centre from which the inmate was produced as soon as the appropriate authority permits.(5) In this section—means—(a) a court, or(b) a coroner, or(c) the Independent Commission Against Corruption, or(d) a Royal Commission, or(e) the Civil and Administrative Tribunal, or(f) the senior administrative officer (such as the clerk or registrar) of a court, or(g) a person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.correctional officer includes—(a) a person employed on a temporary basis within Corrective Services NSW to perform some or all of the duties of a correctional officer, and(b) a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform escort duties.court includes the following—(a) the Children’s Court,(b) the Federal Court of Australia,(c) the Family Court of Australia,(d) the Federal Circuit Court of Australia,(e) the Dust Diseases Tribunal,(f) any other court or body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.s 77: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [8] [14] [15]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2013 No 95, Sch 10.3; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.11.
78 Use of dogs in maintaining good order and security
(1) With the approval of the governor of a correctional centre, a correctional officer may use a dog to assist in maintaining the good order and security of the correctional centre and any correctional complex of which the correctional centre forms part.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), such an approval may be given to the use of a dog for any of the following purposes—(a) the carrying out of searches within a correctional centre or correctional complex for any reason,(b) the tracking of an escaped inmate,(c) the escorting of inmates while they are being moved from one place to another,(d) the disarming of inmates,(e) the patrolling of correctional centres and correctional complexes,(f) the assisting of a police officer in the execution of the police officer’s functions.(3) At the request of the Secretary of the Department of Justice, a correctional officer may use a dog to assist in the detection of drugs in a detention centre within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987.(4) A correctional officer is not personally liable for injury or damage caused by the use of a dog that is under the correctional officer’s control if that use was in accordance with the governor’s approval.(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if injury or damage occurs as a result of anything commanded to be done by a correctional officer maliciously and without reasonable and probable cause.(6) This section applies to a person employed as a custodian of inmates by the management company for a managed correctional centre in the same way as it applies to a correctional officer.(7) Nothing in this section limits the power of a correctional officer to use a dog under any other Act or law.s 78: Am 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [2]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [3].
78A Separation and other variations in conditions of custody of inmates
(1) Nothing in this Act requires the conditions of custody of inmates to be the same for all inmates or for all inmates in the same correctional centre or of the same classification or designation, including conditions with respect to association with other inmates.(2) An inmate or group of inmates in a correctional centre may be held separately from other inmates in the correctional centre for the purposes of the care, control or management of the inmate or group of inmates.(3) In particular, inmates may be separated because of a requirement of this Act or the regulations, because of the classification or designation of the inmates, because of the nature of any program being undertaken by the inmates or because of any intensive monitoring that is required of the inmates.(4) The making of a segregated custody direction under Division 2 is not required to authorise a separation of inmates.(5) Anything done or omitted that could have been validly done or omitted if this section (and section 79 (1) (c1)) had been in force when it was done or omitted is taken to be, and always to have been, validly done or omitted.s 78A: Ins 2009 No 47, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2018 No 25, Sch 5.8.
78B Recording of conversations made over cell call alarm systems
(1) Section 7 (1) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 does not apply to the installation, use or maintenance of a listening device to record conversations made through a cell call alarm system in a correctional centre.(2) A cell call alarm system is a communication system designed to enable inmates to notify staff of emergencies while locked in their cells.s 78B: Ins 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [4].
79 Regulations
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following matters—(a) the management, control, administration, supervision and inspection of correctional centres and correctional complexes,(b) the procedure to be followed when admitting an inmate into a correctional centre, including the procedure for accepting or refusing custody of property in an inmate’s possession when the inmate is admitted,(b1) the preparation and implementation of plans of management in respect of inmates, and the provision of services and programs in respect of inmates,Note—See also section 271A.(c) the classification of inmates into different categories and the separation of inmates by reference to the categories into which they have been classified,(c1) the designation of inmates for the purposes of or in connection with the management of security and other risks,(d) the procedure to be followed when releasing an inmate from a correctional centre, including the procedure for returning property accepted from an inmate when the inmate was admitted into the correctional centre,(e) the physical, psychological and spiritual welfare of inmates while in custody and following their release,(f) the kind of work that a convicted inmate may be directed to carry out under section 6 and the circumstances in which such a direction may be given,(g) the expenditure of money (or money’s worth) by inmates,(h) the circumstances in which an inmate may lawfully acquire or retain possession of property (including money) within a correctional centre,(h1) the forfeiture and disposal of an inmate’s abandoned or unclaimed property (including money), or of unhygienic or otherwise dangerous property (including money) received from, or sent to, an inmate,(h2) the seizure, forfeiture and destruction or other disposal of any property (including money)—(i) brought into a correctional centre or correctional complex by any person in contravention of this Act, the regulations or any other law, or(ii) found within, sent to or delivered to a correctional centre or correctional complex and that it is unlawful for an inmate to acquire or retain possession of under this Act, the regulations or any other law,(h3) the seizure, forfeiture and destruction or other disposal of any drug, or any thing reasonably suspected of being a drug—(i) in the possession of an inmate, or(ii) in the possession of any other person in a correctional centre or correctional complex, or(iii) found within a correctional centre or correctional complex, or(iv) sent to or delivered to a correctional centre or correctional complex,(i) visits to inmates, including—(i) the days and times that visits may be allowed, and(ii) the maximum number of persons who may visit an inmate at the same time, and(iii) the classes of persons who may be prohibited from visiting inmates, and(iv) the conditions that must be observed by persons intending to visit an inmate before such a visit will be allowed, and(v) the procedures to be observed by visitors and inmates during visits, and(vi) without limiting subparagraphs (iv) and (v), the identification of visitors (including the removal of face coverings within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 for that purpose),(j) the making and receiving of telephone calls by inmates,(k) the sending and receiving of letters and parcels by inmates, including the circumstances in which letters and parcels may be opened for inspection or confiscated,(l) the procedures to be followed by an inmate when applying for a local leave permit or interstate leave permit, and the circumstances under which such a permit may be issued,(m) the procedures to be followed by an inmate, and the facilities to be provided to an inmate, for the purpose of enabling the inmate to make a complaint to the governor of the correctional centre or to any other person or body,(n) the observance by inmates of religious rites and obligations,(o) the acquisition by inmates of education and vocational training,(p) the provision to inmates of medical, surgical and dental treatment,(q) the distribution of condoms to inmates,(r) the circumstances in which a body search may be conducted on an inmate, the procedures to be followed in conducting a body search and the persons by whom, or in whose presence, a body search is to be conducted,(s) the circumstances in which a correctional officer may use force against an inmate, and the keeping of records of the occasions on which force is so used,(t) the circumstances in which a correctional officer may use firearms, and the keeping of records of the occasions on which firearms are so used,(u) the equipment that may be used to restrain an inmate, and the circumstances in which, and the maximum periods for which, an inmate may be restrained by means of such equipment,(v) the circumstances in which an inmate may be tested for drugs or alcohol, the use of a non-invasive sample provided by, or taken from, an inmate for the purposes of a test for drugs or alcohol and the nature of the tests to be used,(v1) analyses in connection with any such tests and the admission of certificates relating to the results of any such analyses as prima facie evidence in any proceedings for a correctional centre offence (within the meaning of section 51) being dealt with under this Act by a governor or Visiting Magistrate,(w) (Repealed)(x) the appointment of medical officers for correctional centres,(x1) the appointment of ministers of religion and other spiritual advisors for correctional centres,(y) the functions of correctional officers and other staff employed within a correctional centre or correctional complex,(z) the form of any warrants issued for the purposes of this Part.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the treatment, accommodation and detention of Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmates and NSW post sentence inmates.s 79: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [16]–[21]; 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [4]; 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 2.7 [1]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2009 No 47, Sch 1 [2]; 2011 No 45, Sch 2.4 [1]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [2]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [4].
Part 3 Imprisonment by way of intensive correction in the community
pt 3: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
pt 3, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [4].
Division 1 Preliminary
pt 3, div 1: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
80 Definition
In this Part—offender means a person in respect of whom an intensive correction order is in force.s 80: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
81 Conditions governing intensive correction orders
Conditions on an intensive correction order—(a) are imposed at the time of sentence by the sentencing court under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (see Part 5 of that Act), and(b) may be imposed, varied or revoked by the Parole Authority under this Act (see sections 81A and 164 of this Act).s 81: Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [7]; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [5]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [5].
81A Conditions—Parole Authority
(1) The Parole Authority may, on the application of a community corrections officer or the offender—(a) impose any conditions on an intensive correction order, or(b) vary or revoke any conditions of an intensive correction order, including conditions imposed by the sentencing court.(2) The Parole Authority must not—(a) vary or revoke a standard condition under this section, or(b) impose a condition under this section unless the sentencing court could have imposed the condition under Part 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or(c) vary a condition under this section unless the sentencing court could have imposed the varied condition under that Part, or(d) impose a condition imposing a period of home detention or a condition requiring community service work unless a report prepared by a community corrections officer states that the imposition of such a condition is appropriate in the circumstances.(3) If the Parole Authority revokes an additional condition on an intensive correction order, it must replace it with another additional condition, unless there is already another additional condition in force with respect to the order.(4) However, the Parole Authority is not required to impose a replacement additional condition if the Parole Authority is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances.s 81A: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [5] (am 2018 No 29, Sch 1.8 [20]).
82 Administration of intensive correction orders and obligations of offenders
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—(a) the administration of intensive correction orders, including any conditions of those orders, whether by the establishment of a scheme for their management or otherwise, and(b) without limitation—(i) any matter relating to carrying out or complying with any of the conditions of an intensive correction order (including, for example, conditions relating to supervision, home detention, electronic monitoring, curfews and community service work), and(ii) the functions of persons involved in the administration of intensive correction orders, and(iii) the manner in which an offender’s failure to comply with the offender’s obligations under an intensive correction order may be dealt with, and(iv) the service of notices on an offender.(2) The obligations of an offender under an intensive correction order, including the obligations of an offender under a condition of the order, are to be as prescribed by the regulations.s 82: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [22]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [5].
82A Suspension of certain conditions of intensive correction order
(1) This section applies to the following conditions of an intensive correction order—(a) a condition referred to in section 73 (2) (b) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (a supervision condition),(b) a curfew condition, non-association condition or place restriction condition referred to in section 73A (2) of that Act.(2) A community corrections officer may, by order in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of a supervision condition to an offender for a period or periods or indefinitely.(3) A community corrections officer may, by order given orally or in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of any other condition to which this section applies to an offender for a period or periods.(4) The suspension may be unconditional or subject to conditions.(5) For the purposes of this Act, a failure to comply with a condition of the suspension is taken to be a failure to comply with the obligations of the intensive correction order. This subsection does not limit the power of the community corrections officer to revoke the suspension order.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the periods for which a condition may be suspended,(b) notice to an offender of the making or revocation of a suspension order,(c) requiring the power to make, amend or revoke a suspension order to be exercised subject to and in accordance with any specified requirements.s 82A: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [5].
83 Duration of intensive correction order
Unless sooner revoked, an offender’s intensive correction order expires at the end of the term of the sentence or sentences to which it relates.s 83: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [6].
Division 2
84–87 (Repealed)
pt 3, div 2: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [7].
s 84: Am 2004 No 29, Sch 2.2 [3] [4]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [7].
s 85: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [7].
s 86: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [7].
s 87: Am 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [8]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [7].
Division 3 Breach of intensive correction order
Note—
Sections 163 and 164 deal with the actions that may be taken by a community corrections officer and the Parole Authority for breaches of an intensive correction order.
pt 3, div 3: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
pt 3, div 3, note: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [8].
88 Definition
In this Division—breach of an intensive correction order means a failure by an offender to comply with any of his or her obligations under an intensive correction order.s 88: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
89, 90 (Repealed)
s 89: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [23]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [9].
s 90: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [9].
91 Interim suspension of ICO
(1) On the application of the Commissioner, a judicial member of the Parole Authority—(a) may make an order suspending an offender’s intensive correction order, and(b) if the offender is not then in custody, may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(2) An application under subsection (1) may be made in person or by telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission.(3) Action under subsection (1) may be taken in relation to an offender’s intensive correction order only if the judicial member is satisfied—(a) that the Commissioner has reasonable grounds for believing that—(i) the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under the intensive correction order, or(ii) there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will leave New South Wales in contravention of the conditions of the intensive correction order, or(iii) there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will harm another person, or(iv) there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will commit an offence, and(b) that, because of the urgency of the circumstances, there is insufficient time for a meeting of the Parole Authority to be convened to deal with the matter.(4) If an application under this section is made otherwise than in person, the judicial member may furnish the applicant with a suspension order or arrest warrant—(a) by sending a copy of the order or warrant to the applicant by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(b) by dictating the terms of the order or warrant to the applicant by telephone.(5) A document—(a) that contains—(i) a copy of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has sent by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(ii) the terms of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has dictated by telephone, andhas the same effect as the original suspension order or arrest warrant.(b) that bears a notation—(i) as to the identity of the judicial member, and(ii) as to the time at which the copy was sent or the terms dictated,(6) A suspension order may be revoked by any judicial member of the Parole Authority or by the Commissioner.(7) Unless sooner revoked, a suspension order ceases to have effect at the end of 28 days after it is made or, if the offender is not in custody when it is made, at the end of 28 days after the offender is taken into custody.(8) While a suspension order is in force, the intensive correction order to which it relates does not have effect.(9) An arrest warrant is sufficient authority for a police officer to arrest the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre.s 91: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [5]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
Division 4 Miscellaneous
pt 3, div 4: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
92–101 (Repealed)
s 92: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [4]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [10].
s 93: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [24] [25]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [11].
ss 94–97: Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
s 98: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [26] [27]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
s 99: Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
s 100: Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
s 101: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [21]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [9].
Part 4
102–106 (Repealed)
pt 4: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
pt 4, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [7]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
s 102: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
s 103: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
s 104: Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [9]; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
s 105: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
s 106: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [12].
Part 4A Imprisonment by way of compulsory drug treatment detention
Introductory note—
This Part applies to those offenders who have been sentenced to imprisonment by the Drug Court for the purpose of undergoing compulsory drug treatment. It deals with the following matters—
(a) a general description of the 3 stages of compulsory drug treatment detention and the general obligations of offenders (Division 1),
(b) the way in which compulsory drug treatment orders are to be administered (Division 2),
(c) the revocation of compulsory drug treatment orders (Division 3),
(d) the role of the Drug Court as the parole authority for offenders (Division 4),
(e) other miscellaneous matters (Division 5).
pt 4A: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
pt 4A, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [8].
Division 1 Preliminary
pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106A Definitions
In this Part—community supervision order means an order by the Drug Court that imposes conditions on the offender in relation to the periods of time when the offender is not in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre.Note—See section 106O.Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre means the correctional centre given that name by a proclamation under section 225.Director or Director of the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre means the governor of that correctional centre.offender means a person in respect of whom a compulsory drug treatment order is in force.progression order means an order by the Drug Court that an offender progress from one stage of compulsory drug treatment detention to a higher stage.Note—See sections 106D and 106M.regression order means an order by the Drug Court that an offender regress from one stage of compulsory drug treatment detention to a lower stage.Note—See sections 106D and 106M.revocation order means an order by the Drug Court that revokes an offender’s compulsory drug treatment order.Note—See section 106Q.pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106B Objects of compulsory drug treatment
The objects of compulsory drug treatment are—(a) to provide a comprehensive program of compulsory treatment and rehabilitation under judicial supervision for drug dependent persons who repeatedly resort to criminal activity to support that dependency, and(b) to effectively treat those persons for drug dependency, eliminating their illicit drug use while in the program and reducing the likelihood of relapse on release, and(c) to promote the re-integration of those persons into the community, and(d) to prevent and reduce crime by reducing those persons’ need to resort to criminal activity to support their dependency.pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106C Obligations of offender
The obligations of an offender while serving a sentence by way of compulsory drug treatment detention are—(a) to comply with such requirements of this Part and the regulations as apply to the offender, and(b) to comply with the requirements of any compulsory drug treatment personal plan applying to the offender under this Part, and(c) to comply with the provisions of any other Part of this Act or the regulations applying to the offender under section 106V.pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106D Stages of compulsory drug treatment detention
(1) There are 3 stages of compulsory drug treatment detention—(a) closed detention (Stage 1), and(b) semi-open detention (Stage 2), and(c) community custody (Stage 3).(2) Under closed detention (Stage 1), the offender is to be kept in full-time custody at the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre.(3) Under semi-open detention (Stage 2), the offender is to be kept in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre and may be allowed to attend employment, training or social programs outside the Centre (as specified in the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan).(4) Under community custody (Stage 3), the offender may reside outside the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre at accommodation approved by the Drug Court under intensive supervision.(5) An offender allocated to, or by order progressed or regressed to, a stage of detention is in that stage of detention.pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106E Duration of compulsory drug treatment order
Unless sooner revoked, an offender’s compulsory drug treatment order expires—(a) at the end of the term of the sentence to which it relates, orwhichever occurs first.(b) when the offender is released on parole,pt 4A, div 1 (ss 106A–106E): Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
Division 2 Administration of compulsory drug treatment orders
pt 4A, div 2: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
Subdivision 1 Compulsory drug treatment personal plans
pt 4A, div 2, sdiv 1: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106F Compulsory drug treatment personal plans
(1) The Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the making of a compulsory drug treatment order in relation to an offender, prepare a plan that imposes conditions on the offender regarding the offender’s drug treatment and rehabilitation during the period of operation of that order (the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan).(2) An offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan comes into operation when it is approved by the Drug Court.(3) The Commissioner, when preparing a compulsory drug treatment personal plan, must consult the Chief Executive, Justice Health or the Chief Executive’s delegate.(4) The Drug Court may make recommendations to the Commissioner regarding the conditions to be included in an offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan.(5) A compulsory drug treatment personal plan may be approved by the Drug Court in the absence of the offender in respect of whom it is made.(6) The kinds of conditions that may be imposed on an offender in a compulsory drug treatment personal plan are as follows—(a) conditions relating to conduct and good behaviour,(b) conditions relating to attendance for counselling or other treatment,(c) conditions relating to the management of the offender in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(d) conditions relating to periodic drug testing that the offender must undergo,(e) conditions relating to involvement in activities, courses, training or employment for the purpose of promoting the re-integration of the offender into the community,(f) any other kinds of conditions that may be prescribed by the regulations,(g) such other conditions as the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances,(h) such other conditions as the Drug Court considers appropriate in the circumstances.(7) The regulations referred to in subsection (6) (f) may deal with the following—(a) the form of compulsory drug treatment,(b) the provision of integrated case management services to the offender,(c) the key elements of non-pharmacotherapy drug treatment programs.(8) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the preparation and implementation of compulsory drug treatment personal plans (including comprehensive individual assessments of offenders before the making of any such plans),(b) the role and responsibilities of an offender under the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan,(c) the role and responsibilities of persons responsible for the offender’s care and treatment,(d) ongoing review and regular updating of compulsory drug treatment personal plans,(e) informing the Drug Court of the contents of offenders’ compulsory drug treatment personal plans.(9) The conditions of an offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan relating to periodic drug testing do not prevent any random drug testing of the offender.s 106F: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [8]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3] [5].
106G Variation of conditions of personal plan
(1) The Commissioner may from time to time prepare a variation to an offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan that adds new conditions to, or varies or revokes existing conditions of, the plan.(2) A variation of an offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan comes into effect when it is approved by the Drug Court.(3) The Commissioner, when preparing a variation to a compulsory drug treatment personal plan, must consult the Chief Executive, Justice Health or the Chief Executive’s delegate.(4) A variation to a compulsory drug treatment personal plan may be approved by the Drug Court in the absence of the offender in respect of whom it relates.s 106G: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [8]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3] [5].
106H Mandatory conditions of all personal plans
It is a condition of each compulsory drug treatment personal plan that the offender—(a) must not use any drug other than a drug prescribed by a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist, and(b) must not resort to violence or make any threat of violence, and(c) must comply with any community supervision order made in relation to the offender, and(d) must not commit any further offences.Note—The term drug is defined in section 3 of this Act to mean—(a) a prohibited drug or prohibited plant within the meaning of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, or(b) any other substance declared by the regulations to be a drug for the purposes of this Act.s 106H: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106I Sanctions for non-compliance with personal plan
(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with any condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Commissioner may impose any one or more of the sanctions specified in subsection (2).(2) The following kinds of sanctions may be imposed on an offender under this section—(a) withdrawal of privileges granted to the offender under section 106J (2) (a),(b) an increase in the level of the management of the offender in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(c) an application to the Drug Court to vary any community supervision order applying to the offender to increase the level of supervision to which the offender is subject,(d) an application to the Drug Court to vary the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan to increase the frequency with which the offender must undergo periodic testing for drugs.(3) The Commissioner must refer an offender to the Drug Court if the Commissioner is of the opinion that the offender’s failure to comply with any condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan is of such a serious nature that it might warrant the Drug Court making any of the following—(a) a regression order,(b) a revocation order,(c) a variation of any community supervision order applying to the offender to increase the level of supervision to which the offender is subject.(3A) However, the Commissioner is not required to refer an offender to the Drug Court under subsection (3) for a failure to comply with a condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan if the Director has made a regression direction under section 106MA with respect to the offender for that failure.(4) Without affecting the other circumstances in which an offender is taken to have failed to comply with his or her compulsory drug treatment personal plan, if an offender is charged before a court with an offence referred to in section 5A (2) of the Drug Court Act 1998—(a) the offender is taken to have failed to comply with his or her compulsory drug treatment personal plan and that failure is taken to be of a serious nature, and(b) the Commissioner must refer the offender to the Drug Court.(5) Nothing in this section prevents—(a) the Commissioner from referring an offender to the Drug Court for any other reason, or(b) the Drug Court from dealing with an offender as it sees fit, including making any order under this Part.s 106I: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2014 No 45, Sch 2.1 [1].
106J Rewards for compliance with personal plan
(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied that an offender has maintained a satisfactory level of compliance with the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Commissioner may grant any one or more of the rewards specified in this section.(2) The following kinds of rewards may be granted to an offender under this section—(a) conferral of privileges,(b) a decrease in the level of the management of the offender in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(c) an application to the Drug Court to vary any community supervision order applying to the offender to decrease the level of supervision to which the offender is subject,(d) an application to the Drug Court to vary the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan to decrease the frequency with which the offender must undergo periodic testing for drugs.s 106J: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106K No appeal from decisions of Drug Court or Commissioner
No appeal lies against the Drug Court or the Commissioner in relation to any decision made by the Drug Court or the Commissioner under this Subdivision.s 106K: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
Subdivision 2 Initial allocation and movement between stages of compulsory drug treatment detention
pt 4A, div 2, sdiv 2: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106L New offenders in compulsory drug treatment detention allocated to Stage 1
On the making of a compulsory drug treatment order in relation to the offender’s sentence of imprisonment, the offender is automatically allocated to closed detention (Stage 1).s 106L: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106M Progression and regression between stages of detention
(1) After an offender has served his or her sentence in closed detention (Stage 1) for a period of at least 6 months, the Drug Court may order that the offender progress to semi-open detention (Stage 2).(2) After an offender has served his or her sentence in semi-open detention (Stage 2) for a period of at least 6 months, the Drug Court may order that the offender progress to community custody (Stage 3).(3) If the Drug Court is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that an offender has failed to comply in a serious respect with any condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Drug Court may order that an offender—(a) serving a sentence in semi-open detention (Stage 2) regress to closed detention (Stage 1), or(b) serving a sentence in community custody (Stage 3) regress to closed detention (Stage 1) or semi-open detention (Stage 2), as the Drug Court sees fit.(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the criteria to be used by the Drug Court in determining whether to make a progression or regression order under this section.(5) No appeal lies against the Drug Court’s decision to make a progression or regression order under this section.s 106M: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106MA Director may make regression directions
(1) If the Director is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply in a serious respect with any condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Director may direct that the offender regress from one stage of compulsory drug treatment detention to a lower stage for a specified period (not exceeding 3 months).(2) The Director must notify the Drug Court of the direction within 7 days of issuing the direction.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the criteria to be used by the Director in determining whether to make a direction under this section.(4) The offender may apply to the Drug Court for a review of the direction within 14 days after a direction is issued.(5) In reviewing a direction, if the Drug Court is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the offender has failed to comply in a serious respect with any condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Drug Court may make an order—(a) confirming the direction, or(b) setting aside the direction, or(c) confirming the direction, but amending its terms.(6) No appeal lies against an order made by the Drug Court under this section.s 106MA: Ins 2014 No 45, Sch 2.1 [2].
106N Assessment reports
(1) Before the Drug Court makes a progression order in relation to an offender, the Court is to have regard to the following reports prepared in relation to the offender—(a) an assessment report prepared by the Director of the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(b) in relation to a progression order that would progress an offender to community custody (Stage 3), an assessment report prepared by a community corrections officer,(c) any other report that the Drug Court considers relevant.(2) The Drug Court may, at any time, order that an assessment report on an offender be prepared.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the conduct of investigations and the preparation of reports for the purposes of this Part.ss 106N–106P: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106O Community supervision orders
(1) On the making of a progression order in relation to an offender, the Drug Court must make an order (a community supervision order) that—(a) allows the offender to be absent from the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre, and(b) imposes conditions on the offender in relation to the periods of time when the offender is not in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre.(2) The kinds of conditions that the Drug Court may impose on the offender under this section are as follows—(a) conditions relating to conduct and good behaviour,(b) conditions relating to the supervision of the offender outside the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(c) conditions relating to drug testing that the offender must undergo,(d) conditions relating to residence, association with other persons or attendance at specified locations,(e) any other kinds of conditions that may be prescribed by the regulations,(f) such other conditions as the Drug Court considers appropriate in the circumstances.(3) The Drug Court when imposing any condition on an offender under this section is to have regard to and give substantial weight to any recommendations of the Commissioner.(4) The Drug Court may from time to time vary an offender’s community supervision order by adding new conditions to, or varying or revoking existing conditions of, the order.(5) No appeal lies against the Drug Court in relation to a decision regarding an order under this section.ss 106N–106P: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106P Commissioner of Corrective Services may make regression and removal orders in special circumstances
(1) The Commissioner may order that an offender serving his or her sentence—(a) in semi-open detention (Stage 2) regress to closed detention (Stage 1), or(b) in community custody (Stage 3) regress to closed detention (Stage 1), or(c) in community custody (Stage 3) regress to semi-open detention (Stage 2).(2) The Commissioner may order that an offender serving his or her sentence in closed detention (Stage 1) or semi-open detention (Stage 2) be removed from the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre and taken to another correctional centre and held in separate custody.(3) The Commissioner may make an order referred to in subsection (1) or (2) only if the Commissioner believes, on reasonable grounds, that—(a) the security of the community is threatened, or(b) the good order and discipline of a correctional centre may be jeopardised if the offender is not regressed or removed, or(c) the offender may be about to commit an offence, or(d) another reason exists to regress or remove the offender.(4) The Commissioner must immediately notify the Drug Court if the Commissioner makes an order under this section and must give the Drug Court his or her reasons for making the order.(5) Within 21 days (or such other period determined by the Drug Court) after receiving the notification of the Commissioner, the Drug Court must review the Commissioner’s order and make an order—(a) revoking the Commissioner’s order, or(b) confirming the Commissioner’s order, or(c) confirming the Commissioner’s order, but amending its terms, or(d) revoking, in accordance with section 106Q, the offender’s compulsory drug treatment order.(6) The Drug Court when reviewing a Commissioner’s order under subsection (5) is to have regard to and give substantial weight to any recommendations of the Commissioner.(7) No appeal lies against the Drug Court in relation to a decision regarding an order under subsection (5).ss 106N–106P: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
Division 3 Revocation of compulsory drug treatment order
pt 4A, div 3: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106Q Revocation of compulsory drug treatment order
(1) The Drug Court may by order revoke an offender’s compulsory drug treatment order—(a) if—(i) the offender has failed to comply with a condition of the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, and(ii) that failure is of a serious nature, and(iii) in the opinion of the Drug Court, the offender—(A) is unlikely to make any further progress in the offender’s compulsory drug treatment program, or(B) poses an unacceptable risk to the community of re-offending, or(C) poses a significant risk of harming others or himself or herself, or(b) if the non-parole period for the offender’s sentence has expired or is about to expire and the offender is serving his or her sentence in closed detention (Stage 1) or semi-open detention (Stage 2), or(c) if the offender ceases to be an eligible convicted offender (within the meaning of the Drug Court Act 1998), or(c1) if, in the opinion of the Drug Court (having regard to advice provided by the Director and the offender’s progress in the compulsory drug treatment program), the offender is unlikely to make any further progress in the offender’s compulsory drug treatment program, or(d) for any other reason the Drug Court sees fit.(2) In making a decision under Part 6 as to whether to make a parole order for an offender whose compulsory drug treatment order has been revoked under this section, the Parole Authority is to have regard to the circumstances that led to the revocation.(3) No appeal lies against the Drug Court’s revocation of a compulsory drug treatment order.s 106Q: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [9]; 2014 No 45, Sch 2.1 [3].
106R Effect of revocation order
(1) A revocation order takes effect, or is taken to have taken effect, on the day on which it is made or on such earlier day as the Drug Court thinks fit.(2) If an offender is not taken into custody until after the day on which the revocation order takes effect—(a) the term of the offender’s sentence, andare, by this subsection, extended by the number of days the offender was at large after the order took effect.(b) if the order takes effect during a non-parole period of the sentence, the non-parole period of the sentence,s 106R: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106S Warrants committing offenders to correctional centres
(1) If the Drug Court revokes a compulsory drug treatment order, it is to issue a warrant committing the offender to a correctional centre to serve the remainder of the sentence to which the order relates by way of full-time detention.(2) A warrant under this section is sufficient authority—(a) for any police officer to arrest, or to have custody of, the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre, and(b) for the governor of the correctional centre specified in the warrant to have custody of the offender named in the warrant for the remainder of the sentence to which the warrant relates.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form of any warrants issued for the purposes of this section.s 106S: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
Division 4 Parole for offenders in compulsory drug treatment detention
pt 4A, div 4: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
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.s 106T: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [9].
Division 5 Miscellaneous
pt 4A, div 5: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106U Formal assessment by Director
(1) The Director is to cause regular assessment reports to be prepared setting out the progress of each offender’s drug treatment and rehabilitation and the offender’s compliance with his or her compulsory drug treatment personal plan.(2) An assessment report under this section is to be prepared in consultation with the Chief Executive, Justice Health and the Drug Court.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to assessment reports under this section, including but not limited to—(a) the frequency of such reports, and(b) the procedures that must be followed with respect to assessment of offenders.s 106U: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [8]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3].
106V Application of Part 2 to Stages 1 and 2 compulsory drug treatment detention
(1) Part 2 and the provisions of any regulations made under that Part, subject to any modifications prescribed by the regulations under this section, apply to and in respect of an offender who is in closed detention (Stage 1) or semi-open detention (Stage 2).(2) Any provision of Part 2 or of the regulations under that Part that is so applied has effect as if it formed part of this Part.s 106V: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106W Conviction and sentencing of offenders for certain offences while compulsory drug treatment order is in force
(1) If an offender has been convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment (a new sentence) that is being served concurrently or partly concurrently with a sentence in relation to which the offender’s compulsory drug treatment order was made, the court that sentenced that offender is to refer the offender to the Drug Court to determine whether the offender’s compulsory drug treatment order should—(a) be varied so as to apply also in relation to the new sentence, or(b) be revoked.(2) The Drug Court may vary a compulsory drug treatment order so as to direct an offender to serve a new sentence of imprisonment by way of compulsory drug treatment detention.(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Drug Court must not vary a compulsory drug treatment order under this section unless the offender is an eligible convicted offender (within the meaning of the Drug Court Act 1998).(4) Despite section 5A (1) (b) of the Drug Court Act 1998, the Drug Court may vary a compulsory drug treatment order under this section if the cumulative unexpired non-parole period for the offender’s term of imprisonment under all sentences in force is greater than 3 years but not more than 4 years.s 106W: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2014 No 45, Sch 2.1 [4] [5].
106X Arrest warrants
(1) If it suspects that an offender who is not serving the offender’s sentence of imprisonment in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre may have failed to comply with his or her compulsory drug treatment personal plan, the Drug Court may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(2) A warrant under this section authorises any police officer to arrest the offender and to bring the offender before the Drug Court to be dealt with under this Act.(3) The Bail Act 2013 does not apply to an offender who is arrested on the authority of a warrant under this section.(4) The Drug Court’s functions under this section may be exercised by the registrar of the Drug Court.s 106X: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2014 No 5, Sch 2.9 [1].
106Y Provision of information relating to offenders
(1) This section applies to such persons as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, being persons who are involved in the administration of, or who provide services in connection with, an offender’s drug treatment under this Part.(2) It is the duty of a person to whom this section applies—(a) to promptly notify the registrar of the Drug Court or the Commissioner of any failure by an offender to comply with the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan, and(b) to promptly comply with the requirements of the regulations with respect to the giving of information to the registrar of the Drug Court or the Commissioner.(3) The following provisions apply to and in respect of any information (protected information) relating to an offender that is provided to the Drug Court or the Commissioner, or to any person to whom this section applies, by a person to whom this section applies—(a) the provision of the information does not constitute a breach of professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct,(b) the provision of the information does not constitute a contravention of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 or the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998,(c) no liability for defamation is incurred because of the provision of the information,(d) the provision of the information does not constitute a ground for civil proceedings for malicious prosecution or for conspiracy,(e) the information is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or committee,(f) a person is not compellable in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or committee to disclose the information or to produce any document that contains the information.(4) The provisions of subsection (3) (e) and (f) do not apply to or in respect of the provision of protected information—(a) in proceedings before the Drug Court or any court hearing or determining an appeal from a decision of the Drug Court, or(b) in proceedings before the Parole Authority or any court hearing or determining an application in relation to a decision of the Parole Authority, or(c) in support of, or in answer to, any charge or allegation made in proceedings against a person in relation to the person’s exercise of functions under this Act.(5) An offender is taken to have authorised the communication of protected information—(a) from any person to whom this section applies to the registrar of the Drug Court or the Commissioner, and(b) from the registrar of the Drug Court or the Commissioner to any person to whom this section applies, and(c) from any member of staff of the Drug Court or Corrective Services NSW to any other member of staff of the Drug Court or Corrective Services NSW.(6) A provision of any Act or law that prohibits or restricts the disclosure of information does not operate to prevent the provision of information in accordance with this section.s 106Y: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [9]; 2006 No 58, Sch 1.8 [4]–[6].
106Z Review of Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre
(1) The Minister is to arrange for a review to be conducted of—(a) the compulsory drug treatment program, established under Part 2A of the Drug Court Act 1998 and this Part, during the first four years of the program’s operation, andin order to ascertain whether any of those provisions (or any other provisions of any other Act or regulations) should be amended.(b) the provisions of the Drug Court Act 1998 and this Act relating to the compulsory drug treatment program and of any regulations made for the purposes of those provisions,(2) The review is to commence as soon as practicable after the declaration of the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre under section 225.(3) The Minister is to cause a report of the outcome of the review to be tabled in each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after its completion.s 106Z: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4].
106ZA Regulations
The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following matters—(a) the administration of the compulsory drug treatment program,(b) the management, control, administration, supervision and inspection of the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(c) the procedure to be followed when receiving an offender into the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre, including the procedure for accepting or refusing custody of property in an offender’s possession when the offender is admitted,(d) the search and security procedures to be observed in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre,(e) visits to inmates in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre, including the following—(i) the days and times that visits may be allowed,(ii) the maximum number of persons who may visit an inmate at the same time,(iii) the classes of persons who may be prohibited from visiting an inmate,(iv) the conditions that must be observed by persons intending to visit an inmate before such a visit will be allowed,(v) the procedures to be observed by visitors and inmates during visits,(vi) without limiting subparagraphs (iv) and (v), the identification of visitors (including the removal of face coverings within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 for that purpose),(f) the use of electronic monitoring devices in relation to offenders in semi-open detention (Stage 2) or community custody (Stage 3),(g) the circumstances in which an offender may be tested for drugs (including random and periodic testing) and the type and nature of the tests to be used,(h) the circumstances under which an offender may be required to submit to a medical examination by a medical officer,(i) the declaration of offences against discipline,(j) the day-to-day routine of offenders,(k) the service of notices on an offender,(l) the provision of post release case management services and other services to offenders after release.s 106ZA: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2011 No 45, Sch 2.4 [2]; 2012 No 42, Sch 2.12.
Part 4B Administration of community correction orders
pt 4B: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
107 Definition
In this Part—offender means a person in respect of whom a community correction order is in force.s 107: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [4]).s 107 (as originally enacted): Am 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [7]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [2]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [8]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
107A Conditions governing community correction orders
Conditions on a community correction order are imposed by the sentencing court under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (see Part 7 of that Act) or by a court under section 107D.s 107A: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
107B Administration of community correction orders and obligations of offenders
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—(a) the administration of community correction orders, including any conditions of those orders, whether by the establishment of a scheme for their management or otherwise, and(b) without limitation—(i) any matter relating to carrying out or complying with any of the conditions of a community correction order (including, for example, conditions relating to supervision, curfews and community service work), and(ii) the functions of persons involved in the administration of community correction orders, and(iii) the manner in which an offender’s failure to comply with the offender’s obligations under a community correction order may be dealt with, and(iv) the service of notices on an offender.(2) The obligations of an offender under a community correction order, including the obligations of an offender under a condition of the order, are to be as prescribed by the regulations.s 107B: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
107C Breach of community correction order
(1) If it suspects that an offender may have failed to comply with any of the conditions of a community correction order—(a) the court that made the order, or(b) any other court of like jurisdiction, ormay call on the offender to appear before it.(c) with the offender’s consent, any other court of superior jurisdiction,(2) If the offender fails to appear, the court may—(a) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest, or(b) authorise an authorised officer to issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(3) If, however, at the time the court proposes to call on an offender to appear before it, the court is satisfied that the location of the offender is unknown, the court may immediately—(a) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest, or(b) authorise an authorised officer to issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) (c), a court is of superior jurisdiction to the court that made the community correction order if it is a court to which the offender has (or has had) a right of appeal in respect of the conviction or sentence from which the order arises.(5) If it is satisfied that an offender appearing before it has failed to comply with any of the conditions of a community correction order, a court—(a) may decide to take no action in respect of the failure to comply, or(b) may vary or revoke any conditions of the order (other than standard conditions) or impose further conditions on the order, or(c) may revoke the order.(6) To avoid doubt, the court that made an order may deal with a breach of a community correction order even though the court is constituted differently from the court as constituted at the time the order was made.(6A) A court may exercise any function under this section in relation to a community correction order after the order has expired, but only in respect of matters arising during the term of the order.(7) In this section—has the same meaning as it has in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.s 107C: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13]. Am 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [3].
107D Consequences of revocation of community correction order
(1) If a court revokes a community correction order, it may re-sentence the offender for the offence to which the order relates.(2) The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 applies to the re-sentencing of an offender under this section in the same way as it applies to the sentencing of an offender on a conviction.(3) An offender who under this section is re-sentenced by a court for an offence has the same rights of appeal as the offender would have had if the offender had been sentenced by that court on being convicted of the offence.s 107D: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
107E Suspension of certain conditions of community correction order
(1) This section applies to the following conditions of a community correction order—(a) a condition referred to in section 89 (2) (g) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (a supervision condition),(b) a curfew condition, non-association condition or place restriction condition referred to in section 89 (2) of that Act.(2) A community corrections officer may, by order in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of a supervision condition to an offender for a period or periods or indefinitely.(3) A community corrections officer may, by order given orally or in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of any other condition to which this section applies to an offender for a period or periods.(4) The suspension may be unconditional or subject to conditions.(5) For the purposes of this Act, a failure to comply with a condition of the suspension is taken to be a failure to comply with the obligations of the community correction order. This subsection does not limit the power of the community corrections officer to revoke the suspension order.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the periods for which a condition may be suspended,(b) notice to an offender of the making or revocation of a suspension order,(c) requiring the power to make, amend or revoke a suspension order to be exercised subject to and in accordance with any specified requirements.(7) A reference in this section to a community corrections officer is, in relation to an offender who is subject to supervision or management by a juvenile justice officer, taken to be a reference to a juvenile justice officer.(8) If a supervision condition is suspended by a juvenile justice officer and the offender has reached the age of 18 years, a community corrections officer may revoke the suspension order.s 107E: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
Part 4C Administration of conditional release orders
pt 4C: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
108 Definition
In this Part—offender means a person in respect of whom a conditional release order is in force.s 108: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [5]).s 108 (as originally enacted): Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
108A Conditions governing conditional release orders
Conditions on a conditional release order are imposed by the sentencing court under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (see Part 8 of that Act) or by a court under section 108D.s 108A: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
108B Administration of conditional release orders and obligations of offenders
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—(a) the administration of conditional release orders, including any conditions of those orders, whether by the establishment of a scheme for their management or otherwise, and(b) without limitation—(i) any matter relating to carrying out or complying with any of the conditions of a conditional release order (including, for example, a condition relating to supervision), and(ii) the functions of persons involved in the administration of conditional release orders, and(iii) the manner in which an offender’s failure to comply with the offender’s obligations under a conditional release order may be dealt with, and(iv) the service of notices on an offender.(2) The obligations of an offender under a conditional release order, including the obligations of an offender under a condition of the order, are to be as prescribed by the regulations.s 108B: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
108C Breach of conditional release order
(1) If it suspects that an offender may have failed to comply with any of the conditions of a conditional release order—(a) the court that made the order, or(b) any other court of like jurisdiction, ormay call on the offender to appear before it.(c) with the offender’s consent, any other court of superior jurisdiction,(2) If the offender fails to appear, the court may—(a) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest, or(b) authorise an authorised officer to issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(3) If, however, at the time the court proposes to call on an offender to appear before it, the court is satisfied that the location of the offender is unknown, the court may immediately—(a) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest, or(b) authorise an authorised officer to issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) (c), a court is of superior jurisdiction to the court that made the conditional release order if it is a court to which the offender has (or has had) a right of appeal in respect of the conviction or sentence from which the order arises.(5) If it is satisfied that an offender appearing before it has failed to comply with any of the conditions of a conditional release order, a court—(a) may decide to take no action in respect of the failure to comply, or(b) may vary or revoke any conditions of the order (other than standard conditions) or impose further conditions on the order, or(c) may revoke the order.(6) To avoid doubt, the court that made an order may deal with a breach of a conditional release order even though the court is constituted differently from the court as constituted at the time the order was made.(6A) A court may exercise any function under this section in relation to a conditional release order after the order has expired, but only in respect of matters arising during the term of the order.(7) In this section—has the same meaning as it has in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.s 108C: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13]. Am 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [4].
108D Consequences of revocation of conditional release order
(1) If a court revokes a conditional release order, it may sentence or re-sentence the offender for the offence to which the order relates.(2) The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 applies to the sentencing or re-sentencing of an offender under this section in the same way as it applies to the sentencing of an offender found guilty of the offence concerned.(3) An offender who under this section is sentenced by a court for an offence has the same rights of appeal as the offender would have had if the offender had been sentenced by that court on being found guilty of the offence concerned.s 108D: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
108E Suspension of certain conditions of conditional release order
(1) This section applies to the following conditions of a conditional release order—(a) a condition referred to in section 99 (2) (e) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (a supervision condition),(b) a non-association condition or place restriction condition referred to in section 99 (2) of that Act.(2) A community corrections officer may, by order in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of a supervision condition to an offender for a period or periods or indefinitely.(3) A community corrections officer may, by order given orally or in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of any other condition to which this section applies to an offender for a period or periods.(4) The suspension may be unconditional or subject to conditions.(5) For the purposes of this Act, a failure to comply with a condition of the suspension is taken to be a failure to comply with the obligations of the conditional release order. This subsection does not limit the power of the community corrections officer to revoke the suspension order.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the periods for which a condition may be suspended,(b) notice to an offender of the making or revocation of a suspension order,(c) requiring the power to make, amend or revoke a suspension order to be exercised subject to and in accordance with any specified requirements.(7) A reference in this section to a community corrections officer is, in relation to an offender who is subject to supervision or management by a juvenile justice officer, taken to be a reference to a juvenile justice officer.(8) If a supervision condition is suspended by a juvenile justice officer and the offender has reached the age of 18 years, a community corrections officer may revoke the suspension order.s 108E: Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [13].
Part 5 Community service work and other work performed by offenders
pt 5, hdg: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [28].
pt 5, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [14].
Division 1
107–117 (Repealed)
pt 5, div 1: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 109: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 110: Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [12]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2009 No 94, Sch 2.3 [1]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 111: Am 2009 No 94, Sch 2.3 [2]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 112: Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [13]; 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [3]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 113: Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 114: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [29]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [14]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [12] [13]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 115: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [30]; 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [6]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [15]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [14]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 116: Subst 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [13] [14]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
s 117: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [22]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [16]; 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [3]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [15].
Division 2 General provisions concerning community service work and other work performed by offenders
pt 5, div 2, hdg: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [32].
118 Definitions
In this Division—community service work means—(a) community service work performed by an offender while in full-time detention, and(b) community service work performed by an offender under an intensive correction order, and(c) (Repealed)(d) community service work performed by an offender under a community correction order, and(d1) community service work performed by an offender who is a resident of a residential facility, pursuant to a condition to which such residency is subject, and(e) other work performed by an offender outside a correctional centre in accordance with section 6 (2).offender means a person who is required to perform community service work—(a) while in full-time detention, or(b) under an intensive correction order, or(c) (Repealed)(d) a community correction order, or(e) while a resident of a residential facility, pursuant to a condition to which such residency is subject.person involved, in relation to community service work, includes any person (including a corporation)—(a) for whose benefit that work is performed, or(b) who directs or supervises that work, specifies its terms or conditions or controls it, orbut does not include the offender by whom the work is performed.(c) who owns or occupies the premises or land on which that work is performed,s 118: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [33]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [10]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [16] [17].
119 Restrictions on directions regarding work to be performed
(1) An offender must not be directed to carry out community service work if, in performing the work, the offender would take the place of any other person who would otherwise be employed in that work as a regular employee.(2) As far as practicable, a person giving directions to an offender—(a) must avoid any conflict with the offender’s religious beliefs, and(b) in the case of an offender performing community service work under an intensive correction order or community correction order, must avoid any interference with the times (if any) at which the offender normally works or attends a school or other educational establishment.s 119: Am 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [18].
120 Act or omission of offender performing community service work
(1) No act or omission of an offender by whom community service work is performed gives rise to civil liability on the part of any person involved in that work if the act or omission occurs in the course of that work.(2) A civil action that would, but for subsection (1), lie against a person involved in community service work lies instead against the Crown.(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not have effect if the act or omission concerned was, or was a necessary part of, an act or omission that was expressly required by the person involved in that work but neither approved nor required by the Commissioner.s 120: Am 2004 No 29, Sch 2.2 [5].
121 Act or omission of person involved in community service work
(1) No act or omission of a person involved in community service work gives rise to civil liability towards the offender by whom the work is performed on the part of the person so involved if the act or omission occurs in the course of that work.(2) A civil action that would, but for subsection (1), lie against a person involved in community service work lies instead against the Crown.(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not have effect if—(a) the work concerned was not work approved by the Commissioner, or(b) the act or omission concerned was, or was a necessary part of, an act or omission intended to cause injury, loss or damage.
122 (Repealed)
s 122: Rep 2004 No 29, Sch 2.2 [6].
123 Disclosure of material facts about health
An offender in respect of whom an intensive correction order or community correction order is in force has, while the order is in force, a duty to disclose as soon as possible to the Commissioner—(a) any medical, physical or mental condition of which the offender is aware (being a condition of a kind that the offender is aware substantially increases the risk to the offender of injury in performing work of any kind), and(b) any substantial change in that condition.s 123: Am 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [18].
124 Settlement of claims
The Commissioner may, on behalf of the Crown, settle any action that lies against the Crown because of this Division, and may do so on such terms as he or she thinks fit.
Part 5A Re-integration home detention
pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124A Definitions
In this Part—assessment report means a report prepared under section 124C (1).initiating request means a request made by a community corrections officer under section 124C (2) that the Parole Authority make a re-integration home detention order.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124B Offenders for whom re-integration home detention order cannot be made
(1) A re-integration home detention order cannot be made for a serious offender or for an offender who is serving a sentence for any of the following offences (an excluded offence)—(a) a domestic violence offence within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007,(b) a child sexual offence within the meaning of section 21A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(c) a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006,(d) a terrorism offence within the meaning of Division 3A of Part 6.(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent—(a) the carrying out of an assessment of the suitability of an offender (other than a serious offender) for a re-integration home detention order in respect of an offence other than an excluded offence, or(b) the making of a re-integration home detention order for an offender who has been convicted of an excluded offence (other than a serious offender) if the offender will no longer be serving a sentence for any excluded offence on the commencement of the order.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124C Assessment of offender
(1) A community corrections officer who considers that an offender may be suitable for a re-integration home detention order may arrange for the preparation of an assessment report as to the suitability of the offender for home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community.(2) If an assessment report states that an offender is a suitable person to be subject to home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community, a community corrections officer—(a) may request the Parole Authority to make a re-integration home detention order for the offender, and(b) must provide the report to the Parole Authority before the Parole Authority considers whether or not to make the order.(3) If an assessment report does not state that an offender is a suitable person to be subject to home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community, the report is to be provided to the Parole Authority. The Parole Authority may refer the matter back to a community corrections officer for further consideration of the offender’s suitability for home detention.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124D Offenders may be released subject to home detention conditions
(1) The Parole Authority may make an order (a re-integration home detention order) directing that an offender be released subject to a home detention condition if—(a) an initiating request has been made relating to the offender, and(b) the offender is serving at least 1 sentence for which the non-parole period has not expired and would be eligible to be released on parole on the expiry of the re-integration home detention order, and(c) the Parole Authority has decided to make a parole order that takes effect at the end of the re-integration home detention order (in the case of a sentence of more than 3 years) or has not revoked the statutory parole order directing the release of the offender on parole (in the case of a sentence of 3 years or less), and(d) the Parole Authority is satisfied that it is in the interests of the safety of the community to make the order, and(e) the assessment report on the offender states that the offender is a suitable person to be subject to home detention for re-integration purposes, and(f) the offender has signed an undertaking to comply with the offender’s obligations under the order.(2) For the purpose of being satisfied that it is in the interests of the safety of the community to make a re-integration home detention order, the Parole Authority is to consider the matters set out in section 135 (2) and (3) as if they applied to the offender’s release under the order.(3) A re-integration home detention order may be made only in respect of a period that occurs before the parole eligibility date of an offender.(4) An offender’s re-integration home detention order is sufficient warrant for any person having custody of the offender to release the offender in accordance with the terms of the order.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124E Order may be refused despite favourable assessment report
The Parole Authority may, for any reason it thinks fit, refuse to make a re-integration home detention order despite the contents of an assessment report.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124F Sentences of more than 3 years
(1) This section applies if an initiating request is made relating to an offender serving a sentence of more than 3 years for which a non-parole period has been set.(2) The Parole Authority is to consider whether or not to make a parole order for the offender when considering whether or not to make a re-integration home detention order for the offender.(3) Despite any other provision of this Act, the Parole Authority may consider whether or not an offender should be released on parole, and may make a parole order, at any time necessary to allow a re-integration home detention order to take effect before the offender’s parole eligibility date.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124G Duration of orders
(1) A re-integration home detention order must not take effect earlier than 6 months before the day on which the parole order directing the release of the offender is to take effect.(2) A re-integration home detention order takes effect on a day specified by the Parole Authority and ceases to have effect—(a) when a parole order directing the release of the offender takes effect, or(b) if it is revoked before the parole order takes effect.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124H Conditions of orders
(1) The regulations may prescribe the standard conditions to be imposed on re-integration home detention orders.(2) The Parole Authority may from time to time, by notice given to the offender, impose additional conditions on, or vary or revoke conditions of, a re-integration home detention order.(3) The Parole Authority must not take any action under subsection (2) or section 124I (4) or 168D (2) that is inconsistent with the application of conditions prescribed under subsection (1).pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124I Review of suitability for parole during re-integration period
(1) This section applies—(a) to an offender who is serving a sentence of more than 3 years and who is subject to a re-integration home detention order, or(b) to any offender who is subject to a re-integration home detention order, if a community corrections officer recommends to the Parole Authority that the offender should be subject to a review under this section.(2) A community corrections officer is to arrange for the preparation of a report as to the suitability of the offender for release on parole and is to provide the report to the Parole Authority before the re-integration home detention order expires.(3) The report is to address the matters prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.(4) After considering the report and the suitability of the offender to be released on parole, the Parole Authority may—(a) take no further action, or(b) impose additional conditions on the re-integration home detention order or parole order, or(c) vary or revoke conditions of the re-integration home detention order or parole order, or(d) without limiting paragraph (b) or (c), make an order amending the parole order to impose a requirement that the offender remain at a specified place of residence for a specified period of home detention, or(e) make an order revoking the re-integration home detention order, or(f) make an order revoking the parole order.(5) Section 124H and any regulations made under section 124J (e) apply to an offender who is subject to a condition of home detention imposed under this section in the same way as they apply to an offender who is subject to a re-integration home detention order.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
124J Regulations
Regulations may be made for or with respect to the following matters—(a) consent to the making of a re-integration home detention order for an offender by or on behalf of a child, or a person who has impaired intellectual functioning (within the meaning of Part 13A), who is to reside with the offender,(b) additional matters for consideration by the Parole Authority when making a re-integration home detention order,(c) the matters to be addressed by an assessment report,(d) the preparation and furnishing of an assessment report,(e) the obligations of an offender while released on home detention under a re-integration home detention order,(f) the giving of notice of decisions under this Part to an offender.pt 5A (ss 124A–124J): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [3].
Part 6 Parole
Introductory note—
This Part applies to the granting of parole to those offenders who are subject to sentences of imprisonment. It deals with the following matters—
(a) eligibility for release on parole, the conditions to which parole is subject, the general obligations of offenders who are on release on parole and other provisions applying generally to parole (Division 1),
(b) procedures for parole orders for sentences of more than 3 years (Division 2),
(c) procedures for parole orders for sentences of 3 years or less (Division 3),
(d) procedures for parole orders in exceptional circumstances (Division 4),
(e) other miscellaneous matters (Division 5).
pt 6, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [10].
Division 1 Release on parole
125 Application of Part
This Part applies to—(a) an offender who is serving a sentence by way of full-time detention, and(b) (Repealed)(c) an offender who is serving a sentence by way of home detention.s 125: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [11].
126 Eligibility for release on parole
(1) Offenders may be released on parole in accordance with this Part.(2) An offender is eligible for release on parole only if—(a) the offender is subject to at least one sentence for which a non-parole period has been set, and(b) the offender has served the non-parole period of each such sentence and is not subject to any other sentence.(3) Nothing in this Part authorises the release of an offender who is required to be kept in custody in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.(4) An offender is not eligible for release on parole for a NSW offence if the offender is—(a) a Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmate, or(b) a NSW post sentence inmate.s 126: Am 2006 No 7, Sch 1 [4]; 2010 No 137, Sch 2 [1]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [3]; 2014 No 58, Sch 2.1 [2]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [5].
127 Parole order necessary for release
An offender who is eligible for release on parole may not be released on parole except in accordance with a parole order directing the release of the offender.
128 Conditions of parole generally
(1) A parole order is subject to the following conditions—(a) the standard conditions imposed by this Act or the regulations,(b) (Repealed)(c) any additional conditions imposed by the Parole Authority under this section.(2) The Parole Authority may from time to time, by written notice given to the offender—(a) impose additional conditions on a parole order, or(b) vary or revoke any additional conditions imposed by it on a parole order.(2A) The conditions of a parole order must include conditions giving effect to a post-release plan, prepared by Community Corrections and adopted by the Parole Authority, in relation to the offender.(3) In determining whether to impose a condition on, or vary or revoke a condition of, a parole order under this section or any other provision of this Act or the regulations, the Parole Authority is to have regard to the following—(a) whether the new condition, variation or revocation will assist in the management of a risk to community safety arising from the release of the offender on parole,(b) the likely effect on any victim of the offender, and on any such victim’s family, of the new condition, variation or revocation,(c) whether the new condition, variation or revocation will assist in the management of the risk of breaches of parole by the offender.(4) Nothing in this section or section 124I or Division 3 of Part 7 permits the Parole Authority—(a) to revoke any standard conditions imposed by this Act or the regulations, or(b) to impose any additional conditions, or vary any additional conditions imposed by it, so as to be inconsistent with any standard conditions imposed by this Act or the regulations.s 128: Am 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [1]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [17] [18]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [7]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [4]–[8].
128A Conditions of parole as to non-association and place restriction
(1) The conditions to which a parole order is subject may include either or both of the following—(a) provisions prohibiting or restricting the offender from associating with a specified person,(b) provisions prohibiting or restricting the offender from frequenting or visiting a specified place or district.(2) A condition referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) is suspended—(a) while the offender is in lawful custody (otherwise than while unescorted as referred to in section 38 (2) (a)), and(b) while the offender is under the immediate supervision of a person employed in the Department of Justice pursuant to a condition of leave imposed under section 24 of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987.(3) An offender does not contravene a prohibition or restriction as to his or her association with a specified person—(a) if the offender does so in compliance with an order of a court, or(b) if, having associated with the person unintentionally, the offender immediately terminates the association.(4) An offender does not contravene a requirement not to frequent or visit a specified place or district if the offender does so in compliance with an order of a court.(5) In this section, associate with means—(a) to be in company with, or(b) to communicate with by any means (including post, facsimile, telephone and email).s 128A: Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 2.2 [2]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [5].
128B Conditions of parole as to lifetime supervision
(1) This section applies to an offender serving an existing life sentence within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, being an offender in respect of whom a parole order is made as a consequence of the Supreme Court having set a non-parole period for the sentence (but not a specified term) under clause 4 of that Schedule.(2) It is a condition of a parole order for an offender to whom this section applies that, for the whole of the period for which the parole order is in force—(a) the offender is to be subject to supervision, as prescribed by the regulations, and(b) in relation to that supervision, the offender must comply with such obligations as the Commissioner may from time to time impose on the offender.Note—Unless the parole order is sooner revoked, the effect of this provision is supervision for life.(3) This section does not permit the Commissioner to impose any obligations that are inconsistent with any standard conditions imposed by this Act or the regulations or any additional conditions imposed by the sentencing court or the Parole Authority.s 128B: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [19].
128C Conditions as to supervision
(1) It is a condition of a parole order that the offender is to be subject to supervision, as prescribed by the regulations.(2) The period of supervision is to be the period specified in the regulations, except as provided by subsection (3).(3) The period of supervision for an offender released under a parole order made under section 160 is the whole of the period for which the parole order is in force.(4) If the offender is subject to a community supervision order under Part 4A, the conditions of that order prevail to the extent of any inconsistency with conditions imposed by or under this section.(5) The condition imposed by subsection (1) does not apply to an offender to whom section 128B applies.s 128C: Ins 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [8]. Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [5].
128D Parole Authority may exempt from supervision condition in exceptional circumstances
(1) The Parole Authority may, by order in writing, exempt an offender for a specified period from the condition imposed by section 128C (1) if the Parole Authority is satisfied that the exceptional circumstances of the case justify the exemption.(2) The exemption may be unconditional or subject to conditions.(3) The order is to specify the purpose for which it is granted.(4) For the purposes of this Act, a failure to comply with a condition of the exemption is taken to be a failure to comply with the obligations of the parole order. This subsection does not limit the power of the Parole Authority to revoke the exemption order.(5) An offender is not required to comply with the condition imposed under section 128C (1) if the offender is subject to an exemption.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the periods for which an exemption may be ordered,(b) notice to an offender of the making or revocation of an exemption order.s 128D: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [9].
128E Suspension of certain parole conditions
(1) This section applies to the following conditions of a parole order—(a) a condition referred to in section 128A (1),(b) a condition referred to in section 128C (1) (a supervision condition),(c) a curfew.(2) A community corrections officer may, by order in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of a supervision condition to an offender for a period or periods or indefinitely.(3) A community corrections officer may, by order given orally or in writing and subject to the regulations, suspend the application of any other condition to which this section applies to an offender for a period or periods.(4) The suspension may be unconditional or subject to conditions.(5) For the purposes of this Act, a failure to comply with a condition of the suspension is taken to be a failure to comply with the obligations of the parole order. This subsection does not limit the power of the community corrections officer to revoke the suspension order.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the periods for which a condition may be suspended,(b) notice to an offender of the making or revocation of a suspension order,(c) requiring the power to make, amend or revoke a suspension order to be exercised subject to and in accordance with any specified conditions.(7) This section does not apply to a condition imposed on the following offenders—(a) an offender to whom section 128B applies,(b) an offender released under a parole order made under section 160.s 128E: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [9].
129 Obligations of offender
The obligations of an offender while on release on parole are—(a) to comply with such requirements of this Part and the regulations as apply to the offender, and(b) to comply with the requirements of any conditions to which the offender’s parole order is subject.(c) (Repealed)s 129: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [12] [13].
130 Revocation of parole order before release
(1) The Parole Authority may, by order in writing, revoke a parole order at any time before the offender to whom the order relates is released under the order, if the Parole Authority is satisfied that—(a) the offender, if released, would pose a serious identifiable risk to the safety of the community and that the risk cannot be sufficiently mitigated by directions from a community corrections officer or by changing the conditions of parole, or(b) the offender, if released, would pose a serious and immediate risk to the offender’s safety and that the risk cannot be sufficiently mitigated by directions from a community corrections officer or by changing the conditions of parole, or(c) the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order, or(d) a re-integration home detention order applying to the offender has been revoked, or(e) the offender has requested the revocation, or(f) in the case of a parole order made by the Parole Authority, there has been a substantial change to a matter considered by the Parole Authority in making the order, or(g) any other circumstance prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this section exists.Note—A reference to a parole order includes a statutory parole order imposed under section 158 where the sentence is 3 years or less (see definition of parole order in section 3 (1)).(2) Division 4 of Part 7 applies to the revocation of a parole order under this section in the same way as it applies to the revocation of a parole order under Division 3 of that Part.(3) The Parole Authority may revoke a parole order under this section on its own initiative or on the recommendation of the Commissioner or a community corrections officer.Note—Division 3A of Part 6 sets out additional circumstances relating to the safety of the community in which the parole of individuals may be revoked before or after release if there are terrorism concerns.(4) The Attorney General or the Minister may request the Parole Authority to revoke a parole order under this section and may make any submissions they think fit to support the request.s 130: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [14]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [10] [11].
131 Release under parole order
(1) An offender’s parole order is sufficient warrant for any person having custody of the offender to release the offender in accordance with the terms of the order.(2) An offender who is released on parole under this Part is to be released from custody on the day specified in the relevant parole order in that regard (the parole date).(3) An inmate may be released from custody—(a) at any time on the parole date, or(b) if the parole date is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday and the offender so requests, at any time during the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
131A (Repealed)
s 131A: Ins 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [2]. Rep 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [15].
132 Sentence continues to run while offender on parole
An offender who, while serving a sentence, is released on parole in accordance with the terms of a parole order is taken to continue serving the sentence during the period—(a) that begins when the offender is released, and(b) that ends when the sentence expires or (if the parole order is sooner revoked) when the parole order is revoked.
133 Parole order not invalidated by failure to comply with procedural requirements
A parole order is not invalid merely because of a failure by the Parole Authority or a court to comply with any procedural requirement imposed by or under this Act.
Division 2 Parole orders for sentences of more than 3 years
Subdivision 1 General
134 Application of Division
This Division applies to the making of a parole order for a sentence of more than 3 years for which a non-parole period has been set.
135 General duty of Parole Authority relating to release of offender
(1) The Parole Authority must not make a parole order directing the release of an offender unless it is satisfied that it is in the interests of the safety of the community.(2) In considering whether it is in the interests of the safety of the community to release an offender, the Parole Authority must have regard to the following principal matters—(a) the risk to the safety of members of the community of releasing the offender on parole,(b) whether the release of the offender on parole is likely to address the risk of the offender re-offending,(c) the risk to community safety of releasing the offender at the end of the sentence without a period of supervised parole or at a later date with a shorter period of supervised parole.(3) In considering whether it is in the interests of the safety of the community to release an offender, the Parole Authority must also have regard to the following matters—(a) the nature and circumstances of the offence to which the offender’s sentence relates,(b) any relevant comments made by the sentencing court,(c) the offender’s criminal history,(d) the likely effect on any victim of the offender, and on any such victim’s family, of the offender being released on parole,(e) (Repealed)(f) any report in relation to the granting of parole that has been prepared by a community corrections officer,(g) any other report in relation to the granting of parole to the offender that has been prepared by or on behalf of the Review Council or any other authority of the State,(h) if the Drug Court has notified the Parole Authority that it has declined to make a compulsory drug treatment order in relation to the offender’s sentence on the ground that it is not satisfied as to the matters referred to in section 18D (1) (b) (vi) of the Drug Court Act 1998, the circumstances of that decision to decline to make that order,(i) that an application that has been made (but not determined) in respect of the offender—(i) for an extended supervision order or continuing detention order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, or(ii) for a continuing detention order under Division 105A of Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code,(i1) that the High Risk Offenders Assessment Committee under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 has recommended that an application be made for an extended supervision order or continuing detention order under that Act or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 in relation to the offender,Note—Under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, section 24AC(a) and the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, section 63(a) the High Risk Offenders Assessment Committee may make recommendations to the Commissioner about the taking of action by the State in relation to offenders under those Acts.(j) any other matters that the Parole Authority considers to be relevant.(4) Without limiting subsection (3)(j), if the offender has provided post-sentence assistance, the Parole Authority may have regard to the following—(a) the nature and extent of the assistance (including the reliability and value of any information or evidence provided by the offender),(b) the degree to which the offender’s willingness to provide assistance reflects the offender’s progress to rehabilitation.(5) Except in exceptional circumstances, the Parole Authority must not make a parole order for a serious offender unless the Review Council advises that it is appropriate for the offender to be released on parole.(6) A report prepared by a community corrections officer for the purposes of subsection (3) must address the matters prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.(7) The Parole Authority, and the Review Council when giving advice for the purposes of subsection (5), must not have regard to the fact that an application for a continuing detention order under the Commonwealth Criminal Code, Part 5.3, Division 105A may be made in relation to the offender.(8) The Parole Authority is not required to consider the matters specified by this section in relation to an offender if it determines under Division 3A that it cannot make a parole order for the offender.(9) In this section—post-sentence assistance means assistance in the prevention, detection or investigation of, or in proceedings relating to, any offence, provided by an offender to law enforcement authorities after the offender was sentenced and that was not taken into account or considered by the sentencing court.s 135: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [16]. Am 2004 No 42, Sch 3 [5]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [17]; 2010 No 136, Sch 1.1 [1]. Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2017 No 54, Sch 2.1 [1]–[3]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [6] [7]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[6] [7]; 2022 No 43, Sch 1[1] [2].
135A Parole order must not be made where offender has not cooperated in locating victim’s body or remains
(1) This section applies to an offender if the offender is serving a term of imprisonment for a homicide offence and—(a) the body or remains of the victim of the offence have not been located, or(b) because of an act or omission of the offender or another person, part of the body or remains of the victim has not been located.(2) Despite section 135(1), the Parole Authority must not make a parole order directing the release of an offender to which this section applies unless it is satisfied the offender has cooperated satisfactorily in police investigations or other actions to identify the victim’s location.(3) The cooperation referred to in subsection (2) may have happened before or after the offender was sentenced to imprisonment for the offence.(4) The Commissioner of Police must, at least 28 days before the Parole Authority proposes to make a decision about making a parole order directing the release of an offender to which this section applies, give the Parole Authority a written report that—(a) states whether the offender has given cooperation mentioned in subsection (2), and(b) if the offender has given cooperation, includes an evaluation of—(i) the nature, extent and timeliness of the offender’s cooperation, and(ii) the truthfulness, completeness and reliability of any information or evidence provided by the offender in relation to the victim’s location, and(iii) the significance and usefulness of the offender’s cooperation.(5) In deciding whether the Parole Authority is satisfied about the offender’s cooperation as mentioned in subsection (2), the Parole Authority—(a) must have regard to—(i) the report given by the Commissioner of Police under subsection (4), and(ii) any information the Parole Authority has about the offender’s capacity to give the cooperation, and(b) may have regard to any other information the Parole Authority considers relevant.(6) To avoid doubt, the Commissioner of Police is not required to provide the Parole Authority with any document, evidence or criminal intelligence that the Commissioner of Police used to prepare the report, or to make a statement or evaluation, referred to in subsection (4).(7) Subsection (2) extends to an offender serving a sentence of imprisonment in New South Wales for a corresponding offence committed outside New South Wales if the offender has been transferred to New South Wales under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982.(8) In this section—corresponding offence means an offence committed outside New South Wales that, if committed in New South Wales, would be a homicide offence.homicide offence means—(a) the offence of murder, or(b) the offence of manslaughter, or(c) an offence against the Crimes Act 1900, section 22A, 25A, 26 or 349(1).victim’s location means—(a) the location, or the last known location, of every part of the body or remains of the victim of the homicide offence, and(b) the place where every part of the body or remains of the victim may be found.s 135A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [16]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [18]. Rep 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [12]. Ins 2022 No 43, Sch 1[3].
Subdivision 2 Offenders other than serious offenders
136 Application of Subdivision
This Subdivision applies to offenders who are not serious offenders.
137 Consideration of parole when offender first eligible for parole
(1) The Parole Authority must consider whether or not an offender should be released on parole at least 60 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date.(2) Despite subsection (1), the Parole Authority—(a) may defer consideration of an offender’s case until not less than 21 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date if it is of the opinion—(i) that it is unable to complete its consideration because it has not been furnished with a report required to be made to it, or(ii) that there are other relevant matters requiring further consideration, and(b) may consider an offender’s case less than 60 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date where the Drug Court has revoked the offender’s compulsory drug treatment order.s 137: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2014 No 45, Sch 2.1 [6].
137A Consideration of parole in subsequent years
(1) At any time within 90 days before an offender’s annual review date, the offender, if still eligible for release on parole, may apply to be released on parole.(1A) For the purposes of this section, an offender’s annual review date occurs on each anniversary of the offender’s parole eligibility date.(2) After receiving such an application, but not more than 60 days before the offender’s annual review date, the Parole Authority must consider whether or not the offender should be released on parole.(3) Despite subsection (2)—(a) if the offender is unlawfully at large following revocation of parole, the Parole Authority is not required to consider the offender’s case until the offender is returned to custody, and(b) if the offender is unlawfully at large for the whole of one or more years following the revocation, the Parole Authority may decline to consider the offender’s case at all in relation to that year or those years, and(c) in any case, the Parole Authority may decline to consider an offender’s case for up to 3 years at a time after it last considered the grant of parole to the offender.s 137A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [15]–[17].
137B Consideration of parole so as to avoid manifest injustice
The Parole Authority may consider an offender’s case at any time after the date on which the offender first becomes eligible for release on parole, and without the need for an application, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations as constituting manifest injustice.s 137B: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [9].
137C Parole Authority may examine offender
(1) For the purpose of its consideration of an offender’s case, the Parole Authority may (but need not) examine the offender.(2) An offender is not entitled to make submissions to the Parole Authority at any meeting held by it for the purposes of this section, and consequently section 190 (1) does not apply to any such meeting.s 137C: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [19].
138 Release of offender on parole
(1) As soon as practicable after deciding to release an offender on parole, the Parole Authority must make an order directing that the offender be released on parole on a day occurring during a period specified in accordance with subsection (1AA).(1AA) The period to be specified in a parole order under this section is to be—(a) if the order is made earlier than the offender’s parole eligibility date (other than an order made following consideration of the offender’s case under section 137B), a period beginning no earlier than the offender’s parole eligibility date and ending no later than 35 days after that date, and(a1) if the order is made following an application by the offender referred to in section 137A, and is made before the offender’s annual review date (within the meaning of that section), a period beginning no earlier than the offender’s annual review date and ending no later than 35 days after that date, and(b) in any other case, a period beginning no earlier than the date on which the order is made and ending no later than 35 days after that date.(1A) In determining a day on which to release a violent offender under subsection (1), the Parole Authority must take into account the potential trauma to a victim and the victim’s family if the offender is released on the anniversary of the commission of the offence against the victim.(1B) For the purposes of this section, a violent offender means an offender who is serving a sentence for an offence involving violence against a person, including any type of sexual assault referred to in the definition of sexual assault and domestic violence in section 19 of the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013.(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the power of the Parole Authority to amend or repeal an order as referred to in section 43 (2) of the Interpretation Act 1987.s 138: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [34]; 2001 No 117, Sch 4 [1] [2]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [20]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [18]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.4 [1]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [10].
139 Notice to offender of decision to refuse parole
(1) As soon as practicable after deciding not to make a parole order for an offender, the Parole Authority—(a) must give notice of its decision to the offender, and(b) must determine whether, in relation to any reconsideration of the matter—(i) there will be a hearing, whether or not the offender requests a hearing, or(ii) there will be a hearing only if the offender requests a hearing and the Parole Authority is satisfied that a hearing is warranted.(2) The notice must inform the offender of the following matters—(a) that the Parole Authority’s decision is not to make a parole order in relation to the offender,(b) that the offender may apply to the Parole Authority for the matter to be reconsidered,(c) that, if the offender makes such an application—(i) there will be a hearing, whether or not the offender requests a hearing, or(ii) there will be a hearing only if the offender requests a hearing and the Parole Authority is satisfied that a hearing is warranted,(d) that the Parole Authority will take into account any submissions by the offender when making its final decision on the matter.(3) The notice—(a) must indicate the address to which such an application should be sent, and the date by which such an application must be made, and(b) subject to section 194, must be accompanied by copies of the reports and other documents intended to be used by the Parole Authority in making its final decision.(4) An application by an offender under this section—(a) may be accompanied by written submissions in support of the application, and(b) if the notice to the offender states that there will be a hearing only if the application requests a hearing, may request a hearing.(5) If there is to be a hearing, the Parole Authority—(a) must set a date (occurring as soon as practicable) on which the hearing will be conducted, and(b) must give notice to the offender of the date, time and place for the hearing.s 139: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [22]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [21]–[23].
140 Conduct of hearing
(1) At any hearing conducted by the Parole Authority pursuant to an application under section 139, the offender may make submissions to the Parole Authority as to whether or not the offender should be released on parole.(2) Submissions may be made orally or in writing and, if in writing, may be given to the Parole Authority either in advance of or at the hearing.(3) The Parole Authority may postpone or adjourn a hearing for any reason that seems appropriate to it.s 140: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [22].
141 Decision following review
(1) After reviewing all the reports, documents, submissions and other information placed before it, the Parole Authority must decide—(a) whether or not the offender should be released on parole, or(b) whether, for reasons specified by the Parole Authority in its minutes, the question of whether or not the offender should be released on parole should be deferred.(2) The question of whether or not the offender should be released on parole—(a) may be deferred once only, and(b) may not be deferred for more than 2 months.(3) If the Parole Authority decides that the offender should be released on parole, the Parole Authority must make an order directing the release of the offender on a day occurring during a period specified in accordance with subsection (3AA).(3AA) The period to be specified in a parole order under this section is to be—(a) if the order is made earlier than the offender’s parole eligibility date, a period beginning no earlier than the offender’s parole eligibility date and ending no later than 35 days after that date, and(b) in any other case, a period beginning no earlier than the date on which the order is made and ending no later than 35 days after that date.(3A) In determining when a violent offender should be released, the Parole Authority must take into account the potential trauma to a victim and the victim’s family if the offender is released on the anniversary of the commission of the offence against the victim.(3B) For the purposes of this section, a violent offender means an offender who is serving a sentence for an offence involving violence against a person, including any type of sexual assault referred to in the definition of sexual assault and domestic violence in section 19 of the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013.(4) If the Parole Authority decides that the offender should not be released on parole, the Parole Authority—(a) (Repealed)(b) must cause notice that it does not intend to make a parole order to be served on the offender.s 141: Am 2001 No 117, Sch 4 [3]; 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [23] [24]; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.4 [2].
141A Submissions by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may at any time make submissions to the Parole Authority concerning the release on parole of an offender.Note—The Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 authorises the use by the Commissioner of certain information obtained under that Act in parole proceedings under this Act, but only with the consent of the provider of the information.(2) If the Commissioner makes any such submission before the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, the Parole Authority must not make such a decision without taking the submission into account.(3) If the Commissioner makes any such submission after the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, but before the offender is released, the Parole Authority must consider whether or not it should exercise its power under section 130 to revoke the relevant parole order.(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to submissions by the Commissioner under this section, including provisions relating to the application of this Subdivision in connection with any such submission.s 141A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [25]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [24]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[8].
Subdivision 3 Serious offenders
142 Application of Subdivision
This Subdivision applies to serious offenders.
143 Consideration of parole when serious offender first eligible for parole
(1) The Parole Authority must consider whether or not a serious offender should be released on parole at least 60 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date.(2) Despite subsection (1), the Parole Authority may defer consideration of an offender’s case until not less than 21 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date if it is of the opinion—(a) that it is unable to complete its consideration because it has not been furnished with a report required to be made to it, or(b) that there are other relevant matters requiring further consideration.s 143: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [26].
143A Consideration of parole in subsequent years
(1) At any time within 90 days before an offender’s annual review date, the offender, if still eligible for release on parole, may apply to be released on parole.(1A) For the purposes of this section, an offender’s annual review date occurs on each anniversary of the offender’s parole eligibility date.(2) After receiving such an application, but not more than 60 days before the offender’s annual review date, the Parole Authority must consider whether or not the offender should be released on parole.(3) Despite subsection (2)—(a) if the offender is unlawfully at large following revocation of parole, the Parole Authority is not required to consider the offender’s case until the offender is returned to custody, and(b) if the offender is unlawfully at large for the whole of one or more years following the revocation, the Parole Authority may decline to consider the offender’s case at all in relation to that year or those years, and(c) in any case, the Parole Authority may decline to consider an offender’s case for up to 3 years at a time after it last considered the grant of parole to the offender.s 143A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [26]. Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [19]–[21].
143B Consideration of parole so as to avoid manifest injustice
The Parole Authority may consider a serious offender’s case at any time after the date on which the offender first becomes eligible for release on parole, and without the need for an application, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations as constituting manifest injustice.s 143B: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [26]. Am 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [9].
143C Parole Authority may examine serious offender
(1) For the purpose of its consideration of a serious offender’s case, the Parole Authority may (but need not) examine the offender.(2) A serious offender is not entitled to make submissions to the Parole Authority at any meeting held by it for the purposes of this section, and consequently section 190 (1) does not apply to any such meeting.s 143C: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [26].
144 Formulation of Parole Authority’s initial intention
On or immediately after giving its preliminary consideration as to whether or not a serious offender should be released on parole, the Parole Authority must formulate and record its initial intention either—(a) to make a parole order in relation to the offender, or(b) not to make such a parole order.
145 Notice to victims of intention to grant parole
(1) As soon as practicable after forming an initial intention to make a parole order for a serious offender, but subject to and in accordance with the regulations, the Parole Authority must give notice of its intention to the victims of the offender who are recorded in the Victims Register.(2) The notice must inform each victim concerned of the following matters—(a) that the Parole Authority’s initial intention is to make a parole order in relation to the offender,(b) that the victim may apply to the Parole Authority for the matter to be reconsidered,(c) that, if the victim makes such an application, there will be a hearing only if the application requests a hearing,(d) that the Parole Authority will take into account any submissions by the victim when making its final decision on the matter.(3) The notice must indicate the address to which such an application should be sent and the date by which such an application must be made.(4) An application by a victim under this section—(a) may be accompanied by written submissions in support of the application, and(b) may request a hearing.(5) If the application requests a hearing, the Parole Authority—(a) must set a date (occurring as soon as practicable) on which the hearing will be conducted, and(b) must give notice to the Commissioner, the offender and the victim of the date, time and place for the hearing.(6) The notice to the offender under subsection (5) (b) must include the following information—(a) that the Parole Authority’s initial intention is to make a parole order,(b) that there will be a hearing conducted for the purpose of reconsidering the matter,(c) that, following the hearing, the Parole Authority could change its intention,(d) that the offender will be entitled to make submissions at the hearing as to whether or not the offender should be released on parole,(e) that other submissions may be made at the hearing by the State and by victims of the offender.(7) In circumstances where, under subsection (1), notice need not be given of its initial intention, the Parole Authority may, subject to section 152, proceed immediately to confirm its intention.s 145: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [27]. Am 2022 No 1, Sch 1[9].
146 Notice to serious offender of intention to refuse parole
(1) As soon as practicable after forming an initial intention not to make a parole order for a serious offender, the Parole Authority—(a) must give notice of its intention to the offender, and(b) must determine whether, in relation to any reconsideration of the matter—(i) there will be a hearing, whether or not the offender requests a hearing, or(ii) there will be a hearing only if the offender requests a hearing and the Parole Authority is satisfied that a hearing is warranted.(2) The notice must inform the offender of the following matters—(a) that the Parole Authority’s initial intention is not to make a parole order in relation to the offender,(b) that the offender may apply to the Parole Authority for the matter to be reconsidered,(c) that, if the offender makes such an application—(i) there will be a hearing, whether or not the offender requests a hearing, or(ii) there will be a hearing only if the offender requests a hearing and the Parole Authority is satisfied that a hearing is warranted,(d) that the Parole Authority will take into account any submissions by the offender when making its final decision on the matter.(3) The notice—(a) must indicate the address to which such an application should be sent, and the date by which such an application must be made, and(b) subject to section 194, must be accompanied by copies of the reports and other documents intended to be used by the Parole Authority in making its final decision.(4) An application by an offender under this section—(a) may be accompanied by written submissions in support of the application, and(b) if the notice to the offender states that there will be a hearing only if the application requests a hearing, may request a hearing.(5) If there is to be a hearing, the Parole Authority—(a) must set a date (occurring as soon as practicable) on which the hearing will be conducted, and(b) must give notice to the Commissioner, the offender and, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, to the victims of the offender who are recorded in the Victims Register, of the date, time and place for the hearing.(6) The notice to a victim under subsection (5) (b) must include the following information—(a) that the Parole Authority’s initial intention is not to make a parole order,(b) that there will be a hearing for the purpose of reconsidering the matter,(c) that, following the hearing, the Parole Authority could change its intention,(d) that the victim will be entitled to make submissions at the hearing as to whether or not the offender should be released on parole,(e) that other submissions may be made at the hearing by the State and by the offender.s 146: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [27]. Am 2022 No 1, Sch 1[9].
147 Conduct of hearing
(1) At any hearing conducted by the Parole Authority pursuant to an application under section 145 or 146, both the offender and any victim of the offender may make submissions to the Parole Authority as to whether or not the offender should be released on parole.(2) Submissions may be made orally or in writing and, if in writing, may be given to the Parole Authority either in advance of or at the hearing.(3) The Parole Authority may postpone or adjourn a hearing for any reason that seems appropriate to it.s 147: Am 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [4]. Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [27].
148 Principles on which Parole Authority’s final decision to be made
(1) The Parole Authority is to make its final decision as to whether or not to make a parole order on the following principles—(a) that the Parole Authority will confirm its initial intention to make a parole order if there are no submissions to the contrary or if it is not required to seek victim submissions,(b) that the Parole Authority will reconsider its initial intention to make a parole order if there are submissions to the contrary, and will in that event take into account any offender submissions,(c) that the Parole Authority will confirm its initial intention not to make a parole order if there are no offender submissions,(d) that the Parole Authority will reconsider its initial intention not to make a parole order if there are offender submissions, and will in that event take into account any other submissions.(2) The Parole Authority must consider all submissions made in accordance with this Subdivision and, subject to section 185 (2), must disregard all other submissions.s 148: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [28]–[30].
149 Decision following review
(1) After reviewing all the reports, documents, submissions and other information placed before it, the Parole Authority must decide—(a) whether or not the offender should be released on parole, or(b) whether, for reasons specified by the Parole Authority in its minutes, the question of whether or not the offender should be released on parole should be deferred.(2) The question of whether or not the offender should be released on parole—(a) may be deferred once only, and(b) may not be deferred for more than 2 months.(3) If the Parole Authority decides than the offender should be released on parole, it must make an order directing the release of the offender on parole on a day occurring during a period specified in accordance with section 151.(4) If the Parole Authority decides that the offender should not be released on parole, the Parole Authority—(a) (Repealed)(b) must cause notice that it does not intend to make a parole order to be served on the offender.s 149: Am 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [31].
150 Decision where no review
(1) The Parole Authority must confirm its initial intention to make a parole order if there are no victim submissions or other submissions to the contrary or if it is not required to seek victim submissions.(2) The Parole Authority must confirm its initial intention not to make a parole order if there are no offender submissions.(3) If the Parole Authority confirms its initial intention to make a parole order, it must make an order directing the release of the offender on parole on a day occurring during a period specified in accordance with section 151.(4) If the Parole Authority confirms its initial intention not to make a parole order—(a) (Repealed)(b) it must cause notice that it does not intend to make a parole order to be served on the offender.s 150: Am 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [32] [33].
151 Release of serious offender on parole
(1) The period to be specified in a parole order under section 149 or 150 is to be—(a) if the order is made earlier than 14 days before the offender’s parole eligibility date (other than an order made following consideration of the offender’s case under section 143B), a period beginning no earlier than the offender’s parole eligibility date and ending no later than 21 days after that date, and(a1) if the order is made following an application by the offender referred to in section 143A, and is made before the offender’s annual review date (within the meaning of that section), a period beginning no earlier than the offender’s annual review date and ending no later than 35 days after that date, and(b) in any other case, a period beginning no earlier than 14 days after the date on which the order is made and ending no later than 35 days after that date.(1A) In determining a day on which to release a violent offender under subsection (1), the Parole Authority must take into account the potential trauma to a victim and the victim’s family if the offender is released on the anniversary of the commission of the offence against the victim.(1B) For the purposes of this section, a violent offender means an offender who is serving a sentence for an offence involving violence against a person, including any type of sexual assault referred to in the definition of sexual assault and domestic violence in section 19 of the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013.(2) If an application is made to the Supreme Court within 14 days after a parole order is made, the order is suspended—(a) until the application is dealt with by the Court or the application is withdrawn, or(b) if the direction of the Supreme Court includes a requirement that the Parole Authority reconsider its decision in the light of the direction, until the Parole Authority revokes the order or confirms it with or without modifications.(3) Any such suspension automatically lapses at the end of the period of 28 days after the date on which a direction referred to in subsection (2) (b) is given if during that period the Parole Authority neither revokes the parole order nor confirms it with or without modifications.s 151: Am 2001 No 117, Sch 4 [4] [5]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [34]–[36]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [22]; 2013 No 37, Sch 3.4 [3]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [11].
152 Reasons to be provided for rejection of Review Council’s advice
(1) If the Parole Authority rejects the advice of the Review Council concerning the release on parole of a serious offender, the Parole Authority must state in writing its reasons for rejecting that advice.(2) The Parole Authority must forward a copy of those reasons to the Review Council.(3) The Review Council may make submissions to the Parole Authority concerning the rejection of its advice within 21 days of that rejection.(4) The Parole Authority is not to make a final decision concerning the release of the offender during the period referred to in subsection (3).
153 Submissions by State
(1) The State may at any time make submissions to the Parole Authority concerning the release on parole of—(a) a serious offender, or(b) an offender (whether or not a serious offender) to whom Division 3A applies.Note—The Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 and the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 authorise the use by the State of certain information obtained under those Acts in parole proceedings under this Act, but only with the consent of the provider of the information.(2) If the State makes any such submission before the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, the Parole Authority must not make such a decision without taking the submission into account.(3) If the State makes any such submission after the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, but before the offender is released, the Parole Authority must consider whether or not it should exercise its power under section 130 to revoke the relevant parole order.(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to submissions by the State under this section, including provisions relating to the application of this Subdivision in connection with any such submission.(5) The powers of the State under this section may be exercised by the Commissioner and by any other authority of the State.s 153: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [37]. Am 2018 No 94, Sch 1.3 [1]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[10].
153A Withdrawal of offender information provided under Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017
(1) This section applies to proceedings for parole before the Parole Authority in which information is used under the authority given by section 71A of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.Note—Section 71A of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 authorises the use by the State of certain information obtained under that Act in proceedings for parole under this Act, but only with the consent of the provider of the information.(2) The Parole Authority must allow the State or a prescribed terrorism intelligence authority to withdraw the information from the consideration of the Parole Authority at any time before the proceedings are determined.(3) Any offender information that is withdrawn from the consideration of the Parole Authority must not be—(a) used in making submissions for the State in the proceedings, or(b) taken into consideration by the Parole Authority in determining the proceedings.(4) In this section—offender information has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.has the same meaning as in the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.s 153A: Ins 2018 No 94, Sch 1.3 [2].
154 Matters to be considered concerning certain serious offenders
(1) This section applies to a serious offender whose sentence for life is the subject of a determination under Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.(2) The Parole Authority, in exercising its functions under this Part in relation to a serious offender to whom this section applies—(a) must have regard to and give substantial weight to any relevant recommendations, observations and comments made by the sentencing court, and(b) must give consideration to adopting or giving effect to any such recommendations, observations and comments and to the intention of the sentencing court when making them, andand must, in particular, have regard to the need to preserve the safety of the community.(c) to the extent that it declines to adopt or give effect to any such recommendations, observations and comments, must state its reasons for doing so,
154A Serious offenders the subject of non-release recommendations
(1) Section 143 does not require the Parole Authority to give preliminary consideration as to whether or not a serious offender the subject of a non-release recommendation should be released on parole unless an application for that purpose is made to the Parole Authority by or on behalf of the offender.(2) An application under this section must be lodged with the Secretary of the Parole Authority.(3) After considering the application, the Parole Authority may make an order directing the release of the offender on parole if, and only if, the Parole Authority—(a) is satisfied (on the basis of a report prepared by the Chief Executive, Justice Health) that the offender—(i) is in imminent danger of dying, or is incapacitated to the extent that he or she no longer has the physical ability to do harm to any person, and(ii) has demonstrated that he or she does not pose a risk to the community, and(b) is further satisfied that, because of those circumstances, the making of such an order is justified.(4) In this section serious offender the subject of a non-release recommendation means a serious offender—(a) who is serving a sentence for which a determination has been made under clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, and(b) who is the subject of a non-release recommendation within the meaning of that Schedule, as in force from time to time.s 154A: Ins 2001 No 29, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [38]; 2005 No 13, Sch 2 [1]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3].
Subdivision 4 Applications to Supreme Court
pt 6, div 2, sdiv 4, hdg: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [39].
155 Application to Supreme Court by offender
(1) If—(a) the Parole Authority decides that an offender should not be released on parole, andthe offender may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant.(b) the offender alleges that the decision of the Parole Authority has been made on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information,(2) The Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it thinks fit.(3) An application under this section is to be considered by the Supreme Court if and only if it is satisfied that the application is not an abuse of process and that there appears to be sufficient evidence to support the application.(4) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to consider the merits of the Parole Authority’s decision otherwise than on the grounds referred to in subsection (1).s 155: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36]; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [11].
156 Application to Supreme Court by State
(1) If—(a) the Parole Authority decides that a serious offender should be released on parole, andthe Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant.(b) the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions alleges that the decision of the Parole Authority has been made on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information,(2) The Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it thinks fit.(3) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to consider the merits of the Parole Authority’s decision otherwise than on the grounds referred to in subsection (1).s 156: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36]; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [12].
157 Appearance in person of offender
(1) At the hearing or determination of an application under this Subdivision, an offender is not entitled to appear in person, except by leave of the Supreme Court.(2) The power of the Supreme Court to grant an offender leave to appear in person at the hearing or determination of an application under this Subdivision may be exercised by any Judge of that Court, but no appeal lies to that Court against the refusal of a Judge of that Court to grant leave to appear.s 157: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36].
Division 3 Parole orders for sentences of 3 years or less
pt 6, div 3: Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [13].
158 Statutory parole order
(1) An offender who is subject to a sentence of 3 years or less, being a sentence for which a non-parole period has been set, is taken to be subject to a parole order (a statutory parole order) directing the release of the offender on parole at the end of the non-parole period.Note—The provisions of Divisions 1, 3A and 5 of this Part and of Part 7 applying to parole orders, including provisions relating to conditions, revocation and release, apply to statutory parole orders (see definition of parole order in section 3 (1)).(2) A statutory parole order is conditional on the offender being eligible for release on parole in accordance with section 126 at the end of the non-parole period of the sentence.(3) If the offender is not eligible for release at that time, the offender is entitled to be released on parole as soon as the offender becomes so eligible.(4) This section does not authorise the release on parole of an offender who is also serving a sentence of more than 3 years for which a non-parole period has been set unless the offender is entitled to be released under Division 2.s 158: Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [13].
159 Making of parole orders by Parole Authority
(1) This section applies to an offender who—(a) is subject to a sentence of 3 years or less, being a sentence for which a non-parole period was set, and(b) is no longer subject to a statutory parole order or a parole order under this section because the order has been revoked.(2) The Parole Authority may make a parole order directing the release on parole of an offender to whom this section applies.(3) Division 2 applies to an offender to whom this section applies and to the making of a parole order under this section, subject to subsection (4).(4) Section 137 or 143 (as the case requires) does not apply to an offender to whom this section applies whose statutory parole order is revoked prior to release under section 130.s 159: Rep 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [13]. Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.8[2].
Division 3A Parole orders for terrorism related offenders
pt 6, div 3A: Ins 2017 No 24, Sch 2.
159A Definitions
(1) In this Division—terrorism offence means a terrorism offence within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth or an offence under section 310J of the Crimes Act 1900.means an offender to whom this Division applies.terrorist act has the same meaning as it has in Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code.(2) A reference in this Division to an offender engaging in, or inciting or assisting others to engage in, terrorist acts or violent extremism includes a reference to an offender doing so in this State, in any other part of Australia or in any other country.s 159A: Ins 2017 No 24, Sch 2.
159B Offenders to whom Division applies
(1) This Division applies to an offender—(a) who is serving a sentence for a terrorism offence, who has previously been convicted of a terrorism offence or who has been charged with a terrorism offence, or(b) who is the subject of a control order made under Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code, or(c) who has any associations with a terrorist organisation (within the meaning of Division 102 of Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code), or(d) who is making or has previously made any statement (or is carrying out or has previously carried out any activity) advocating support for any terrorist act or violent extremism, or(e) who has or previously had any personal or business association or other affiliation with any person, group of persons or organisation that is or was advocating support for any terrorist act or violent extremism.(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (d) and (e)—(a) advocating support for a terrorist act or violent extremism includes (but is not limited to) any of the following—(i) making a pledge of loyalty to a person, group of persons or organisation, or an ideology, that supports terrorist acts or violent extremism,(ii) using or displaying images or symbols associated with a person, group of persons or organisation, or an ideology, that supports terrorist acts or violent extremism,(iii) making a threat of violence of a kind that is promoted by a person, group of persons or organisation, or an ideology, that supports terrorist acts or violent extremism, and(b) an association or other affiliation with a person, group of persons or organisation includes (but is not limited to) any of the following—(i) networking or communicating with the person, group of persons or organisation,(ii) using social media sites or any other websites to communicate with the person, group of persons or organisation.s 159B: Ins 2017 No 24, Sch 2. Am 2018 No 94, Sch 1.3 [3] [4].
159C Limitation on release on parole of terrorism related offenders
(1) The Parole Authority must not make a parole order directing the release of an offender who is known to the Parole Authority to be a terrorism related offender unless—(a) the Parole Authority is satisfied that the offender will not engage in, or incite or assist others to engage in, terrorist acts or violent extremism, and(b) the offender is otherwise eligible under this Act to be released on parole.(2) The grounds on which the Parole Authority may revoke the parole order of an offender who is known to the Parole Authority to be a terrorism related offender include that the Parole Authority has become aware that the offender may engage in, or incite or assist others to engage in, terrorist acts or violent extremism.(3) The grounds on which a judicial member of the Parole Authority may suspend the parole order of an offender who is known to the judicial member to be a terrorism related offender include that the judicial member has become aware that the offender may engage in, or incite or assist others to engage in, terrorist acts or violent extremism.(4) (Repealed)s 159C: Ins 2017 No 24, Sch 2. Am 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [14].
159D General provisions relating to terrorism related offenders
(1) In deciding whether or not to release a terrorism related offender on parole, the Parole Authority is to—(a) have regard to any credible information it has on the risk that the offender may engage in, or incite or assist others to engage in, terrorist acts or violent extremism under the terms of the proposed parole order and in the future, and(b) have regard in particular to whether the nature of any associations or affiliation that the offender has with any persons or groups advocating support for terrorist acts or violent extremism gives rise to any such risk.(2) The Parole Authority or a judicial member of the Parole Authority may, for the purposes of this Division, have regard to advice received from the NSW Police Force or from any other public authority (whether of this or any other State or Territory or of the Commonwealth) established for law enforcement, security or anti-terrorist purposes.(3) This Division applies in addition to, and despite anything to the contrary in, any other provision of or made under this Act.(4) However, this Division does not limit the operation of section 160.(5) This Division extends to applications for parole orders pending on the commencement of this Division and to parole orders made before that commencement.s 159D: Ins 2017 No 24, Sch 2.
Division 4 Parole orders in exceptional circumstances
160 Parole orders in exceptional circumstances
(1) The Parole Authority may make an order directing the release of an offender on parole who (but for this section) is not otherwise eligible for release on parole if the offender is dying or if the Parole Authority is satisfied that it is necessary to release the offender on parole because of exceptional extenuating circumstances.(2) The Parole Authority is not required to consider an application for a parole order under this section, or to conduct a hearing, if it decides not to grant such an application.(3) Divisions 2 and 3 do not apply to a parole order under this section.(3A) Despite subsection (3), section 135A applies to a parole order under this section.(4) This section does not apply in respect of an offender serving a sentence for life.s 160: Am 2022 No 43, Sch 1[4].
160AA Submissions by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may at any time make submissions to the Parole Authority concerning the release on parole of an offender.(2) If the Commissioner makes any such submission before the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, the Parole Authority must not make such a decision without taking the submission into account.(3) If the Commissioner makes any such submission after the Parole Authority makes a final decision concerning the release of the offender, but before the offender is released, the Parole Authority must consider whether or not it should exercise its power under section 130 to revoke the relevant parole order.(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to submissions by the Commissioner under this section, including provisions relating to the application of this Division in connection with any such submission.s 160AA: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [13].
Division 4A Parole orders for prisoners received from Norfolk Island
pt 6, div 4A (ss 160AB, 160AC): Ins 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [4].
160AB Definitions
In this Division—modification includes addition, exception, omission or substitution.Norfolk Island Act means the Sentencing Act 2007 of Norfolk Island.offender means a person who is serving in New South Wales a sentence by way of full-time detention imposed under a law in force in Norfolk Island.pt 6, div 4A (ss 160AB, 160AC): Ins 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [4].
160AC Parole orders for prisoners from Norfolk Island
(1) The Parole Authority has, and may exercise, in relation to an offender the functions of a Board under Part 6 of the Norfolk Island Act.(2) This Act and the regulations apply to and in respect of the parole of an offender, and a parole order made by the Parole Authority for an offender under the Norfolk Island Act, in the same way as they apply to any other offender or parole order to which Part 6 of this Act applies. However, this Act and the regulations do not apply to the extent to which they are inconsistent with the Norfolk Island Act.Note—Section 151 (10) of the Norfolk Island Act requires the Parole Authority, when making a parole order, to exercise its duties in accordance with the legislation, rules and procedures applicable under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999.(3) The regulations may provide that any specified provision of this Act or the regulations—(a) does or does not apply to the parole of an offender or a parole order for an offender, or(b) applies to and in respect of the parole of an offender or a parole order for an offender with such modifications as the regulations may prescribe.(4) Community Corrections has the same functions in respect of an offender as it has in respect of any other offender to which Part 6 of this Act applies.(5) Despite any other provision of this section, the Parole Authority and Community Corrections are not required to exercise any functions in respect of an offender who is not in New South Wales unless they are doing so in accordance with an agreement with the Administration of Norfolk Island.pt 6, div 4A (ss 160AB, 160AC): Ins 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [4].
Division 4B Prerogative of mercy
pt 6, div 4B (s 160AD): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [15].
160AD Governor may make parole order
(1) The Governor may, in exercising the prerogative of mercy, make a parole order in respect of an offender.(2) The parole order may be made whether or not the offender is eligible for release on parole.(3) An offender may be released on parole in accordance with a parole order made by the Governor.(4) Division 1 of this Part (other than section 126) and Divisions 3–6 of Part 7 (the applied provisions) apply to a parole order made by the Governor in the same way as they apply to a parole order made by the Parole Authority.(5) Except to the extent that the Governor otherwise directs, the Parole Authority is to exercise functions under the applied provisions as if the parole order were a parole order made by the Parole Authority.(6) The Governor may revoke or vary a direction given to the Parole Authority under this section.pt 6, div 4B (s 160AD): Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [15].
Division 5 Miscellaneous
160A Relationship of parole orders to high risk offender orders
(1) An offender’s obligations under a parole order made in respect of a sentence for a NSW offence are suspended while the offender is subject to—(a) an extended supervision order, an interim supervision order, an interim detention order or an emergency detention order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, or(b) an interim detention order under Division 105A of Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code.(2) For the purposes of Division 3 of Part 7, the offender’s obligations under the extended supervision order or interim supervision order are taken to be obligations under the parole order.Note—Consequently, the offender’s parole order may be revoked under Division 3 of Part 7 if the offender fails to comply with his or her obligations under the supervision order.(3) A parole order made in respect of a sentence for a NSW offence to which an offender is subject is revoked if—(a) a continuing detention order is made against the offender under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, or(b) a continuing detention order is made against the offender under Division 105A of Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code.s 160A: Ins 2006 No 7, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2010 No 137, Sch 2 [2]–[4]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [4]; 2014 No 58, Sch 2.1 [3]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [8] [9].
161 Regulations
The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following matters—(a) the management, control, administration and supervision of parole orders,(b) the standard conditions to be imposed on parole orders,(c) the service of notices on an offender,(d) the functions of community corrections officers appointed or employed for the purposes of this Part.
161A Provision of information by health service providers
(1) It is the duty of a health service provider involved in the provision of services to or in respect of an offender to provide the following information on request by a community corrections officer—(a) whether or not the offender has attended a program or any appointment in which the health service provider is involved that is required by a condition of the offender’s parole order or by a direction of a community corrections officer,(b) whether or not the offender has participated in any other activity in which the health service provider is involved as required by a condition of the offender’s parole order or by a direction of a community corrections officer.(2) Nothing in this section requires a health service provider to provide any information relating to events that occurred during any treatment, program or activity in which the offender participated.(3) The offender is taken to have authorised the provision of information in accordance with this section by the health service provider.(4) The provision of information under this section by a health service provider does not constitute—(a) a contravention of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 or the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, or(b) a breach of professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct.(5) In this section—health service provider means—(a) a health service provider within the meaning of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002, or(b) an individual who provides a health service within the meaning of that Act.s 161A: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [16].
Part 7 Revocation and reinstatement, and sanctions for breaches, of certain orders
pt 7, hdg: Am 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [17].
pt 7, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [12]. Rep 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [18].
Division 1 Intensive correction orders
pt 7, div 1: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13].
162 Conduct of inquiry into suspected breach of obligations
(1) If the Parole Authority has reason to suspect that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under an intensive correction order, the Parole Authority may, whether or not the order has expired, conduct an inquiry into the matter.(2) The offender to whom the intensive correction order relates may make submissions to the Parole Authority in relation to the matters under inquiry.s 162: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13].
163 Actions by community corrections officer on breach of intensive correction order
(1) This section applies if the Commissioner or a community corrections officer is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under an intensive correction order.(2) A community corrections officer may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give an informal warning to the offender,(c) give, or arrange to be given to, the offender a formal warning that further breaches will result in referral to the Parole Authority,(d) give a reasonable direction to the offender relating to the kind of behaviour by the offender that caused the breach,(e) impose a curfew on the offender of up to 12 hours in any 24-hour period.(3) As an alternative, or in addition, to taking any such action, the Commissioner or a community corrections officer may decide to refer the breach to the Parole Authority because of the serious nature of the breach and may also make a recommendation as to the action that the Parole Authority may take in respect of the offender.(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the intensive correction order, a community corrections officer may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to any action that may be taken by a community corrections officer under this section.s 163: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [35] [36]; 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [4]–[8]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [23]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [40]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [19].
164 Actions by Parole Authority on breach of intensive correction order
(1) This section applies if the Parole Authority is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under an intensive correction order.(2) The Parole Authority may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give a formal warning to the offender,(c) impose any conditions on the intensive correction order,(d) vary or revoke any conditions of the intensive correction order, including conditions imposed by the sentencing court,(e) make an order revoking the intensive correction order (a revocation order).(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (2), the Parole Authority may impose a condition on the intensive correction order of the following kind—(a) a condition imposing a requirement that the offender remain at the offender’s place of residence for a period of home detention of up to 30 days,(b) a condition that the offender must submit to the use of an electronic monitoring device,(c) ancillary conditions relating to any condition imposed under this section.(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the intensive correction order, the Parole Authority may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.(5) The regulations may provide that specified provisions of Part 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 and Part 3 of this Act (and the regulations under those Acts) so far as they relate to conditions of an intensive correction order that is subject to a condition of home detention imposed under this section—(a) apply to the offender in the same way as they apply to an intensive correction order that is subject to a home detention condition, and(b) so apply with any necessary modifications and any modifications prescribed by the regulations.(6) The Parole Authority must not—(a) vary or revoke a standard condition under this section, or(b) impose a condition under this section unless the sentencing court could have imposed the condition under Part 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or(c) vary a condition under this section unless the sentencing court could have imposed the varied condition under that Part, or(d) impose a condition imposing a period of home detention or a condition requiring community service work unless a report prepared by a community corrections officer states that the imposition of such a condition is appropriate in the circumstances.(7) If the Parole Authority revokes an additional condition on an intensive correction order, it must replace it with another additional condition, unless there is already another additional condition in force with respect to the order.s 164: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [19].
164AA Circumstances for revocation in addition to non-compliance with intensive correction order
(1) The Parole Authority may, on its own initiative or on the recommendation of the Commissioner, make an order revoking an intensive correction order (a revocation order)—(a) if it is satisfied that the offender is unable to comply with the offender’s obligations under the order as a result of a material change in the offender’s circumstances, or(b) if the offender fails to appear before the Parole Authority when called on to do so under section 180, or(c) if the offender has applied for the order to be revoked.(2) The Parole Authority may make a revocation order on the recommendation of the Commissioner if it is satisfied that health reasons or compassionate grounds exist that justify the revocation.s 164AA: Ins 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [6].
164A Revocation orders
(1A) A revocation order under this Division may be made—(a) whether or not the offender has been called on to appear before the Parole Authority, and(b) whether or not the Parole Authority has held an inquiry.(1) A revocation order takes effect, or is taken to have taken effect, on the date on which it is made or on such earlier date as the Parole Authority thinks fit.(2) The earliest date on which the revocation order may take effect is the date of the first occasion on which it appears to the Parole Authority that the offender failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under the intensive correction order.(3) If an offender is not taken into custody until after the day on which the revocation order takes effect, the term of the offender’s sentence is, by this subsection, extended by the number of days the person was at large after the order took effect.s 164A: Ins 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [25]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]. Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [19]. Am 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [7] [8].
165 Parole Authority may reinstate revoked intensive correction order
(1) If an offender’s intensive correction order has been revoked under this Division or under section 179, the Parole Authority—(a) on its own initiative or on the application of the offender, andmay make an order reinstating the offender’s intensive correction order in respect of the remaining balance of the offender’s sentence.(b) subject to Part 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(2) Such an application—(a) may not be made until the offender has, since the intensive correction order was revoked, served at least 1 month of the offender’s sentence by way of full-time detention, and(b) must state what the offender has done, or is doing, to ensure that the offender will not fail to comply with the offender’s obligations under the intensive correction order in the event that it is reinstated.(3) Before making an order reinstating an offender’s intensive correction order, the Parole Authority may refer the offender to the Commissioner for assessment as to the suitability of the offender for intensive correction in the community.(4) Part 5 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 applies to and in respect of the Parole Authority and the offender in relation to the making of an intensive correction order under this section in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a court and an offender in relation to the making of an intensive correction order under that Act.(5) The Parole Authority may not make an order under subsection (1) if the offender is subject to a sentence of imprisonment by way of full-time detention that is yet to commence.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—(a) requiring a report to be made in relation to an assessment referred to in subsection (3), and(b) the matters to be addressed in the report, and(c) the preparation and furnishing of the report.s 165: Subst 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [37]; 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [10]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]. Am 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [20] [21]; 2018 No 29, Sch 1.5 [2].
165AA–165C (Repealed)
s 165AA: Ins 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [11]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [41]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [26]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13].
s 165A: Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 2.2 [3]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [22].
s 165B: Ins 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [22].
s 165C: Ins 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [13]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [22].
Division 2
166–168A (Repealed)
pt 7, div 2: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [23].
s 166: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [23].
s 167: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [38]; 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [12]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [42]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [14]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [23].
s 168: Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [23].
s 168A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [39]. Am 2002 No 74, Sch [13]–[17]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [15]–[18]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [23].
Division 2A Re-integration home detention orders
pt 7, div 2A: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168B Definition of “revocation order”
In this Division—revocation order means an order made by the Parole Authority under this Division revoking a re-integration home detention order.s 168B: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168C Conduct of inquiry into suspected breach of obligations
(1) If the Parole Authority has reason to suspect that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order, the Parole Authority may, whether or not the order has expired, conduct an inquiry into the matter.(2) The offender to whom the re-integration home detention order relates may make submissions to the Parole Authority in relation to the matters under inquiry.s 168C: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168CA Actions by Commissioner or community corrections officer on non-compliance with re-integration home detention order
(1) This section applies if the Commissioner or a community corrections officer is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order.(2) A community corrections officer may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give an informal warning to the offender,(c) give, or arrange to be given to, the offender a formal warning that further breaches will result in referral to the Parole Authority,(d) give a reasonable direction to the offender relating to the kind of behaviour by the offender that caused the breach.(3) As an alternative, or in addition, to taking any such action, the Commissioner or a community corrections officer may decide to refer the breach to the Parole Authority because of the serious nature of the breach and may also make a recommendation as to the action that the Parole Authority may take in respect of the offender.(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the re-integration home detention order, the Commissioner or a community corrections officer may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to any action that may be taken by a community corrections officer under this section.s 168CA: Ins 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [9].
168D Actions by Parole Authority on non-compliance with re-integration home detention order
(1) This section applies if the Parole Authority is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order.(2) The Parole Authority may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give a formal warning to the offender,(c) impose additional conditions on the re-integration home detention order,(d) vary or revoke conditions of the re-integration home detention order,(e) make an order revoking the re-integration home detention order.Note—The Parole Authority may also revoke the offender’s parole order if it is satisfied that the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order (see sections 130 (1) (c) and 170B (1) (c)).(3) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the re-integration home detention order, the Parole Authority may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.ss 168D–168G: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168E Circumstances for revocation in addition to non-compliance with re-integration home detention order
(1) The Parole Authority may make an order revoking a re-integration home detention order—(a) if it is satisfied that the offender poses a serious and immediate risk to the safety of the community, or(b) if it is satisfied that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will leave New South Wales, or(c) if it is satisfied that there has been a significant change in the circumstances of the offender that warrants revocation of the order, or(d) if the parole order directing the release of the offender is revoked, or(e) if the offender fails to appear before the Parole Authority when called on to do so under section 180, or(f) if the offender has applied for the order to be revoked.(2) The Parole Authority may make a revocation order on its own initiative or on the recommendation of the Commissioner or a community corrections officer.ss 168D–168G: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168F Revocation orders
(1) A revocation order may be made—(a) whether or not the offender has been called on to appear before the Parole Authority, and(b) whether or not the Parole Authority has held an inquiry.(2) A revocation order takes effect, or is taken to have effect, on the date on which it is made or on any earlier date that the Parole Authority thinks fit.(3) If an offender is not taken into custody until after the day on which the revocation order takes effect—(a) the term of the offender’s sentence, andare, by this subsection, extended by the number of days the person was at large after the order took effect.(b) the non-parole period of the sentence,ss 168D–168G: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
168G Interim suspension of re-integration home detention order
(1) On the application of the Commissioner, a judicial member of the Parole Authority—(a) may make an order suspending an offender’s re-integration home detention order (a suspension order), and(b) if the offender is not then in custody, may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(2) An application may be made in person or by telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission.(3) The judicial member may only take action under this section if the judicial member is satisfied—(a) that the Commissioner has reasonable grounds for believing—(i) that the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under the re-integration home detention order, or(ii) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will leave New South Wales in contravention of the conditions of the order, or(iii) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will harm another person, or(iv) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will commit an offence, and(b) that, because of the urgency of the circumstances, there is insufficient time for a meeting of the Parole Authority to be convened to deal with the matter.(4) If an application under this section is made otherwise than in person, the judicial member may furnish the applicant with a suspension order or arrest warrant—(a) by sending a copy of the order or warrant to the applicant by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(b) by dictating the terms of the order or warrant to the applicant by telephone.(5) A document—(a) that contains—(i) a copy of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has sent by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(ii) the terms of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has dictated by telephone, andhas the same effect as the original suspension order or arrest warrant.(b) that bears a notation as to the identity of the judicial member and as to the time at which the copy was sent or the terms dictated,(6) A suspension order may be revoked by any judicial member of the Parole Authority or by the Commissioner.(7) Unless sooner revoked, a suspension order ceases to have effect at the end of 28 days after it is made or, if the offender is not in custody when it is made, at the end of 28 days after the offender is taken into custody.(8) While a suspension order is in force, the re-integration home detention order to which it relates does not have effect.(9) An arrest warrant under this section is sufficient authority for a police officer to arrest the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre.ss 168D–168G: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [19].
Division 3 Parole orders
169 Conduct of inquiry into suspected breach of obligations or medical recovery
(1) If the Parole Authority has reason to suspect that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a parole order, the Parole Authority may, whether or not the order has expired, conduct an inquiry into the matter.(1A) In the case of an offender who has been granted parole on the grounds that he or she is in imminent danger of dying or is incapacitated to the extent that he or she no longer has the physical ability to do harm to any person, as referred to in section 154A (3), the Parole Authority may also conduct an inquiry if it suspects that those grounds no longer exist.(2) The offender to whom the parole order relates may make submissions to the Parole Authority in relation to the matters under inquiry.(3) The Parole Authority is not required to inquire into a possible contravention of a parole order made by a court unless the offender to whom the order relates is required by the conditions of the order to be supervised.s 169: Am 2001 No 29, Sch 2 [3].
170 Actions by Commissioner or community corrections officer on non-compliance with parole order
(1) This section applies if the Commissioner or a community corrections officer is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a parole order.(2) A community corrections officer may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give an informal warning to the offender,(c) give, or arrange to be given to, the offender a formal warning that further breaches will result in referral to the Parole Authority,(d) give a reasonable direction to the offender relating to the kind of behaviour by the offender that caused the breach,(e) impose a curfew on the offender of up to 12 hours in any 24 hour period.(3) As an alternative, or in addition, to taking any such action, the Commissioner or a community corrections officer may decide to refer the breach to the Parole Authority because of the serious nature of the breach and may also make a recommendation as to the action that the Parole Authority may take in respect of the offender.(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the parole order, the Commissioner or a community corrections officer may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to any action that may be taken by a community corrections officer under this section.s 170: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [40]; 2001 No 29, Sch 2 [4]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [43]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [12]. Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [20].
170A Actions by Parole Authority on non-compliance with parole order
(1) This section applies if the Parole Authority is satisfied that an offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a parole order.(2) The Parole Authority may take any of the following actions—(a) record the breach and take no further action,(b) give a formal warning to the offender,(c) impose additional conditions on the parole order,(d) vary or revoke conditions of the parole order,(e) make an order revoking the parole order.(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (2), the Parole Authority may impose a condition on the parole order of the following kind—(a) a condition imposing a requirement that the offender remain at the offender’s place of residence for a period of home detention of up to 30 days,(b) a condition that the offender must submit to the use of an electronic monitoring device,(c) ancillary conditions relating to any condition imposed under this section.(4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the offender’s breach of the parole order, the Parole Authority may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the breach or any earlier breaches of the order.(5) Section 124H and any regulations made under section 124J (e) apply to an offender who is subject to a condition of home detention imposed under this section in the same way as they apply to an offender who is subject to a re-integration home detention order.(6) Before determining whether to impose a condition imposing a period of home detention under this section, the Parole Authority is to obtain, and consider, a report prepared by a community corrections officer as to the suitability of the offender for home detention.s 170A: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [20].
170B Circumstances for revocation in addition to non-compliance with parole order
(1) The Parole Authority may make an order revoking a parole order after the release of the offender under the order or a re-integration home detention order—(a) if it is satisfied that the offender poses a serious and immediate risk to the safety of the community and that the risk cannot be sufficiently mitigated by directions from a community corrections officer or by changing the conditions of parole, or(b) if it is satisfied that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will leave New South Wales in contravention of the conditions of the parole order and that the risk cannot be sufficiently mitigated by directions from a community corrections officer or by changing the conditions of parole, or(c) if it is satisfied that the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a re-integration home detention order, or(d) if a re-integration home detention order applying to the offender is revoked, or(e) in the case of an offender who has been granted parole on the grounds that he or she is in imminent danger of dying or is incapacitated to the extent that he or she no longer has the physical ability to do harm to any person, as referred to in section 154A (3) (a), if it is satisfied that those grounds no longer exist, or(f) in the case of an offender who has been granted parole under section 160 on the grounds that he or she is dying or because of exceptional extenuating circumstances, if it is satisfied that those grounds or circumstances no longer exist, or(g) if the offender fails to appear before the Parole Authority when called on to do so under section 180, or(h) if the offender has applied for the order to be revoked.(2) The Parole Authority may make a parole revocation order on its own initiative or on the recommendation of the Commissioner or a community corrections officer.Note—Division 3A of Part 6 sets out additional circumstances relating to the safety of the community in which the parole of individuals may be revoked if there are terrorism concerns.s 170B: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [20].
171 Parole revocation orders
(1) A parole revocation order may be made—(a) whether or not the offender has been called on to appear before the Parole Authority, and(b) whether or not the Parole Authority has held an inquiry.(2) A parole revocation order takes effect, or is taken to have taken effect, on the date on which it is made or on any earlier date that the Parole Authority thinks fit.(3) The earliest date on which a parole revocation order resulting from a breach of the obligations of the offender under the parole order may take effect is the date of the first occasion on which it appears to the Parole Authority that the offender failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under the parole order.(4) If an offender is not taken into custody until after the day on which the parole revocation order takes effect, the term of the offender’s sentence is, by this subsection, extended by the number of days the person was at large after the order took effect.s 171: Subst 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [20].
172 Request by Attorney General, Minister or DPP to revoke parole
The Attorney General, the Minister or the Director of Public Prosecutions may request the Parole Authority to exercise its powers to revoke a parole order in relation to a serious offender on the ground that the order has been made on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information.s 172: Am 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [21].
172A Interim suspension of parole order
(1) On the application of the Commissioner, a judicial member of the Parole Authority—(a) may make an order suspending an offender’s parole order, and(b) if the offender is not then in custody, may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(2) An application under subsection (1) may be made in person or by telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission.(3) Action under subsection (1) may only be taken in relation to an offender’s parole order if the judicial member is satisfied—(a) that the Commissioner has reasonable grounds for believing—(i) that the offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under the parole order, or(ii) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will leave New South Wales in contravention of the conditions of the parole order, or(iii) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will harm another person, or(iv) that there is a serious and immediate risk that the offender will commit an offence, and(b) that, because of the urgency of the circumstances, there is insufficient time for a meeting of the Parole Authority to be convened to deal with the matter.(4) If an application under this section is made otherwise than in person, the judicial member may furnish the applicant with a suspension order or arrest warrant—(a) by sending a copy of the order or warrant to the applicant by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(b) by dictating the terms of the order or warrant to the applicant by telephone.(5) A document—(a) that contains—(i) a copy of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has sent by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, or(ii) the terms of a suspension order or arrest warrant that the judicial member has dictated by telephone, andhas the same effect as the original suspension order or arrest warrant.(b) that bears a notation—(i) as to the identity of the judicial member, and(ii) as to the time at which the copy was sent or the terms dictated,(6) A suspension order may be revoked by any judicial member of the Parole Authority or by the Commissioner.(7) Unless sooner revoked, a suspension order ceases to have effect at the end of 28 days after it is made or, if the offender is not in custody when it is made, at the end of 28 days after the offender is taken into custody.(8) While a suspension order is in force, the parole order to which it relates does not have effect.(9) An arrest warrant is sufficient authority for a police officer to arrest the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre.(10) In this section—arrest warrant means a warrant referred to in subsection (1) (b).suspension order means an order referred to in subsection (1) (a).s 172A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [44].
Division 4 Post-revocation procedures and rights of appeal
173 Notice of revocation
(1) The Parole Authority must cause a notice (a revocation notice) to be served on an offender if the Parole Authority revokes the offender’s intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order.(1A) A revocation notice must be served—(a) as soon as practicable after the revocation of the order concerned, unless paragraph (b) applies, or(b) if the Parole Authority issues a warrant under section 181 in relation to the offender, as soon as practicable after the warrant has been executed and, in any case, within 21 days after the offender is returned to custody.(2) A revocation notice—(a) must be in the form prescribed by the regulations, and(b) must set a date (occurring not earlier than 14, nor later than 28, days after the date on which it is served) on which the Parole Authority is to meet—(i) for the purpose of reconsidering the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order, and(ii) for the purpose of reconsidering the date specified by the notice as the date on which the revocation order takes effect, if that date is an earlier date than the date on which the revocation order was made, and(c) must require the offender to notify the Secretary of the Parole Authority, not later than 7 days before the date so set, if the offender intends to make submissions to the Parole Authority in relation to the reconsideration of those matters, and(d) must be accompanied by—(i) a copy of the revocation order by which the intensive correction order or parole order was revoked, and(ii) copies of the reports and other documents used by the Parole Authority in making the decision to revoke the intensive correction order or parole order and, if appropriate, the decision to specify the earlier day.s 173: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [7]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [45]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [19]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [24]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [22].
174 Review of revocation
(1) If an offender duly notifies the Secretary of the Parole Authority that the offender intends to make submissions to the Parole Authority, the Chairperson of the Parole Authority must convene a meeting of the Parole Authority, on the date set by the revocation notice, to conduct a hearing for either or both of the following purposes, as the case requires—(a) for the purpose of reconsidering the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order, or(b) for the purpose of reconsidering the date specified by the notice as the date on which the revocation order takes effect, if that date is an earlier date than the date on which the revocation order was made.(2) At the hearing, or at a hearing conducted at a subsequent meeting, the offender may make submissions to the Parole Authority with respect to the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order.s 174: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [20]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [25].
175 Decision after review
(1) After reviewing all the reports, documents and other information placed before it, the Parole Authority must decide whether or not—(a) to rescind the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order concerned, or(b) to rescind or vary the specification of the earlier day.(1A) Despite subsection (1) (a) and (b), the Parole Authority may not rescind the revocation of—(a) (Repealed)(b) an intensive correction order that it has revoked under section 163 (4),except in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations as constituting manifest injustice.(c) (Repealed)(2) In determining a review of the revocation of a parole order, and without limiting subsection (1), the Parole Authority may take into account any behaviour of the offender, including whether the offender is alleged to have committed any offences while released on parole or after the revocation of the parole order.(3) A decision under this section has effect according to its terms even if the intensive correction order or parole order concerned has expired.(4) If the Parole Authority rescinds the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order concerned, any other intensive correction order or parole order consequentially revoked under section 179 is revived and has effect as if it had not been revoked.(5) If the Parole Authority rescinds the revocation of the intensive correction order or parole order concerned, the Parole Authority must cause the reasons for its decision to be recorded in its minutes.s 175: Am 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [18]; 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [4]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [27]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [21]–[25]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [26]–[28]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [23].
175A Review not available in certain circumstances
(1) If an offender’s intensive correction order or parole order is revoked within 30 days before the date on which the offender’s sentence expires (ignoring any extension of the sentence under section 168 (3))—(a) the revocation notice referred to in section 173 is not required to comply with the requirements of section 173 (2) (b) or (c), and(b) the offender is not entitled to seek reconsideration of the revocation of the order under section 174.(2) If a re-integration home detention order is revoked, the revocation notice referred to in section 173 is not required to comply with the requirements of section 173 (2) (b) or (c) and the offender is not entitled to seek a review under section 174.s 175A: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [28]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [26]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [29]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [24].
Division 5 Applications to Supreme Court
pt 7, div 5, hdg: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [46].
176 Application to Supreme Court by offender
(1) If—(a) the Parole Authority revokes an intensive correction order or parole order, andthe offender may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant.(b) the offender to whom the intensive correction order or parole order relates alleges that the order has been revoked on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information,(2) The Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it thinks fit.(3) An application under this section is to be considered by the Supreme Court if and only if it is satisfied that the application is not an abuse of process and that there appears to be sufficient evidence to support the application.(4) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to consider the merits of the Parole Authority’s decision otherwise than on the grounds referred to in subsection (1).s 176: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36]; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [15]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [27] [28]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [30].
177 Application to Supreme Court by State
(1) If—(a) the Parole Authority refuses or fails within 28 days after a request by the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions under section 172 to revoke a parole order in relation to a serious offender, andthe Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant and the Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it thinks fit.(b) the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions alleges that the parole order has been made on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information,(2) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to consider the merits of the Parole Authority’s decision otherwise than on the grounds referred to in subsection (1).s 177: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36]; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [16].
178 Appearance in person of offender
(1) At the hearing or determination of an application under this Division, an offender is not entitled to appear in person, except by leave of the Supreme Court.(2) The power of the Supreme Court to grant an offender leave to appear in person at the hearing or determination of an application under this Division may be exercised by any Judge of that Court, but no appeal lies to that Court against the refusal of a Judge of that Court to grant leave to appear.s 178: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [36].
Division 6 Miscellaneous
179 Consequential revocation of other orders
(1) If—(a) an offender’s intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order is revoked under this Part, orthe Parole Authority may revoke any or all of the other intensive correction orders, re-integration home detention orders or parole orders that are in force, or are yet to come into force, in relation to the offender.(b) an offender is sentenced to imprisonment for more than one month,(2) Divisions 1–4 do not apply to the revocation of an intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order under this section, except as provided by subsection (4).(3) No appeal lies against the revocation of an intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order under this section.(4) Section 165A applies to an intensive correction order revoked under this section in the same way as it applies to an intensive correction order revoked under Division 1 of this Part.s 179: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [41] [42]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [47]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [29]–[31]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [31]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [25] [26].
179A (Repealed)
s 179A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [43]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [41]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [32].
179B Revocation of consecutive intensive correction orders
(1) When the Parole Authority revokes an offender’s intensive correction order under this Part, the Parole Authority must at the same time make an order revoking any other intensive correction order to which the offender is subject at that time (including any order that is yet to come into force).(2) No appeal lies against a revocation of an intensive correction order under this section.s 179B: Ins 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [32].
180 Offenders to attend Parole Authority when called on
(1) For the purposes of an inquiry under this Part, the Parole Authority—(a) may call on an offender to appear before it and, if the offender does not appear, may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest, or(b) if of the opinion that the offender will not appear if called on to do so, may, without calling on the offender to appear before it, issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.(2) A warrant under this section—(a) is to be signed by a judicial member of the Parole Authority (as referred to in section 183 (2) (a)), and(b) is sufficient authority for a police officer to arrest the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the place specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the Parole Authority.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form of any warrants issued for the purposes of this section.s 180: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [44]; 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [5]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [48].
181 Warrants committing offenders to correctional centres
(1) If the Parole Authority revokes an intensive correction order, a re-integration home detention order or parole order, it may issue a warrant committing the offender to a correctional centre to serve the remainder of the sentence to which the order relates by way of full-time detention.(1A) (Repealed)(1B) The Parole Authority may, by order, recall or suspend any warrant that it has issued under this section.(2) A warrant under this section is to be signed by the Secretary of the Parole Authority and as soon as practicable afterwards countersigned by a judicial member of the Parole Authority.(2A) An order under this section is to be signed by a judicial member of the Parole Authority.(3) Subject to any order under subsection (1B), a warrant under this section is sufficient authority—(a) for any police officer to arrest, or to have custody of, the offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre, and(b) for the governor of the correctional centre specified in the warrant to have custody of the offender named in the warrant for the remainder of the sentence to which the warrant relates.(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form of any warrants or orders issued for the purposes of this section.(5) A warrant under this section has effect on its signing by the Secretary of the Parole Authority and is not invalid merely because it is not countersigned by a judicial member of the Parole Authority.(6) A reference in this section to a judicial member of the Parole Authority is a reference to a judicial member referred to in section 183 (2) (a).s 181: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [44]; 2002 No 74, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [6]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [41]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [29]–[32]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [33]–[36]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2017 No 53, [33]–[35]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [27]; 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [1].
182 Functions may be exercised after order has expired
The Parole Authority may exercise any function under this Part in relation to an intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order, even if the order has expired.s 182: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [37]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [36]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [28].
Part 8 The Parole Authority
Introductory note—
This Part establishes the State Parole Authority. It deals with the following matters—
(a) the constitution and functions of the Parole Authority (Division 1),
(b) the powers of the Parole Authority in relation to inquiries conducted by it (Division 2),
(c) other miscellaneous matters (Division 3).
pt 8, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [17].
Division 1 Constitution and functions
183 Constitution of Parole Authority
(1) There is constituted by this Act a State Parole Authority.(2) The Parole Authority is to consist of the following members—(a) at least 4 (referred to as judicial members) are to be judicially qualified persons appointed by the Governor,(b) at least one is to be a police officer appointed by the Commissioner of Police,(c) at least one is to be an officer of Community Corrections appointed by the Commissioner of Corrective Services,(d) (Repealed)(e) at least 10 (referred to as community members) are to be persons, appointed by the Governor, who reflect as closely as possible the composition of the community at large.(2A) Of the members referred to in subsection (2) (e), at least one must be a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, has an appreciation or understanding of the interests of victims of crime.(3) For the purposes of this Act—(a) the members referred to in subsection (2) (a) and (e) are referred to as appointed members, and(b) the members referred to in subsection (2) (b) and (c) are referred to as official members, and(c) the members referred to in subsection (2) (b)–(e) are referred to as non-judicial members.(4) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the constitution and procedure of the Parole Authority.s 183: Am 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [7]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [49]–[51].
184 Divisions of Parole Authority
(1) The Chairperson may from time to time constitute Divisions of the Parole Authority and dissolve any Division so constituted.(2) A Division is to consist of—(a) one judicial member, and(b) at least one community member, and(c) one or more official members.(3) The Chairperson may delegate to a Division any of the functions of the Parole Authority.(4) For the purpose of its exercise of any function so delegated, a Division is taken to be the Parole Authority.s 184: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [45]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [52].
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.s 185: Subst 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [53]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [33]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [38]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [37]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [29].
185A Establishment of guidelines
In consultation with the Minister, the Parole Authority may from time to time establish guidelines (not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations) in relation to the exercise of its functions.s 185A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [53].
Division 2 Inquiries
186 Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
(1) A judicial member may, by instrument in writing, require any person on whom the instrument is served personally or by post—(a) to appear before the Parole Authority for the purpose of giving evidence, orat a time, date and place specified in the instrument.(b) to produce to the Parole Authority any document (including a document in the custody or under the control of the person and in the possession of or the property of the Crown) that is relevant to any proceedings of the Parole Authority,(2) A judicial member may require a person who appears before the Parole Authority to be sworn for the purpose of giving evidence on oath and may administer an oath accordingly.(3) If a document is produced to the Parole Authority, the Parole Authority may take possession of the document for such period as it considers necessary for the purposes of the proceedings before it.(4) This section does not require a person to produce to the Parole Authority any document the production of which the Minister certifies in writing—(a) may endanger an offender or any other person, or(b) may otherwise be contrary to the public interest.
187 Examination by judicial member
(1) A judicial member may require a person (including an officer or employee of the Crown) who appears before the Parole Authority to answer a question that is reasonably related to the proceedings before the Parole Authority.(2) A natural person is not excused from answering a question put to the person by a judicial member on the ground that the answer tends to incriminate the person.(3) If a person claims, before answering such a question, that the answer tends to incriminate the person, neither the question nor the answer is admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings, other than proceedings for an offence under section 188 (c) or on a charge of perjury in respect of the answer.
188 Offences
A person must not—(a) refuse, fail or neglect to comply with a requirement under section 186 or 187, except to the extent to which the person is lawfully excused from complying with the requirement, or(b) produce any document, knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 186, or(c) make an unsworn statement, knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular, when appearing before the Parole Authority.Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
189 Misconduct before Parole Authority
(1) A person must not, during a hearing at a meeting of the Parole Authority—(a) wilfully insult any member of the Parole Authority, or(b) wilfully misbehave during the hearing, or(c) wilfully and without lawful excuse interrupt the hearing, or(d) wilfully and without lawful excuse disobey a direction of the judicial member presiding at the hearing.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 28 days.(2) The judicial member presiding at the hearing may direct a person who does any such thing to leave the place where the hearing is being conducted.s 189: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [54].
190 Rights of parties making submissions
(1) At any meeting of the Parole Authority at which any person (including the State) is entitled under this Act to make submissions to the Parole Authority, the person—(a) may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or, with the consent of the Parole Authority, by any other person, and(b) may call and examine any witness who attends, including any witness called by the Parole Authority, and(c) may produce documents and exhibits to the Parole Authority, and(d) may give evidence on oath, and(e) may otherwise adduce, orally or in writing, to the Parole Authority such matters, and address the Parole Authority on such matters, as are relevant to the proceedings before the Parole Authority.(2) However, victims or their representatives are not entitled—(a) to call or examine witnesses at a hearing under Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 6, or(b) without the approval of the Parole Authority—(i) to give evidence on oath, or(ii) to otherwise adduce any matter orally to the Parole Authority or to address the Parole Authority on any matter.(3) Subsection (2) (b) (ii) does not require a victim of a serious offender or his or her representative to obtain the approval of the Parole Authority to make an oral submission to the Parole Authority under section 147 (2).s 190: Am 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [5]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [34]; 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3].
191 Witnesses’ expenses
A person who is required to appear or give evidence before the Parole Authority (other than an offender in respect of whom the proceedings are being held) is entitled to be paid such allowances and expenses (if any) as the Minister may determine in respect of the person.
Division 3 Miscellaneous
192 Report to Minister
(1) As soon as practicable after 31 December in each year, the Parole Authority must furnish to the Minister for presentation to Parliament a report giving information as to the Parole Authority’s activities during that year and setting out statistical information as to—(a) the number of cases considered by the Parole Authority, and(b) the number of persons released on parole under this Act, and(c) the number of parole orders amended, varied or revoked by the Parole Authority, and(d) the number of existing licences (within the meaning of the repealed Sentencing Act 1989) amended, varied or revoked by the Parole Authority, and(e) such other matters as the Parole Authority considers appropriate.(2) The Parole Authority must also report to the Minister from time to time on any aspect of its activities concerning which the Minister requests a report.s 192: Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.6 [1]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [55].
192A Minister to table report
(1) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after receiving the report referred to in section 192 (1), lay a copy of the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.(2) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister seeks to comply with subsection (1), the Minister must present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House of Parliament.(3) A report presented to the Clerk of a House of Parliament—(a) is taken on presentation, and for all purposes, to have been laid before the House of Parliament, and(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and(c) for all purposes is taken to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House, and(d) on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk, must be recorded—(i) in the case of the Legislative Council—in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, or(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly—in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly.s 192A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [46].
193 Information concerning offenders and correctional centres
(1) Any person who is a member of the Parole Authority, or is authorised in writing by the Parole Authority in that behalf, is entitled to free and unfettered access at all reasonable times to any offender confined in a correctional centre—(a) whose release under a re-integration home detention order or on parole is being considered by the Parole Authority, or(b) whose case has been referred to the Parole Authority by the Minister, or(c) in respect of whom a non-parole period is applicable, or(d) who is being held after a special verdict of act proven but not criminally responsible within the meaning of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020, orand it is the duty of the governor of the correctional centre to provide any such person with facilities for communicating with or observing any such offender.(e) who is a licensee (within the meaning of the repealed Sentencing Act 1989) or a person whose existing licence (within the meaning of the repealed Sentencing Act 1989) has been revoked,(2) The Commissioner of Corrective Services or the Commissioner of Police must, if so requested by the Parole Authority, supply to the Parole Authority reports on the conduct and character of—(a) any offender referred to in subsection (1), and(b) any offender who is for the time being subject to a re-integration home detention order or parole order.(3) If any offender referred to in subsection (2) was formerly a person detained in a detention centre, within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, the Secretary of the Department of Justice must, if requested by the Parole Authority, supply to the Parole Authority a report on the conduct and character of the offender while as a person detained in a detention centre.(4) The Secretary of the Ministry of Health must, if requested by the Parole Authority—(a) arrange for psychological, medical or psychiatric examinations to be carried out on any offender referred to in subsection (2), and(b) supply to the Parole Authority all reports on the result of any such examination.(5) In any report on an offender supplied to the Parole Authority under this section, there must be included such information available to the person supplying the report as may be of assistance to the Parole Authority in considering the case of the offender to whom the report relates.s 193: Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.6 [2]; 2008 No 79, Sch 3.4; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [3] [6]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [30] [31]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.8.
193A Access to documents held by Parole Authority
(1) The Minister is entitled to be given access to all documents held by or on behalf of the Parole Authority.(2) Subject to section 194, a victim of a serious offender, or a victim’s authorised agent, is entitled to be given access to all documents held by or on behalf of the Parole Authority in relation to the offender, but only to the extent to which those documents indicate the measures that the offender has taken, or is taking, to address his or her offending behaviour.(3) In this section, means a person who is authorised in writing by a victim and by the Commissioner to act as agent for that victim.(4) A victim may revoke an authorisation under this section at any time by notice in writing to the Commissioner.s 193A: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [56]. Am 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [35]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [23] [24].
193B Recommendations to Commissioner
(1) The Parole Authority may at any time make recommendations to the Commissioner concerning the preparation of offenders for release on parole, either generally or in relation to any particular offender or class of offenders.(2) In exercising his or her functions, the Commissioner must have regard to, but is not bound by, any such recommendation.s 193B: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [56].
193C Parole Authority decisions
(1) The Parole Authority must cause a record of its reasons for the following decisions under Parts 6 and 7 to be kept in the minutes of its meetings—(a) all decisions that result in the granting or refusing of a re-integration home detention order or parole,(b) all decisions that result in the revocation of an intensive correction order, re-integration home detention order or parole order,(c) all decisions that result in the refusal to revoke an intensive correction order following a recommendation referred to in section 164AA,(d) all decisions that result in the refusal to revoke a parole order—(i) following a submission made under section 141A (3) or 153 (3), or(ii) following a recommendation referred to in section 170 (3) or 170B (2),(e) all decisions that result in a refusal to revoke a re-integration home detention order following a recommendation referred to in section 168E (2),(f) any other decisions following a submission or recommendation by the Commissioner or the State.(2) In recording its reasons for a decision under Division 2 of Part 6 that an offender should or should not be released on parole, the Parole Authority must address—(a) the matters referred to in section 135, and(b) if the decision relates to a serious offender to whom section 154 applies, the matters referred to in that section, and(c) such other matters as the Parole Authority is, under this Act or the regulations, required to take into account in making the decision.(2A) In recording its reasons for a decision relating to re-integration home detention for the purposes of this section, the Parole Authority must address the matters that it is required to consider when making the decision.(3) Copies of any records made under this section are to be supplied to the Minister, the Commissioner and Community Corrections, as they may request.(4) Subject to this Act, a decision by the Parole Authority under Part 6 or 7 is final.s 193C: Ins 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [56]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [39]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [38]–[40]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [32]–[36]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [10] [11].
194 Security of certain information
(1) Nothing in this Act or the regulations requires a person to be provided with a copy of a report or another document (or any part of the report or document) if its provision to the person may, in the opinion of a judicial member—(a) adversely affect the security, discipline or good order of a correctional centre, or(b) endanger the person or any other person, or(c) jeopardise the conduct of any lawful investigation, or(d) prejudice the public interest, or(e) adversely affect the supervision of any offender who has been released on parole, or(f) disclose the contents of any offender’s medical, psychiatric or psychological report.(1A) Nothing in this Act or the regulations requires a person to be provided with information about the content of a report or other document, a copy of which is not (by operation of subsection (1)) required to be provided to a person, if, in the opinion of a judicial member—(a) not providing the information to the person is necessary in the public interest, and(b) that public interest outweighs any right to procedural fairness that may be denied by not providing the information.(2) Subsection (1) does not permit the Minister to be denied access to any document held by the Parole Authority.s 194: Subst 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [47]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [57] [58]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [15].
Part 9 The Serious Offenders Review Council
Introductory note—
This Part establishes the Serious Offenders Review Council. It deals with the following matters—
(a) the constitution and functions of the Review Council (Division 1),
(b) the powers of the Review Council in relation to inquiries conducted by it (Division 2),
(c) the establishment of the Serious Offenders Management Committee and its subcommittees (Division 3),
(d) other miscellaneous matters (Division 4).
pt 9, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [18].
Division 1 Constitution and functions
195 Constitution of Review Council
(1) There is constituted by this Act the Serious Offenders Review Council.(2) The Review Council is to consist of at least 8, but not more than 14 members, of whom—(a) 3 are to be judicially qualified persons (referred to as judicial members), appointed by the Governor, and(b) 2 members are to be officers of Corrective Services NSW (referred to as official members), appointed by the Commissioner, and(c) the remainder (referred to as community members) are to be persons who reflect as closely as possible the composition of the community at large, appointed by the Governor.(3) For the purposes of this Act—(a) the members referred to in subsection (2) (a) and (c) are referred to as appointed members, and(b) the members referred to in subsection (2) (b) and (c) are referred to as non-judicial members.(4) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the constitution and procedure of the Review Council.s 195: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [48].
196 Divisions of Review Council
(1) The Chairperson may from time to time constitute Divisions of the Review Council and dissolve any Division so constituted.(2) A Division is to consist of a judicial member, a community member and an official member.(3) The Chairperson may delegate to a Division any of the functions of the Review Council.(4) For the purpose of its exercise of any function so delegated, a Division is taken to be the Review Council.
197 Functions of Review Council
(1) The Review Council has such functions as are conferred on it by or under this or any other Act or law.(2) In particular, the Review Council has the following functions—(a) to provide advice and make recommendations to the Commissioner with respect to the following—(i) the security classification of serious offenders,(ii) the placement of serious offenders,(iii) developmental programs provided for serious offenders,(b) to provide reports and advice to the Parole Authority concerning the release on parole of serious offenders,(c) to prepare and submit reports to the Supreme Court with respect to applications under Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(d) to review segregated and protective custody directions under Division 2 of Part 2,(d1) to make recommendations to the Minister with respect to the transfer of juvenile inmates from juvenile correctional centres to adult correctional centres under Division 3A of Part 2,(e) to provide reports and advice to the Minister and to such other persons or bodies as may be prescribed by the regulations,(f) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the regulations in relation to the management of serious offenders and other offenders.(3) In this section—serious offender includes a high risk offender within the meaning of section 271A.s 197: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [8]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [7]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [25]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [10].
197A Review Council constituted by Chairperson alone in certain circumstances
(1) The regulations may require any of the Review Council’s functions under Division 2 (Segregated and protective custody) of Part 2, in relation to a specified class of inmate, to be exercised by the Chairperson.(2) Accordingly, in such a case, the Review Council is taken to be constituted by the Chairperson alone.(3) Any functions of the Review Council under Division 2 of Part 2 that are not required by the regulations to be exercised by the Chairperson may be delegated by the Review Council to the Chairperson or a judicial member nominated by the Chairperson.s 197A: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [26].
198 Matters to be considered in relation to certain advisory functions
(1) When exercising its functions under section 197 (2) (a) in relation to a serious offender, the Review Council must consider the public interest and any other relevant matters.(2) In the case of its function under section 197 (2) (a) (i), the Review Council must also consider, in accordance with the regulations—(a) any submissions made by the State, andbefore advising or recommending that a serious offender should be given a less stringent security classification if it appears to the Review Council that the new classification would allow the offender to become eligible for unescorted leave of absence under a local leave permit or interstate leave permit.(b) any submissions made by victims of the serious offender,(2A) When exercising its functions under section 197 (2) (b) in relation to a serious offender, the Review Council must consider the following matters—(a) the public interest,(b) the offender’s classification history,(c) the offender’s conduct while in custody, both in relation to sentences currently being served and in relation to earlier sentences,(d) the offender’s willingness to participate in rehabilitation programs, and the success or otherwise of his or her participation in such programs,(e) any relevant reports (including any medical, psychiatric or psychological reports) that are available to the Review Council in relation to the offender,(f) any other matter that the Review Council considers to be relevant.(3) Without limiting the generality of the meaning of public interest in subsections (1) and (2A), the Review Council is to take into account the following matters when considering the public interest—(a) the protection of the public, which is to be paramount,(b) the nature and circumstances of the offence,(c) the reasons and recommendations of the sentencing court,(d) the criminal history and family background of the offender,(e) the time the offender has served in custody and the time the offender has yet to serve in custody,(f) the offender’s conduct while in custody, including the offender’s conduct during previous imprisonment, if applicable,(g) the attitude of the offender,(h) the position of and consequences to any victim of the offender, including the victim’s family,(i) the need to maintain public confidence in the administration of criminal justice,(j) the need to reassure the community that serious offenders are in secure custody as long as it is appropriate,(k) the rehabilitation of the offender and the re-entry of the offender into the community as a law-abiding citizen,(l) the availability to the offender of family, departmental and other support,(m) such other factors as are prescribed by the regulations.s 198: Am 2002 No 112, Sch 2.3; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [59] [60].
199 Matters to be considered in relation to offenders serving existing life sentences
(1) This section applies to an offender serving an existing life sentence (as referred to in Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999) or a sentence for which a determination has been made under that Schedule.(2) The Review Council, in exercising its functions under section 197 (2) (b) and (c), and under any other prescribed provisions of this Act or the regulations, in relation to an offender to whom this section applies—(a) must have regard to and give substantial weight to any relevant recommendations, observations and comments made by the sentencing court, and(b) must give consideration to adopting or giving effect to any such recommendations, observations and comments and to the intention of the sentencing court when making them, andand must, in particular, have regard to the need to preserve the safety of the community.(c) to the extent that it declines to adopt or give effect to any such recommendations, observations and comments, must state its reasons for doing so,
Division 2 Inquiries
200 Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of documents
(1) A judicial member may, by instrument in writing, require any person on whom the instrument is served personally or by post—(a) to appear before the Review Council for the purpose of giving evidence, orat a time, date and place specified in the instrument.(b) to produce to the Review Council any document (including a document in the custody or under the control of the person and in the possession of or the property of the Crown) that is relevant to any proceeding of the Review Council,(2) A judicial member may require a person who appears before the Review Council to be sworn for the purpose of giving evidence on oath and may administer an oath accordingly.(3) If a document is produced to the Review Council at an inquiry, the Review Council may take possession of the document for such period as it considers necessary for the purposes of the proceedings before it.(4) This section does not require a person to produce to the Review Council at an inquiry any document the production of which the Minister certifies in writing—(a) may endanger an offender or any other person, or(b) may otherwise be contrary to the public interest.
201 Examination by judicial member
(1) A judicial member may require a person (including an officer or employee of the Crown) who appears before the Review Council to answer a question that is reasonably related to the proceedings before the Review Council.(2) A natural person is not excused from answering a question put by a judicial member on the ground that the answer tends to incriminate the person.(3) If a person claims, before answering such a question, that the answer tends to incriminate the person, neither the question nor the answer is admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings, other than proceedings for an offence against section 202 (c) or on a charge of perjury in respect of the answer.
202 Offences
A person must not—(a) refuse, fail or neglect to comply with a requirement under section 200 or 201, except to the extent to which the person is lawfully excused from complying with the requirement, or(b) produce any document, knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 200, or(c) make an unsworn statement, knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular, when appearing before the Review Council.Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
203 Misconduct before Review Council
(1) A person must not, during a hearing before the Review Council—(a) wilfully insult any member of the Review Council, or(b) wilfully misbehave during the hearing, or(c) wilfully and without lawful excuse interrupt the hearing, or(d) wilfully and without lawful excuse disobey a direction of the judicial member presiding at the hearing.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.(2) The judicial member presiding at the hearing may direct a person who does any such thing to leave the place where the hearing is being conducted.
204 Rights of parties making submissions
At any hearing before the Review Council at which any person is entitled under this Act to make submissions to the Review Council, the person—(a) may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or, with the consent of the Review Council, by any other person, and(b) may call and examine any witness who attends, including any witness called by the Review Council, and(c) may give evidence on oath, and(d) may produce documents and exhibits to the Review Council, and(e) may otherwise adduce, orally or in writing, to the Review Council such matters, and address the Review Council on such matters, as are relevant to the proceedings before the Review Council.s 204: Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3].
205 Witnesses’ expenses
A person who is required to appear or give evidence before the Review Council at an inquiry is entitled to be paid such allowances and expenses (if any) as the Minister may determine in respect of the person.
Division 3 Serious Offenders Management Committee
206 Establishment of Management Committee
(1) The Review Council may establish, and appoint the members of, a Serious Offenders Management Committee (the Management Committee) and, subject to this section, delegate to that Committee such of its functions as the Review Council determines.(2) The Management Committee is to be constituted by a Chairperson (being one of the official members of the Review Council) and such number of officers of Corrective Services NSW as may be determined by the Review Council.(3) The Review Council is to determine the quorum for a meeting of the Management Committee.(4) The Chairperson of the Management Committee is to determine the procedure for the calling of meetings of the Management Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings.
207 Establishment of Management Committee subcommittees
(1) The Chairperson of the Management Committee may establish subcommittees of the Management Committee for the purpose of assisting it in the exercise of its functions.(2) The procedure for the calling of meetings of a subcommittee and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be determined by the Chairperson of the Management Committee or (subject to any determination of the Chairperson) by the subcommittee.
208 Delegation to Management Committee of Review Council functions
(1) The functions of the Review Council that may be delegated to the Management Committee include (but are not limited to) the following—(a) the functions relating to the security classification and management of serious offenders,(b) the functions relating to the review of developmental programs provided for such offenders.(2) The Review Council may not delegate to the Management Committee its functions relating to—(a) the submission of reports to the Supreme Court with respect to applications under Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or(b) the submission of reports to, or representation before, the Parole Authority.
Division 4 Miscellaneous
209 Annual reports
(1) As soon as practicable after 31 December in each year, the Review Council must furnish to the Minister for presentation to Parliament a report giving information as to the Review Council’s activities during that year.(2) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when the Minister seeks to comply with subsection (1), the Minister must present copies of the report to the Clerk of the House of Parliament.(3) A report presented to the Clerk of a House of Parliament—(a) is taken on presentation, and for all purposes, to have been laid before the House of Parliament, and(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and(c) for all purposes is taken to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House, and(d) on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by the Clerk, must be recorded—(i) in the case of the Legislative Council—in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, or(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly—in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly.s 209: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [49].
209A Security of certain information
(1) Nothing in this Act or the regulations requires a person to be provided with a copy of a report or another document (or any part of the report or document) if its provision to the person may, in the opinion of a judicial member—(a) adversely affect the security, discipline or good order of a correctional centre, or(b) endanger the person or any other person, or(c) jeopardise the conduct of any lawful investigation, or(d) prejudice the public interest.(2) Nothing in this Act or the regulations requires a person to be provided with information about the content of a report or other document, a copy of which is not (by operation of subsection (1)) required to be provided to a person, if, in the opinion of a judicial member—(a) not providing the information to the person is necessary in the public interest, and(b) that public interest outweighs any right to procedural fairness that may be denied by not providing the information.s 209A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [50]. Am 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [16].
Part 10
210–223 (Repealed)
pt 10: Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [19].
pt 10, divs 1–3 (ss 210–219): Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [19].
pt 10, div 4: Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [19].
s 220: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [19].
ss 221–223: Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [19].
Part 11 Administration
Introductory note—
This Part provides for means by which the Act is to be administered. It deals with the following matters—
(a) the establishment of correctional complexes, correctional centres and juvenile correctional centres (Division 1),
(b) the supervision of correctional centres by external officials (Division 2),
(c) the employment of staff in the administration of the Act (Division 3),
(d) the provision of health care (Division 4),
(e) the testing of correctional staff for alcohol and prohibited drugs (Division 5),
(f) the recognition of interstate correctional officers (Division 6).
pt 11, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [40].
Division 1 Correctional complexes and correctional centres
pt 11, div 1, hdg: Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [41].
224 Correctional complexes
(1) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare any premises specified or described in the proclamation to be a correctional complex for the purposes of this Act.(2) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any premises are declared to be a correctional complex or by a subsequent proclamation, give a name to the correctional complex.(3) The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke any proclamation under this section.
225 Correctional centres
(1) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare any premises specified or described in the proclamation to be a correctional centre for the purposes of this Act.(2) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any premises are declared to be a correctional complex or by a subsequent proclamation, declare any part of the correctional complex to be a correctional centre for the purposes of this Act.(3) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any premises or any part of a correctional complex is declared to be a correctional centre or by a subsequent proclamation, give a name to the correctional centre.(4) The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke any proclamation under this section.
225A Juvenile correctional centres
(1) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any premises are declared to be a correctional centre or by a subsequent proclamation, declare the correctional centre to be a juvenile correctional centre for the purposes of this Act.(2) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any correctional centre is declared to be a juvenile correctional centre or by a subsequent proclamation, give a name to the juvenile correctional centre.(3) The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke any proclamation under this section.s 225A: Ins 2004 No 103, Sch 3 [8].
226 (Repealed)
s 226: Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [42].
Division 2 Supervision of correctional centres
227 Visiting Magistrates
(1) A Magistrate has, by virtue of his or her office as a Magistrate, all of the functions that are conferred or imposed on a Visiting Magistrate by or under this or any other Act or law and, in the exercise of those functions, is referred to as a Visiting Magistrate.(2) A Visiting Magistrate may at any time visit a correctional complex or correctional centre.s 227: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [15]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [43] [44]. Subst 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [10].
228 Official Visitors
(1) The Minister may appoint Official Visitors for the purposes of this Act.(2) Notice of any such appointment must be published in the Gazette.(3) The following persons are not eligible to be Official Visitors—(a) any person who is employed as a member of staff of Corrective Services NSW,(b) any person who is to any extent responsible for the management of, or who is employed at or in connection with, a correctional centre,(c) any person who has an interest in a management agreement,(d) any person who has not made a declaration under clause 4 of Schedule 4.(4) Official Visitors are to be assigned to specific correctional complexes and correctional centres by the Minister, or in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister, and are to be assigned in such a way as to ensure that there is at all times at least one Official Visitor for each correctional complex and correctional centre.(5) An Official Visitor for a correctional complex or correctional centre—(a) unless prevented by illness or other sufficient cause, must visit the complex or centre at least once each month—(i) for the purpose of giving interviews to correctional officers and other members of staff employed in Corrective Services NSW at the complex or centre, and(ii) for the purpose of giving interviews to offenders held in custody at the complex or centre, and(iii) for the purpose of examining the complex or centre, and(b) may visit the complex or centre at any other time unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a visit would be undesirable for reasons of order or security, and(c) must, in accordance with the regulations, receive and deal with complaints, and(d) must, in accordance with the regulations, report to the Minister and the Inspector of Custodial Services at least once every 6 months, and(e) has and may exercise such other functions as may be prescribed by the regulations.(6) An Official Visitor’s power to give interviews referred to in subsection (5) (a) may only be exercised with the consent of the interviewee, and does not include the power to conduct any investigation or carry out any audit.(7) Schedule 4 has effect with respect to Official Visitors.s 228: Am 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [10]. Subst 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [45]–[48]; 2012 No 55, Sch 3.3 [1].
229 Powers of Judges and Magistrates to visit and examine
Any Judge of the Supreme Court or District Court, and any Magistrate, may at any time visit and examine any correctional complex or correctional centre.s 229: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [49].
230 Special inquiries
(1) The Minister may direct that an inquiry be conducted into any matter relating to the security, good order, control or management of a correctional complex or correctional centre.(2) The inquiry is to be conducted by a Visiting Magistrate, or by such other person as the Minister may appoint.(3) For the purpose of conducting such an inquiry—(a) the person appointed to conduct the inquiry has and may exercise the powers, authorities, protections and immunities conferred on a commissioner by Division 1 of Part 2 of the Royal Commissions Act 1923, and(b) the provisions of that Act (except for section 13 and Division 2 of Part 2) apply, with any necessary adaptations—(i) to and in respect of the inquiry, and(ii) to or in respect of any witness or person summoned by or appearing before the person so appointed.(4) It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of section 11 (2) (a) of the Royal Commissions Act 1923, as applied by subsection (3) of this section, for a natural person—(a) to refuse or fail to answer a question put to the person at an inquiry, orthat the answer to the question, or the production of the document or other thing, tends to incriminate the person.(b) to refuse or fail to produce a document or other thing that the person is required to produce at an inquiry,(5) The person appointed to conduct the inquiry—(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence, but may inform himself or herself on any matter in such manner as the person thinks appropriate, and(b) may, in respect of a matter not dealt with by or under this Act, give directions as to the procedure to be followed at or in connection with the inquiry.(6) The Minister must refer any report received by the Minister arising from an inquiry under this section to the Inspector of Custodial Services for comment.s 230: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [16]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [50]; 2012 No 55, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [11].
Division 3 Staff
231 Staff generally
The following are to be employed in the Public Service under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013—(a) the Commissioner,(b) governors of correctional centres,(c) correctional officers,(d) community corrections officers,(e) the Secretary and staff of the Parole Authority,(f) the Executive Officer and Registrar and staff of the Review Council,(g) such other staff as are necessary for the purposes of this Act.s 231: Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [7].
232 Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner—(a) has the care, direction, control and management of all correctional complexes, correctional centres and residential facilities, and(a1) has the care, control and management of all offenders who are held in custody in accordance with Part 2 or 3, and(b) has all other functions conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by or under this or any other Act or law.(2) In the exercise of the functions referred to in subsection (1) (a), (a1) and (b), the Commissioner is subject to the direction and control of the Minister.(3) The Commissioner may delegate to any person any of the Commissioner’s functions, other than this power of delegation.(4) Sections 10 (2), 11 (3), 12 and 17 (4) do not limit the power of the Commissioner to delegate functions under those sections.s 232: Am 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [10]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [11]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [61] [62]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [27]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [51]; 2018 No 25, Sch 1.4 [2].
233 Governors of correctional centres
(1) The governor of a correctional centre—(a) has the care, direction, control and management of the correctional centre, and(b) has all other functions conferred or imposed on the governor by or under this or any other Act or law.(2) In the exercise of the functions referred to in subsection (1) (a) and (b), the governor is subject to the direction and control of the Commissioner.(3) The governor of a correctional centre may delegate to any person any of the governor’s functions, other than this power of delegation and other than any function delegated to the governor by the Commissioner.s 233: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [52].
234 Commissioned and non-commissioned correctional officers
(1) There are two classifications of correctional officers, as follows—(a) commissioned correctional officers (being correctional officers of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent),(b) non-commissioned correctional officers (being correctional officers below the rank of Assistant Superintendent).(2) The Governor may issue commissions to commissioned correctional officers.(3) A commission is taken to have been resigned by a commissioned officer on his or her dismissal, resignation or termination of service.(4) A correctional officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent, whether or not the officer has been issued with a commission, is taken to have been commissioned as an officer of the relevant rank as from the date of the officer’s appointment to that rank.(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the ranking of correctional officers and the awarding of medals to correctional officers and other members of staff of Corrective Services NSW.
235 Functions of correctional officers
(1) The functions of the various ranks and classes of correctional officers are to be as determined from time to time by the Commissioner.(2) Commissioned correctional officers must at all times exercise their functions in connection with the administration and management of correctional complexes and correctional centres in such manner as the Commissioner, having regard to current circumstances, may from time to time direct.(3) The Commissioner may, by order in writing, authorise any person to exercise such functions of a correctional officer as are specified in the order, subject to such conditions as are so specified.(4) The functions so specified may include not only functions under this Act but also functions under any other Act or law.(5) In the exercise of any such function, a person so authorised is taken to be, for all purposes, a correctional officer.s 235: Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [9]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [53].
235A Acquisition or use of assumed identity
Nothing in this or any other Act authorises a person employed in Corrective Services NSW or a correctional officer to acquire or use an assumed identity that would represent him or her to be any of the following—(a) a social worker,(b) a medical practitioner or medical researcher,(c) a psychologist,(d) a drug and alcohol counsellor,(e) any other health worker,(f) an Australian legal practitioner,(g) a member of the clergy,(h) an Official Visitor.s 235A: Ins 1999 No 57, Sch 2. Am 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [3]; 2009 No 96, Sch 5 [3].
235B Commissioner’s instructions
The Commissioner may issue (and from time to time amend or revoke) instructions, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, or with the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 or the regulations or rules made under that Act, to the staff of Corrective Services NSW (including correctional officers) with respect to the management and control of Corrective Services NSW.s 235B: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [51]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [8].
235C Transitional centre officers
(1) In this section—transitional centre officer means a person who is employed at a transitional centre for the purpose of supervising inmates residing at the transitional centre (including supervising such inmates while they are outside the transitional centre).(2) The functions of transitional centre officers are to be as determined from time to time by the Commissioner.(3) Those functions may include functions of a correctional officer.(4) To the extent that the functions of a transitional centre officer include the functions of a correctional officer, the transitional centre officer has all the immunities of a correctional officer.(5) A transitional centre officer may exercise a function of a correctional officer only in respect of an inmate who resides at the transitional centre where the transitional centre officer is employed.(6) Transitional centre officers must at all times exercise their functions in such manner as the Commissioner, having regard to current circumstances, may from time to time direct.s 235C: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [12].
235D (Repealed)
s 235D: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [12]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [54].
235E Functions of community corrections field officers
(1) In this section—community corrections field officer means a person who is employed for the purpose of supervising offenders subject to intensive correction orders or community correction orders while the offenders are performing community service work.(2) The functions of community corrections field officers are to be as determined from time to time by the Commissioner.(3) Community corrections field officers must at all times exercise their functions in such manner as the Commissioner, having regard to current circumstances, may from time to time direct.s 235E: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [36]. Am 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [2] [3] [5]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [41] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [7]).
235F, 235G (Repealed)
s 235F: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [36]. Am 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [2] [6]. Rep 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [55].
s 235G: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [36]. Subst 2007 No 85, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [56]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [5] [6]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [17]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [12]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [11]. Rep 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [12].
236 Oath to be taken by correctional officers
(1) Before a person exercises any of the functions of a correctional officer, the person must take the oath or make the affirmation of office as a correctional officer in accordance with the regulations.(2) A correctional officer is not required to take a further oath or make a further affirmation merely because of a change in the officer’s rank or position.
Division 4 Health
pt 11, div 4: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [52].
236A Functions of Justice Health
Justice Health, in addition to any other functions conferred on it by or under this or any other Act or law, has the following functions—(a) to provide health services to offenders and other persons in custody within the meaning of section 249,(b) to monitor the provision of health services in managed correctional centres,(c) to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in, or in relation to, correctional centres,(d) to keep medical records of offenders and other persons in custody within the meaning of section 249,(e) to provide advice to the Commissioner on the diet, exercise, clothing, capacity to work and general hygiene of inmates.s 236A: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [52]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [63].
236B Chief Executive, Justice Health, to have access to correctional centres, offenders and medical records
For the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of this Act and the regulations (in so far as they relate to the functions of Justice Health) are being complied with at a correctional centre, the Chief Executive, Justice Health, is to have free and unfettered access at all times to all parts of the correctional centre, to all medical records held at the correctional centre and to all offenders held in custody in the correctional centre.s 236B: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [52]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [64] [65]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [57]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3] [11].
236C Appointment of medical officers
(1) The Chief Executive, Justice Health, may appoint one or more registered medical practitioners as medical officers for a correctional centre.(2) A registered medical practitioner may be appointed as a medical officer for one or more correctional centres.(3) A medical officer is subject to the direction and control of the Chief Executive, Justice Health.(4) A medical officer for a correctional centre is to attend the correctional centre as regularly and frequently as is necessary to comply with the medical officer’s statutory obligations.(5) The Chief Executive, Justice Health is to keep such statistical records, and furnish to the Commissioner such returns, as the Commissioner may direct in relation to health services provided to inmates.(6) A person who held office as a medical officer for a correctional centre immediately before the commencement of this section is taken to hold office pursuant to an appointment under this section, and the appointment may be suspended or revoked accordingly.s 236C: Ins 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [52]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [65]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3].
236D Delegation of functions of Chief Executive, Justice Health
(1) The Chief Executive, Justice Health, may delegate to any person any of the Chief Executive’s functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation.(2) (Repealed)s 236D: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [65]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3] [5] [11] [12].
Division 5 Testing of correctional staff for alcohol and prohibited drugs
pt 11, div 5: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14].
236E Definitions
(1) In this Division—means a person appointed in accordance with the regulations to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Division.breath analysing instrument means any instrument approved by the Governor by order under the Road Transport Act 2013 as such an instrument, that is, an instrument designed to ascertain, by analysis of a person’s breath, the concentration of alcohol present in the person’s breath or blood.breath analysis means a test carried out by a breath analysing instrument for the purpose of ascertaining, by analysis of a person’s breath, the concentration of alcohol present in that person’s breath or blood.breath test means a test—(a) that is designed to indicate the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood, or whether a particular concentration of alcohol is or may be present in a person’s breath or blood, and(b) that is carried out on the person’s breath by means of a device (not being a breath analysing instrument) of a type approved by the Governor for the conduct of breath tests under the Road Transport Act 2013.hospital means a public or private hospital, and includes any premises, institution or establishment prescribed by the regulations as a hospital for the purposes of this Division.member of correctional staff means a correctional officer or any other person who is employed in Corrective Services NSW.prohibited drug has the same meaning as in the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.steroid means anabolic and androgenic steroidal agents included in Schedule 4 of the Poisons List under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.(2) Subject to the regulations, section 109 (Measurement of alcohol concentrations) of the Road Transport Act 2013 applies in relation to the measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood for the purposes of this Division and the regulations in the same way as it applies for the purposes of that Act.s 236E: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 55, Sch 2.8; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [66]; 2007 No 99, Sch 2.3 [1] [2]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [28]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.9 [1] [2].
236F Testing of staff for alcohol, prohibited drugs and steroids
(1) An authorised person may require any member of correctional staff who is on duty, or who is present at the staff member’s place of work and about to go on duty—(a) to undergo a breath test, or submit to a breath analysis, for the purpose of testing for the presence or concentration of alcohol, orin accordance with the directions of the authorised person and the regulations.(b) to provide, or enable to be taken, a non-invasive sample from the staff member for the purpose of testing for the presence of prohibited drugs or steroids,(2) The selection of a member of correctional staff for testing under subsection (1) may be conducted on a random or targeted basis and, in particular, on the basis of the results of previous testing.(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), if an incident occurs in which a person dies or is injured while in the custody of a member of correctional staff, or as the result of the discharge of a firearm by a member of correctional staff, an authorised person may require any member of correctional staff involved in the incident—(a) to undergo a breath test, or submit to a breath analysis, for the purpose of testing for the presence or concentration of alcohol, orin accordance with the directions of the authorised person and the regulations.(b) to provide, or enable to be taken, a non-invasive sample from the staff member for the purpose of testing for the presence of prohibited drugs or steroids,(4) An authorised person may require the staff member to remain on the premises where the test is to be conducted until the test is completed.(5) A requirement pursuant to subsection (3) to undergo a test or to provide a sample is to be made by the authorised person as soon as practicable after the incident concerned.s 236F: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 47, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [37]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [29].
236G Testing where member of correctional staff attends hospital
(1) If a member of correctional staff attends or is admitted to a hospital for examination or treatment because of an incident referred to in section 236F (3), an authorised person may require the member of staff to provide, or enable to be taken, a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample from the staff member in accordance with the directions of a medical practitioner who attends the member of staff at the hospital.(2) Any such medical practitioner must take the sample if informed by an authorised person that the sample is required to be taken by the practitioner, but not a sample of blood if such a sample is taken under clause 11 of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013 instead.(3) If there is no medical practitioner present to attend the staff member at the hospital, the sample is to be taken by a registered nurse who is attending the staff member and who is accredited by a hospital to perform the sampling procedures.(4) Clauses 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013 apply to any taking, or provision, of a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample under subsection (1) as if the sample were a sample of blood taken under clause 11 of Schedule 3 to that Act.(5) Any sample taken under subsection (1) is to be dealt with, and a report on the analysis of the sample is to be provided, in accordance with the regulations.(6) Nothing in this section or the regulations derogates from the operation of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013 in its application to the taking of samples under clause 11 of that Schedule.s 236G: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 47, Sch 2 [3] [4]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.9 [3]–[5].
236H Protection from liability
(1) A medical practitioner does not incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of anything properly and necessarily done by the practitioner in the course of taking, or being provided with, a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample from a member of correctional staff for the purpose of its being used by an analyst to detect the presence of alcohol or any prohibited drug or steroid if the practitioner—(a) believed on reasonable grounds that he or she was required under this Act to take, or be provided with, the sample of blood or the non-invasive sample from the person, or(b) was informed by an authorised person that the staff member was a person from whom the practitioner was required under this Act to take, or be provided with, the sample of blood or the non-invasive sample.(2) Subsection (1) extends to a registered nurse, or any person acting under the supervision of the medical practitioner, who performs the functions of a medical practitioner under this Division in accordance with this Division or the regulations.s 236H: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 47, Sch 2 [5] [6]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [67]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [30].
236I Regulations
The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—(a) the appointment of authorised persons for the purposes of this Division,(b) the conduct of testing,(c) the taking of samples of blood or non-invasive samples,(d) the taking of a sample of blood at the choice of a member of correctional staff for the staff member to retain or arrange to be analysed (or both),(e) the provision of a non-invasive sample from the staff member for the purpose of testing for the presence of prohibited drugs or steroids,(f) the devices used in carrying out the breath tests, breath analyses and other tests, including the calibration, inspection and testing of those devices,(g) the accreditation of persons conducting analyses for the presence of prohibited drugs or steroids,(h) the procedure for the handling and analysis of samples of blood or non-invasive samples,(i) offences relating to interference with test results or the testing procedure,(j) the consequences of refusing to comply with a requirement of or under this Division,(k) the consequences for members of correctional staff of testing positive for alcohol or prohibited drugs or steroids,(l) the evidentiary value and use of certificates relating to the analysis of a sample or the authorisation of persons,(m) the confidentiality of test results.s 236I: Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2004 No 47, Sch 2 [7]–[9]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [68]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Division 6 Recognised interstate correctional officers
pt 11, div 6 (ss 236J, 236K): Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [15].
236J Appointment of recognised interstate correctional officers
(1) The Commissioner may, by instrument in writing, appoint any of the following persons, or each person in a group of such persons, as a recognised interstate correctional officer—(a) any person who is employed as a correctional officer (other than a probationary correctional officer) within the public service of another State or Territory,(b) any member of the police force of another State or Territory (other than a probationary constable),(c) any member of the Australian Federal Police.(2) The Commissioner may not appoint a person, or each person in a group of persons, as a recognised interstate correctional officer unless, in the Commissioner’s opinion, the person or each person in the group of persons—(a) has undergone appropriate training in respect of the exercise of his or her functions as a recognised interstate correctional officer, and(b) is to be subject to an appropriate disciplinary system in respect of the exercise of those functions.(3) An appointment as a recognised interstate correctional officer may be made subject to conditions. The kinds of conditions to which an appointment may be subject include (but are not limited to) conditions as to the kinds of functions conferred and the purposes for and circumstances in which such functions may be exercised.(4) The Commissioner may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any person, or of each person in a group of persons, as a recognised interstate correctional officer and may, at any time, impose, vary or revoke any conditions of appointment.(5) A person who is a recognised interstate correctional officer because he or she is employed as a correctional officer in the public service of another State or Territory, or because he or she is a member of a police force, ceases to be a recognised interstate correctional officer on ceasing to be so employed as a correctional officer or on ceasing to be such a member.(6) Without limiting subsection (4), the Commissioner may at any time revoke the appointment of a person as a recognised interstate correctional officer if of the opinion that the person is not a suitable person to be a recognised interstate correctional officer.(7) In this section, a reference to a correctional officer or to the public service of another State or Territory means a correctional officer however described, or a public service however described.pt 11, div 6 (ss 236J, 236K): Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [15].
236K Recognised interstate correctional officer to have correctional officer functions
(1) A recognised interstate correctional officer has all the functions and immunities that a correctional officer has under this or any other Act.(2) The conferral of functions by this section on a recognised interstate correctional officer is subject to any applicable conditions of the person’s appointment as a recognised interstate correctional officer.(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to identification requirements for, or the wearing of uniforms by, recognised interstate correctional officers.pt 11, div 6 (ss 236J, 236K): Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [15].
Division 7 Residential facilities
pt 11, div 7: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [32].
236L Residential facilities
(1) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare any premises specified or described in the proclamation to be a residential facility for the purposes of this Act.(2) The Governor may, by the proclamation by which any premises are declared to be a residential facility or by a subsequent proclamation, give a name to the residential facility.(3) The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke any proclamation under this section.s 236L: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [32].
236M Accommodation of offenders in residential facilities
(1) The Commissioner may approve the use of a residential facility for any of the following purposes—(a) accommodating inmates (or an approved class of inmates) prior to release from custody,(b) accommodating other persons who are the subject of community-based orders.(2) Part 2, and the regulations relating to that Part, apply to a residential facility in the same way as they apply to a correctional centre, subject to this section and any modifications prescribed by the regulations.(3) For the purposes of the application of Part 2 to a residential facility—(a) a reference in that Part to an inmate includes an inmate residing in a residential facility, but does not include a person residing in a residential facility who is the subject of a community-based order, and(b) a reference in that Part to the governor of a correctional centre is taken to be a reference to the manager of the residential facility, and(c) (Repealed)(4) The regulations may provide for the application to residential facilities of other provisions of this Act that apply in respect of correctional centres.(5) In this section, a community-based order means any of the following orders—(a) an order under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(b) a re-integration home detention order, a parole order or an intensive correction order,(c) an extended supervision order or an interim supervision order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017,(d) a community supervision order (within the meaning of Part 4A), if the person subject to it is in community custody (Stage 3) (within the meaning of that Part).s 236M: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [32]. Am 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [18]–[20]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [13]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [42]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [37]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [12].
236N Managers of residential facilities
(1) A manager of each residential facility is to be employed under Part 4 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.(2) The manager of a residential facility—(a) has the care, direction, control and management of the residential facility, and(b) has all other functions conferred or imposed on the manager by or under this or any other Act or law.(3) In the exercise of the functions referred to in subsection (2) (a) and (b), the manager is subject to the direction and control of the Commissioner.(4) The manager of a residential facility may delegate to any person any of the manager’s functions, other than this power of delegation and other than any function delegated to the manager by the Commissioner.s 236N: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [32]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [9].
236O Residential facility officers
(1) The Commissioner may appoint any member of staff of Corrective Services NSW to supervise persons residing at a residential facility or to exercise other functions in relation to a residential facility (referred to as a residential facility officer).(2) The functions of residential facility officers are to be as determined from time to time by the Commissioner.(3) Those functions may include functions of a correctional officer.(4) To the extent that the functions of a residential facility officer include the functions of a correctional officer, the residential facility officer has all the immunities of a correctional officer.(5) A residential facility officer may exercise a function of a correctional officer only in respect of the residential facility where the residential facility officer is employed.(6) Residential facility officers must at all times exercise their functions in such manner as the Commissioner, having regard to current circumstances, may from time to time direct.(7) (Repealed)s 236O: Ins 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [32]. Am 2018 No 87, Sch 1.9 [13].
Division 8 Relationships with inmates and other offenders
pt 11, div 8 (ss 236P, 236Q): Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [2].
236P Definitions
(1) In this Division—community-based order means—(a) a parole order, or(b) a community correction order, or(c) an intensive correction order, or(d) a conditional release order, or(e) a re-integration home detention order, or(f) a suspended sentence order to which clause 76 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 applies.correctional employee means—(a) a member of staff of Corrective Services NSW, or(b) a person who is employed at a managed correctional centre to perform duties referred to in section 240 (1) (a), (b) or (c).inmate includes a person who is subject to a compulsory drug treatment order under Part 4A (including a person who is subject to a community supervision order under that Part).intimate relationship means a relationship between 2 or more persons involving sexual conduct or other physical expressions of affection, or the exchange of written or other communications of a sexual or intimate nature, or all or any of those things.sexual conduct means sexual intercourse or other conduct of a sexual nature.sexual intercourse has the same meaning as in Division 10 of Part 3 of the Crimes Act 1900.(2) For the purposes of this Division, and without limiting the definition of intimate relationship, a person who is married to another person or the de facto partner of another person is taken to be in an intimate relationship with the other person.pt 11, div 8 (ss 236P, 236Q): Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [2].
236Q Misconduct offence
(1) A correctional employee (other than an employee referred to in subsection (2)) is guilty of an offence if the correctional employee engages in sexual conduct or an intimate relationship with an inmate or a person who is subject to a community-based order and the conduct or relationship—(a) causes a risk or potential risk to the safety or security of a correctional centre or correctional complex or to good order and discipline within a correctional centre or correctional complex, or(b) compromises the proper administration of a sentence or a community-based order.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) It is not an offence under this section if a correctional employee did not know, while the employee engaged in sexual conduct or an intimate relationship with an inmate or person subject to a community-based order, that the other person was an inmate or subject to the order.pt 11, div 8 (ss 236P, 236Q): Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [2].
Part 12 Engagement of contractors
Introductory note—
This Part provides for the engagement of private contractors to manage certain correctional centres (or parts of them), gives appropriate powers and immunities to staff employed for that purpose and provides for the establishment of minimum standards of management.
pt 12, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [22].
237 Purpose for which contractors may be engaged
(1) To assist the Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions with respect to the management of correctional centres and the transfer of offenders between correctional centres, the Commissioner may make use of the services of one or more contractors.(2) The engagement of a contractor for the management of a correctional centre, and its management by the contractor, may not be undertaken otherwise than in accordance with this Part.
238 Management agreements
(1) The Commissioner may enter into an agreement (the management agreement) with a corporation (the management company) providing for the management of one or more correctional centres.(2) The management agreement must provide for—(a) compliance by the management company with the provisions of this Act and the regulations, and of any other Act or law, so far as they affect the correctional centre and the welfare of its inmates, and(b) objectives and performance standards for the management company in relation to the management of the correctional centre, and(c) employment by the management company of a person competent to exercise the functions of the governor of the correctional centre and of sufficient and competent custodial and paramedical and other staff to enable it to discharge its obligations under the agreement, and(d) remuneration of the management company, and(e) submission to the Commissioner of periodic reports and audited accounts in relation to the management of the correctional centre, and(f) prohibition of subcontracting by the management company, otherwise than as allowed by a submanagement agreement or as approved by the Commissioner, and(g) indemnity by the management company of the Crown and the Commissioner for damage to the correctional centre and any associated public property in the possession or under the control of the management company, and(h) notification of any variation of the controlling interests in the management company or of its management structure, and(i) such other matters as may be prescribed by the regulations.(3) The management agreement may make such other provision, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, as may be agreed for or with respect to the management of the correctional centre by the management company.(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a provision of a management agreement is not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations in so far as it prescribes a standard that exceeds the standard provided by this Act or the regulations in relation to the health, diet or exercise of offenders or any other matter affecting their welfare.
239 Submanagement agreements
(1) The management company may, with the approval of the Commissioner, enter into an agreement (the submanagement agreement) with respect to the management of the correctional centre on its behalf and in accordance with the management agreement by another corporation (the submanagement company).(2) The submanagement agreement may make such other provision, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, as may be agreed for or with respect to the management of the correctional centre by the submanagement company.(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a provision of a submanagement agreement is not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations in so far as it prescribes a standard that exceeds the standard provided by this Act or the regulations in relation to the health, diet or exercise of offenders or any other matter affecting their welfare.
240 Authorisation of correctional centre staff
(1) A person must not be or continue to be employed, at a managed correctional centre, to perform any of the duties of—(a) the governor of the correctional centre, or(b) a custodian of offenders, orunless the person is the holder of an authority, issued by the Commissioner, authorising the person to perform the duties concerned.(c) employment in any other capacity prescribed by the regulations,(2) The Commissioner may refuse to issue an authority under this section to a person—(a) if the person has not undertaken an accredited course of training or instruction relevant to the employment concerned, or(b) if, because of a criminal record, insufficient education, aspects of character or other matters, the Commissioner does not consider the person to be a fit and proper person to be so employed, or(c) for any other reason which the Commissioner thinks is a sufficient reason, in the public interest, for refusal.(3) An authority issued under this section to a person may be revoked by the Commissioner—(a) if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, having regard to the provisions of subsection (2), the authority ought not to have been issued, or(b) if the person has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations or with any direction given to the person under this Act, orbut no such authority is to be revoked without affording the person concerned a reasonable opportunity to be heard.(c) for any other reason which the Commissioner thinks is a sufficient reason, in the public interest, for revocation of the authority,(4) The Commissioner may from time to time accredit courses of training or instruction for the purposes of this Part.
241 Status of staff at correctional centre managed under agreement
(1) A person who, in accordance with this Part and a management or submanagement agreement, is appointed by the management company or submanagement company under the agreement to exercise the functions of the governor of a correctional centre is, for the purposes of this Act and for all other purposes, the governor of the correctional centre.(2) A person employed for the purposes of a management or submanagement agreement is, in the performance of the duties of his or her employment, subject to—(a) the provisions of the regulations, and(b) any directions, not inconsistent with the regulations, given by the Commissioner either generally or in a particular case.(3) Despite any power or authority conferred by a management or submanagement agreement, or by the regulations, on any person employed by the management company or submanagement company in connection with a correctional centre, a person so employed is not, for the purposes of this Act, a correctional officer, nor does the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 apply to any such person on account of that employment.s 241: Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [10].
241A Testing of correctional centre staff for alcohol and prohibited drugs
(1) In this section—employee of a management company means a person employed by the management company, who holds an authority under section 240 to perform duties at a correctional centre managed by the management company.prohibited drug has the same meaning as in the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.(2) A management company must—(a) prepare and implement a program, approved by the Commissioner, for the testing of its employees for alcohol and prohibited drugs, and(b) ensure that its employees are not under the influence of alcohol or any prohibited drug when on duty, or when present at their place of work and about to go on duty, and(c) report to the Commissioner, if requested in writing by the Commissioner to do so, on the implementation of the program.(3) The Commissioner may, whenever the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, direct a management company to require an employee to undergo testing for alcohol and prohibited drugs—(a) in accordance with the testing program approved by the Commissioner, or(b) in accordance with Division 5 of Part 11 (as applied by subsection (5)) and the regulations.(4) A management company must comply with a direction of the Commissioner given under this section.(5) Division 5 of Part 11 applies in relation to the testing of an employee for alcohol and prohibited drugs as if the references to a member of correctional staff in that Division were references to an employee referred to in this section.(6) For the purposes of subsection (3) (b), the regulations may make provision, in relation to employees referred to in this section, for or with respect to any matter for or with respect to which regulations may be made under Division 5 of Part 11 in relation to members of correctional staff (other than a matter referred to in section 236I (j) or (k)).(7) This section applies to and in respect of a submanagement company and the persons it employs for the purposes of a submanagement agreement in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a management company and its employees.s 241A: Ins 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [21].
242 Monitoring
(1) A person (in this section referred to as the monitor) is to be employed in the Public Service under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 for the purposes of this section in respect of each managed correctional centre.(2) The monitor is to be appointed for a term of not more than 2 years, but is eligible for re-appointment.(3) The monitor is responsible to the Commissioner for the assessment and review of the management of the correctional centre concerned by the management company or submanagement company concerned.(4) A monitor must make an annual report in writing to the Commissioner of his or her findings regarding—(a) the management of a correctional centre, andincluding any transportation of offenders to or from the correctional centre.(b) any activity undertaken in accordance with a management or submanagement agreement that affects the correctional centre,(5) (Repealed)(6) The report is to form part of the next annual report of the Department of Justice prepared for the purposes of the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985.(7) The monitor has such other functions as may be specified in the regulations and such additional functions as may be specified by the Commissioner from time to time.(8) The monitor is to have free and unfettered access at all times to all parts of the correctional centre, to all correctional centre records, to all offenders held in custody in the correctional centre and to all persons employed at the correctional centre.s 242: Am 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [23]; 2009 No 96, Sch 5 [4]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [4] [11].
243 Community advisory councils
(1) To assist in the monitoring of a managed correctional centre, and to encourage community involvement in the oversight of its management, the Minister is to appoint a community advisory council for the correctional centre.(2) A community advisory council is to consist of persons the Minister considers to be suitably qualified to serve on the committee and to be suitably representative of the interests of the local community.(3) The community advisory council is to make quarterly reports in writing to the Minister of its findings regarding the management of the correctional centre.(4) (Repealed)s 243: Am 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [24].
244 Chief Executive, Justice Health, to have access to correctional centres, offenders and medical records
(1) For the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of this Act and the regulations (in so far as they relate to medical, surgical or dental treatment or to the health of offenders) are being complied with at a managed correctional centre, the Chief Executive, Justice Health, is to have free and unfettered access at all times to all parts of the correctional centre, to all medical records held at the correctional centre and to all offenders held in custody in the correctional centre.(2) Nothing in this section—(a) affects any power conferred on the Chief Executive, Justice Health, with respect to any correctional centre, or(b) affects any duty of a management company, submanagement company or correctional centre medical officer under this Act, the regulations or any agreement.(3) (Repealed)s 244: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [53]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [69]; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[3] [11].
245 Investigation of corruption
While a correctional centre is being managed under a management or submanagement agreement, the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 and the regulations under that Act, with any necessary modifications—(a) apply to and in respect of the management company or submanagement company as if (in so far as it has functions under this Act or the agreement) it were a public authority within the meaning of that Act, and(b) apply to and in respect of every director or other officer of the management company or submanagement company (and any employee of the management company or submanagement company who under this Part requires an authority from the Commissioner in order to be such an employee) as if—(i) the director, officer or employee were, by virtue of his or her office or employment, a public official within the meaning of that Act, and(ii) any functions exercisable in the course of his or her office or employment were public official functions.
246 Administrative complaints
While a correctional centre is being managed under a management or submanagement agreement, the Ombudsman Act 1974 and the regulations under that Act, with any necessary modifications—(a) apply to and in respect of the management company or submanagement company and the governor of the correctional centre as if (in so far as they have functions under this Act or the agreement) they were public authorities within the meaning of that Act, and(b) apply to and in respect of—(i) any director or other officer of the management company or submanagement company, andas if he or she were, by virtue of his or her office or employment, a statutory employee within the meaning of that Act.(ii) any employee of the management company or submanagement company who under this Part requires an authority from the Commissioner in order to be such an employee,
247 Application of Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009
While a correctional centre is being managed under a management or submanagement agreement, the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and the regulations under that Act apply, with any necessary modifications, to and in respect of the management company or submanagement company and its members and employees—(a) as if the management company or submanagement company (in so far as it has functions under this Act or the agreement) were a local authority within the meaning of that Act, and(b) as if the managing director of the management company or submanagement company were its principal officer for the purposes of that Act, and(c) as if the Minister were its responsible Minister for the purposes of that Act.s 247: Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.13 [1] [2].
248 Minimum standards
(1) The Commissioner must cause to be prepared a written statement setting out minimum standards in relation to the exercise of any functions by a management company or submanagement company in accordance with this Part.(2) The Minister must cause the statement to be laid before each House of Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after the execution of a management or submanagement agreement providing for the exercise of those functions by a management company or submanagement company.(3) The Commissioner may amend such a statement from time to time.(4) The Minister must cause the amended statement to be laid before each House of Parliament within 10 sitting days of that House after the statement is amended.(5) Nothing in this section requires a statement (including an amended statement) to be laid before a House of Parliament if such a statement in substantially the same terms has already been laid before that House.
Part 13 Custody of persons during proceedings
Introductory note—
This Part provides for the transport of offenders between correctional centres, and between correctional centres and courts, and for the custody of offenders while in transit.
pt 13, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [25].
249 Definitions
(1) In this Part—correctional officer includes—(a) a person employed on a temporary basis within Corrective Services NSW to perform some or all of the duties of a correctional officer, and(b) a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform escort duties.designated officer means the person for the time being holding or acting in the position within Corrective Services NSW designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Part.person in custody means a person who is in lawful custody—(a) before being brought before a court in connection with the alleged commission of an offence, or(b) during proceedings to determine whether the person has committed an offence or while such proceedings are pending, or(c) following a grant of bail but before the person has fulfilled the necessary requirements entitling the person to be released, or(d) during any period for which the person is on remand, or(e) while awaiting sentencing for an offence or during sentencing proceedings, or(f) during any period after the person is sentenced for an offence, or(g) during any period after an intensive correction order is made in relation to the person and before an intensive correction notice is served on the person, orbut does not include a person who is detained in accordance with the Intoxicated Persons Act 1979.(h) in accordance with a warrant of commitment or other warrant, or an order of a court or other competent authority,(2) For the removal of doubt, person in custody in subsection (1) includes a person in lawful custody—(a) refused bail by a police officer with power to make a bail decision under the Bail Act 2013, or(b) granted bail by a police officer with power to make a bail decision under the Bail Act 2013 but not released, or(c) arrested with or without warrant under section 77 of the Bail Act 2013 for a failure or threatened failure to comply with a bail acknowledgment or a bail condition.s 249: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [8]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [16]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [24]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [58]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.9 [2].
250 Transport and detention of persons in custody
(1) A person in custody may be given into the keeping of a correctional officer.(2) A correctional officer into whose keeping a person in custody has been given—(a) may convey the person to any correctional centre, court or other place, and(b) may detain the person in any correctional centre or other place.(3) A warrant of commitment or other warrant, or an order of a court or other competent authority, authorising the conveyance of a person in custody to, or the detention of a person in custody in, a correctional centre authorises a correctional officer to convey the person to the correctional centre referred to in the warrant or order.s 250: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [25].
251 Designated officer
(1) While a person in custody is in the keeping of a correctional officer under this Part, the person is taken to be in the custody of the designated officer.(2) Subject to the regulations—(a) the designated officer has, in relation to a person taken to be in the officer’s custody by virtue of this section, all the powers and duties that the governor of a correctional centre has in relation to an inmate of a correctional centre, and(b) a person taken to be in the designated officer’s custody by virtue of this section has all the rights of such an inmate.(3) Subsection (2) (b) does not affect any other right that a person in custody may have apart from that paragraph.(4) The regulations—(a) may limit the powers and duties of the designated officer in relation to persons taken to be in the custody of the designated officer by virtue of this section, and(b) may limit the rights that a person in custody has under subsection (2) (b).
252 Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer
(1) While being transferred from one place to another, a person in custody may be accommodated in a correctional centre, police station or court cell complex if it is necessary or convenient to do so.(2) If a person being transferred is under the age of 18 years, the person may also be accommodated in a detention centre (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987) if it is necessary or convenient to do so.(3) A person detained in a detention centre under this section is taken to be a detainee (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987), as if the person were a person on remand, for the period during which the person is detained in a detention centre under this section.s 252: Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [33].
252A Correctional officers may provide assistance
(1) A correctional officer may, if requested to do so by a police officer or a person employed in the Department of Justice, provide assistance in connection with the restraint, conveyance or detention of any person in the lawful custody of the officer requesting the assistance.(2) A correctional officer has, while providing such assistance, all the functions and immunities of the officer who requested the assistance in relation to the restraint, conveyance or detention of the person concerned.s 252A: Ins 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [11]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [12].
253 Part subject to Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
(1) This Part is subject to the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987.(2) Despite subsection (1), nothing in the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 limits the operation of this Part in relation to a person who is of or above the age of 21 years.s 253: Am 2006 No 41, Sch 2.2 [2].
Part 13A Offences relating to places of detention
pt 13A: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253A Definitions
In this Part—adult means a person who is of or above the age of 18 years.child means a person who is under the age of 18 years.correctional officer includes a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform custodial duties.impaired intellectual functioning means—(a) total or partial loss of a person’s mental functions, or(b) a disorder or malfunction that results in a person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction, or(c) a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perceptions of reality, emotions or judgment, or that results in disturbed behaviour.non-correctional member of staff means—(a) a person employed within Corrective Services NSW, orbut does not include a correctional officer.(b) a person employed at a managed correctional centre,place of detention means a correctional centre, correctional complex or residential facility.relevant offence means an offence under this Act or the regulations, but does not include an offence prescribed by the regulations.remotely piloted aircraft means an unmanned airborne craft, including a drone or other remotely piloted, or otherwise controlled, airborne craft, part of a remotely piloted aircraft and the remote control for a remotely piloted aircraft.search observation staff member means a non-correctional member of staff (or member of a class of such persons) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.s 253A: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [3]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[1].
253B Onus of proof regarding lawful authority, lawful excuse or reasonable excuse
In any proceedings for an offence against a provision of this Part, the onus of proving that a person had lawful authority, a lawful excuse or a reasonable excuse (as referred to in the provision) lies with the defendant.s 253B: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [4].
253C Trafficking
(1) A person must not, without lawful authority, bring or attempt by any means whatever to introduce into any place of detention any spirituous or fermented liquor.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.(2) A person must not, without lawful authority, bring or attempt by any means whatever to introduce into any place of detention any poison listed in Appendix D of Schedule Four, or in Schedule Eight, of the Poisons List in force under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(3) Section 40 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 applies to proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) in the same way as it applies to legal proceedings under that Act.(4) A person must not, without lawful authority, bring or attempt by any means whatever to introduce into any place of detention a quantity of any prohibited drug or prohibited plant within the meaning of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 that constitutes a small quantity (or constitutes less than a small quantity) of the drug or plant concerned within the meaning of that Act.Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(5) Section 43 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 applies to proceedings for an offence under subsection (4) in the same way as it applies to legal proceedings under that Act.ss 253C–253F: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253D Introduction or supply of syringes
(1) A person—(a) who brings or attempts by any means whatever to introduce a syringe into a place of detention, oris guilty of an offence.(b) who supplies or attempts by any means whatever to supply a syringe to an inmate who is in lawful custody,Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 2 years.(2) A person is not guilty of an offence of bringing or attempting to introduce a syringe into a place of detention if the person satisfies the court that the officer in charge of the place of detention had consented to the person’s bringing or introducing the syringe into the place of detention.(3) A person is not guilty of an offence of supplying or attempting to supply a syringe to an inmate in lawful custody if the person satisfies the court—(a) that the supply was authorised on medical grounds by a registered medical practitioner, and(b) if the inmate is in lawful custody in a place of detention, that the officer in charge of the place of detention had consented in writing to the supply.(4) While absent from a place of detention in any of the circumstances referred to in section 38 (1), an inmate is taken to be in lawful custody for the purposes of an offence under this section only if the inmate is being escorted by a correctional officer (within the meaning of that section) or a police officer.(5) In this section, syringe means a hypodermic syringe, and includes—(a) anything designed for use or intended to be used as part of such a syringe, and(b) a needle designed for use or intended to be used in connection with such a syringe.ss 253C–253F: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253E Unlawful possession of offensive weapons or instruments
(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, have in his or her possession an offensive weapon or instrument in a place of detention.Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, in addition to any penalty it may impose, make an order that the offensive weapon or instrument be forfeited to the Crown, and the weapon or instrument is forfeited accordingly.(3) In this section, offensive weapon or instrument has the same meaning as it has in the Crimes Act 1900.ss 253C–253F: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253F Inmate use or possession of a mobile phone
(1) An inmate must not, without reasonable excuse, use or have in his or her possession in a place of detention a mobile phone or any part of it, a mobile phone SIM card or any part of it, or a mobile phone charger or any part of it.Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) In this section, mobile phone includes any device that may be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of sending or receiving voice or other data over a mobile telephone network, whether or not it may be used for any other purpose.ss 253C–253F: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253FA Unlawful possession of remotely piloted aircraft
(1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, have in the person’s possession a remotely piloted aircraft—(a) in a correctional centre or correctional complex, or(b) in any residential facility or transitional centre located within or near a correctional centre or correctional complex prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, in addition to a penalty it may impose, make an order that the remotely piloted aircraft be forfeited to the Crown, and the remotely piloted aircraft is forfeited accordingly.(3) It is not an offence under this section if a person is in possession of a remotely piloted aircraft—(a) for a purpose prescribed by the regulations, or(b) with the authorisation of a person or a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations, or(c) for any other reason prescribed by the regulations.s 253FA: Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [5].
253FB Possession or operation of remotely piloted aircraft in prohibited airspace
(1) A person must not be in possession of a remotely piloted aircraft within prohibited airspace.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant establishes that the possession was not for the purpose of threatening the good order or security of detention premises.(3) A person must not, without lawful excuse, operate or attempt to operate a remotely piloted aircraft within prohibited airspace in a way that threatens or is likely to threaten the good order or security of detention premises.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units, or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(4) It is not an offence under this section if a person is in possession of or operates or attempts to operate a remotely piloted aircraft—(a) for a purpose prescribed by the regulations, or(b) with the authorisation of a person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations, or(c) for any other reason prescribed by the regulations.(5) In this section—detention premises means—(a) a correctional centre, other than a police station or court cell complex in which an offender is held in custody, or(b) a correctional complex, or(c) a residential facility or transitional centre located within or near a correctional centre or correctional complex prescribed by the regulations.operate a remotely piloted aircraft means fly or otherwise use a remotely piloted aircraft, including use a remotely piloted aircraft to photograph, film or otherwise make or transmit a visual or audio recording of the whole or any part of detention premises, or a person, thing or activity on or at detention premises.prohibited airspace means the airspace above detention premises, and above the land in the immediate vicinity of detention premises, at or below 400 feet above ground level.s 253FB: Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [5].
253G Miscellaneous offences
(1) Any person who, without lawful authority—(a) loiters about or near any place of detention, or(b) enters or attempts by any means whatever to enter any place of detention, oris guilty of an offence.(c) communicates, or attempts by any means whatever to communicate, with any inmate,Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.(2) Any person who, without lawful authority—(a) delivers or attempts to deliver anything to an inmate, or(b) brings or attempts to bring anything into a place of detention, or(c) conveys or attempts to convey anything out of a place of detention, or(d) receives or attempts to receive anything for conveyance out of a place of detention, oris guilty of an offence.(e) secretes or leaves anything at any place (whether inside or outside a place of detention) for the purpose of its being found or received by an inmate,Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
253H Visitors must leave possessions in storage facilities
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act or as permitted by a correctional officer, a visitor must, while the visit is taking place, leave anything that the visitor has brought into a place of detention in storage facilities provided for the purpose at the place.Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.(2) A correctional officer may confiscate, for the duration of the visit, anything that a visitor has brought into the place of detention but not left in storage facilities as required by subsection (1).(3) Subsection (2) does not limit any other power that a correctional officer may have apart from this section to seize or detain anything of the kind referred to in that subsection, including a power to seize a thing from a person following the person’s lawful arrest.(4) In this section, place of detention does not include a residential facility.
253I Powers of correctional officers
(1) Power to stop, detain and search persons and vehicles in place of detention A correctional officer may stop, detain and search—(a) a person in a place of detention, and anything in the possession of or under the control of the person, or(b) a vehicle in a place of detention.In this subsection, place of detention does not include a residential facility.(2) Power to stop, detain and search persons and vehicles in immediate vicinity of place of detention A correctional officer may stop, detain and search—(a) a person in a residential facility or in the immediate vicinity of a place of detention, and anything in the possession of or under the control of the person, if the correctional officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control anything that has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence, or(b) a vehicle in a residential facility or in the immediate vicinity of a place of detention, if the correctional officer suspects on reasonable grounds that—(i) the vehicle contains anything that has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence, or(ii) the vehicle has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence.(3) Power to detain for purpose of search by police A correctional officer who stops and detains a person or a vehicle under this section (whether or not the correctional officer searches the person or vehicle), and who suspects on reasonable grounds that—(a) the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control anything that has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence, ormay request a police officer to conduct a search or a further search of the person or vehicle, and may detain the person or vehicle while waiting for the arrival of a police officer at the place where the person or vehicle is being detained for the police officer to conduct the search.(b) the vehicle—(i) contains anything that has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence, or(ii) has been used, is being used or is intended to be used in or in connection with the commission of a relevant offence,(4) Request to police to be made as soon as practicable A request to a police officer under subsection (3) must be made as soon as practicable after the correctional officer stops and detains the person or vehicle, or searches the person or vehicle.(5) Power of correctional officer to seize things A correctional officer may seize all or part of a thing that the correctional officer suspects on reasonable grounds may provide evidence of the commission of a relevant offence found as a result of a search under this section.(6) Power to arrest In respect of a relevant offence, the powers of arrest of a police officer may be exercised by a correctional officer.(7) Arrested person to be taken to police or to authorised officer (within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002) A correctional officer who arrests a person under this section must, as soon as practicable, take the person, and any property found on the person—(a) to a police officer, or(b) before an authorised officer (within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002) to be dealt with according to law.(8) Nothing in this section prevents the powers that may be exercised in relation to a person from being exercised in relation to a correctional officer.s 253I: Am 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[2] [3].
253J Conduct of search
(1) A correctional officer, in conducting a search under section 253I, may direct a person to do any or all of the following—(a) to submit to scanning by means of an electronic scanning device,(b) to empty the pockets of the person’s clothing,(c) to remove any hat, gloves, coat, jacket or shoes worn by the person,(d) to empty the contents of any bag or other thing, or to open any thing, that the person has with him or her, or has left in a vehicle,(e) in the case of a visitor to the place of detention—to make available for inspection and search any item stored in a storage facility allocated to the visitor,(f) in the case of a correctional officer or a non-correctional member of staff—to make available for inspection and search any room or locker that is under the officer’s or member of staff’s control at the place of detention,(g) in the case of an adult accompanying a child or a person who has impaired intellectual functioning—to assist the child or person to co-operate with a search.(2) A correctional officer, in conducting a search under section 253I, may direct a person to produce—(a) anything that the correctional officer has detected or seen during the search on or with the person, or in a vehicle in which the person is or was present, and has reasonable grounds to suspect may provide evidence of the commission of a relevant offence, or(b) anything detected during the search by an electronic detection device, or(c) anything indicated by a dog reacting positively to its presence.(3) In conducting a search of a person under section 253I, a correctional officer—(a) must conduct the search with due regard to dignity and self-respect and in as seemly a manner as is consistent with the conduct of an effective search, and(b) must not direct a person to remove any item of clothing being worn by the person, other than a hat, gloves, coat, jacket or shoes, and(c) must not search a person by running the officer’s hands over the person’s clothing.(4) A search of a person conducted by a correctional officer under section 253I must, if practicable, be conducted by a correctional officer of the same sex as the person being searched.(5) A search of a child or of a person who has impaired intellectual functioning must be conducted in the presence of—(a) an adult who accompanied the child or the person to the place of detention (or its immediate vicinity), or(b) if there is no such adult—a search observation staff member.(6) Regulations may be made for or with respect to the manner in which correctional officers are to conduct searches under section 253I.s 253J: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [6]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[2].
253K Use of dogs
(1) A correctional officer is authorised to use a dog to conduct any search under section 253I.(2) A correctional officer using a dog to conduct such a search is to take all reasonable precautions to prevent the dog touching a person.(3) A correctional officer is required to keep a dog under control when the officer is using the dog to conduct such a search.ss 253K–253M: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]
253L Use of reasonable force
In exercising a function under this Part, a correctional officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary to exercise the function.ss 253K–253M: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]
253M Safeguards
(1) A correctional officer who detains a person in the exercise of a power under section 253I must not detain the person any longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose, and in any event for no longer than 4 hours.(2) A correctional officer must, before exercising a power to detain, search or arrest a person under section 253I, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after exercising the power, provide the person subject to the exercise of the power with the following—(a) evidence that the correctional officer is a correctional officer (unless the correctional officer is in uniform),(b) the name of the correctional officer,(c) the reason for the exercise of the power,(d) a warning that failure or refusal to comply with a request or direction of the correctional officer, in the exercise of the power, is an offence.(3) Subsection (2) extends to a direction given by a correctional officer to a person in the exercise of a power to stop, detain and search a vehicle.(4) A correctional officer is not required to comply with subsection (2) if the correctional officer believes on reasonable grounds that—(a) the circumstances are of such urgency that complying with subsection (2) would render a search ineffective, or(b) it is not reasonably possible to comply with subsection (2).(5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to the exercise of powers under section 253I (1).ss 253K–253M: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]
253MA Use of reasonable force—visitors
(1) A correctional officer may use force to deal with a visitor for the following purposes—(a) to protect the correctional officer or another person (including a member of staff of Corrective Services NSW, an inmate or a member of the public) from attack or harm, or imminent attack or harm, but only if there are no other immediate or apparent means available for the protection of the correctional officer or other person,(b) to prevent damage to the place of detention or to any property within the place of detention,(c) to prevent an unlawful attempt to enter the place of detention by force or to free an inmate,(d) to remove the visitor from the place of detention, if the officer is authorised to do so under the regulations.(2) A correctional officer may use force to deal with a visitor for the purpose of exercising a power under section 253I or any other provision of this Part.Note—Section 253I confers powers on a correctional officer to arrest a person suspected of committing a relevant offence, to search and detain the person and to seize things that are evidence of the commission of a relevant offence.(3) The nature and extent of the force that may be used in relation to a visitor are to be dictated by circumstances, subject to the following—(a) the force used must not exceed the force that is reasonably necessary for protection, or to maintain the good order and security of a place of detention, having due regard to the personal safety of correctional officers and others,(b) the infliction of injury on a visitor is to be avoided if at all possible,(c) if a visitor is restrained—once the visitor is satisfactorily restrained, no further force must be used on the visitor other than the force reasonably necessary to maintain that restraint.(4) A correctional officer may use handcuffs, or other equipment prescribed by the regulations, for the purpose of restraining a visitor, but only if it is reasonably necessary in the circumstances.(5) This section is in addition to section 253L.s 253MA: Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[4].
253MB Report on use of force
(1) Any correctional officer who uses force on a visitor must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give a report about the use of force to the governor of the place of detention.(2) The report must—(a) be in writing, and(b) specify the name of the visitor and the name of the correctional officer involved in the use of force, and(c) specify the location where the force was used, and(d) describe the nature of the force used and the circumstances requiring its use, and(e) be signed by the correctional officer involved in the use of force.s 253MB: Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [7].
253N Failure to comply with search
A person must not, without reasonable excuse—(a) fail or refuse to comply with a request made, or a direction given, by a correctional officer under this Part, or(b) fail or refuse to produce anything detected or seen on or with the person, or in a vehicle in which the person was present at the time the thing was detected or seen, in a search when requested to do so by a correctional officer, or(c) resist or impede a search of a person or vehicle under this Part.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.ss 253N–253P: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253O Part does not derogate from other powers
(1) Nothing in this Part limits any powers, authorities, duties or functions that correctional officers or police officers may have apart from this Part.(2) In particular, the fact that a police officer or correctional officer conducts a search of a person under this Part does not prevent the police officer or correctional officer from exercising, whether during or after the search, any other powers of search or seizure that the police officer or correctional officer may have.(3) Nothing in this Part limits any power under this Act or any other law for a person to conduct a search of an inmate, a correctional officer, a non-correctional member of staff or any other person, or a vehicle.ss 253N–253P: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253P Admissibility of search evidence
Evidence of a thing discovered during or as a result of a search carried out in accordance with this Part is not inadmissible merely because the thing is different in nature from a thing referred to in the reason given under section 253M (2) (c).ss 253N–253P: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].
253Q (Repealed)
s 253Q: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [8].
253R Time within which proceedings must be taken
(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Part that are taken by the Commissioner may be commenced at any time within 6 months from the time when the facts first come to the knowledge of the Commissioner.(2) Despite subsection (1), proceedings for an offence under section 253FA or 253FB must be commenced not later than 2 years from the time the facts first come to the knowledge of the Commissioner.s 253R: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [9].
Part 14 General
Introductory note—
This Part contains miscellaneous provisions in connection with the operation of this Act, including a power to make regulations.
pt 14, introductory note: Ins 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [26].
254 Extension of sentence following unlawful absence from custody
(1) If a person is unlawfully absent from custody during the term of a sentence—(a) the term of the sentence, andare, by this subsection, extended by the period for which the person is unlawfully absent from custody.(b) if the absence occurs during a non-parole period of the sentence, the non-parole period of the sentence,(2) In subsection (1)—(a) the reference to a person being unlawfully absent from custody includes a reference to a person being absent from custody following the revocation of an intensive correction order or parole order, and(b) the reference to the period for which such a person is unlawfully absent from custody does not include any period for which the person is in custody, whether or not in relation to the sentence the subject of the order that has been revoked.(3) This section does not apply to—(a) any absence from custody for which the person is taken to have been in lawful custody by operation of section 40, or(b) any absence from custody in respect of which the person’s sentence is extended by some other provision of this Act.(4) This section does not prevent a person from being proceeded against and convicted in relation to any offence arising out of an escape from lawful custody.s 254: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [59]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [43].
255 Effect of extension of sentence
(1) This section applies to any sentence whose term or non-parole period is extended under this Act.(2) The date of commencement of any other sentence (the later sentence) that is to be served consecutively, or partly consecutively, with the extended sentence (the earlier sentence), is, by this subsection, postponed—(a) if the later sentence commences at or before the end of the non-parole period of the earlier sentence, by the period for which the non-parole period of the earlier sentence is extended, or(b) if the later sentence commences at or before the expiry of the earlier sentence (but after the end of any non-parole period), by the period for which the term of the earlier sentence is extended.(3) The relevant warrant of commitment is sufficient authority for the detention of the person concerned—(a) in the case of a warrant committing the person to a correctional centre, until the end of the extended term of the sentence, or(b) (Repealed)s 255: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [26]–[28]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [60].
255A Approvals for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 of the Commonwealth
(1) The relevant officer may, at the request of the Commonwealth Attorney-General, grant approval, by order in writing, for an offender to travel to a foreign country—(a) for the purpose of giving evidence at a proceeding relating to a criminal matter, as referred to in section 26 of the Commonwealth Act, orand may give such directions as are necessary in that regard.(b) for the purpose of giving assistance in relation to an investigation relating to a criminal matter, as referred to in section 27 of the Commonwealth Act,(2) An approval under this section is subject to such conditions as are prescribed by the regulations and to such other conditions (not inconsistent with those prescribed by the regulations) as the relevant officer may specify in the approval.(3) While an approval is in force under this section, the offender to whom the approval relates—(a) is authorised to be absent from custody (other than custody referred to in section 26 (1) (e) (iii) or 27 (1) (e) (iii) of the Commonwealth Act) in relation to any period during which the offender would, but for the approval, be required to be in custody, and(b) is exempt from such other requirements imposed by or under this or any other Act as would, but for the approval, prevent the offender from travelling to the foreign country concerned for the purpose set out in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s request.Note—Restrictions may nevertheless be imposed on an offender who is subject to an approval under this section by means of regulations made under section 79, 93 or 106ZA or conditions imposed under section 103 or 128.(4) In this section—relevant officer means—(a) in relation to an offender who is on release on parole—the Parole Authority, and(b) in any other case—the Commissioner.the Commonwealth Act means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 of the Commonwealth.s 255A: Ins 2007 No 32, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [61]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [44].
256–256B (Repealed)
s 256: Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [70]; 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [7]; 2017 No 54, Sch 2.1 [4]–[7]; 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [38] [39]; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [13]–[18]. Rep 2022 No 1, Sch 1[13].
s 256A: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [40]. Rep 2022 No 1, Sch 1[13].
s 256B: Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [40]. Am 2018 No 29, Sch 1.5 [3] [4]. Rep 2022 No 1, Sch 1[13].
257 Disclosure of information
(1) A person must not disclose any information obtained, or to which the person otherwise has or had access, in connection with the administration or execution of this Act unless that disclosure is made—(a) with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained, or(b) in connection with the administration or execution of this Act, or(b1) in connection with the administration or execution of a law of some other State or Territory in its application to an inmate who has been, or is to be, transferred to that State or Territory pursuant to—(i) a direction referred to in section 45, or(ii) a warrant referred to in section 49, or(iii) an order of transfer under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982, or(c) for the purposes of any legal proceedings, or(d) in accordance with a requirement of the Ombudsman Act 1974 or with any request made by the Ombudsman, or(d1) to the Commissioner of Fines Administration in connection with the administration or execution of the Fines Act 1996 (including for the purpose of the imposition, administration or enforcement of a fine), or(e) with other lawful excuse.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.(2) Information may be disclosed as referred to in subsection (1) (b1) despite anything to the contrary in the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 or the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.(3) Without limiting the disclosures that may fall within subsection (1) (e), a person makes a disclosure with lawful excuse for the purposes of that paragraph if the disclosure is—(a) authorised by the Commissioner, or(b) in accordance with an official policy made by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section.(4) Subsection (3) applies to a disclosure made by a member of the Parole Authority or the Review Council, as if a reference to the Commissioner were a reference to the Chairperson of the Authority or the Chairperson of the Review Council (as applicable).s 257: Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.6 [3]; 2008 No 53, Sch 7 [2] [3]; 2008 No 110, Sch 2.1; 2013 No 82, Sch 2.5; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [15] [16]; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.7 [2].
257A Authority to disclose and exchange certain information
(1) The Commissioner may disclose information obtained by the Commissioner, or to which the Commissioner otherwise has or had access, in connection with the exercise of his or her official functions under this or any other Act for any purpose prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.(2) The Commissioner may enter into an arrangement (an information sharing arrangement) with the head of a relevant agency for the purpose of sharing or exchanging information that is held by Corrective Services NSW or the relevant agency.(3) Under an information sharing arrangement, each party to the arrangement is authorised—(a) to request and receive prescribed information that is held by the other party to the arrangement, and(b) to disclose prescribed information that is held by the party to the other party to the arrangement.(4) In this section—prescribed information means information of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection (3) (a) or (b).relevant agency means—(a) a law enforcement agency, or(a1) an intelligence agency of an Australian jurisdiction, or(b) a government agency of a State or Territory that corresponds with Corrective Services NSW, or(c) a person or body prescribed by the regulations as a relevant agency.(5) A regulation made under this section extends to information obtained before the commencement of the regulation unless the regulation otherwise provides.(5A) The disclosure, sharing and exchange of information in accordance with subsection (1) or under an information sharing arrangement must comply with any conditions prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.(6) The power to prescribe a purpose for the purposes of subsection (1) does not imply that the Commissioner may disclose information only for a purpose so prescribed.(7) The authority to disclose, request or receive information under this section applies despite the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.(8) The Minister is to consult with the Minister for Health before recommending the making of a regulation under subsection (1) that may result in the disclosure or use of health information (within the meaning of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002).(9) A failure to comply with subsection (8) does not affect the validity of a regulation.s 257A: Ins 2015 No 2, Sch 4.1 [1]. Subst 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [17]. Am 2019 No 10, Sch 1.7 [3]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[5]–[8].
258 Supreme Court to review list of persons on remand who are in custody
(1) As soon as practicable after 15 February, 15 May, 15 August and 15 November in each year, the Commissioner must cause to be furnished to the Supreme Court a list of all persons on remand who, as at that date, have been in custody in a correctional centre for more than 3 months.(2) The list must indicate, in relation to each person on remand, the court to which the person is remanded to appear.(3) The Supreme Court is to conduct a review of the list, in open court, so as—(a) to ascertain whether there has been any undue delay in the prosecution or conduct of proceedings against any person whose name appears on the list, and(b) if there has been any such delay, to take such action as the Supreme Court considers appropriate to expedite those proceedings.(4) In this section, person on remand means any person the subject of a warrant or order issued by a court by which the person is remanded in custody in connection with proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by the person.
259 Service of notices
(1) Any notice required by or under this Act to be served on a person in respect of whom an intensive correction order, parole order, community correction order or conditional release order is in force may be served personally or by posting it, addressed to the person, to the address nominated by the person for that purpose.(2) Such a notice may be served on a person in custody by service on the person in whose custody the person is held, and is to be dealt with in accordance with the regulations.(3) The means of service authorised by this section are in addition to any means that would, in the absence of this section, be sufficient for valid service of the notice.s 259: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [62]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [45] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [8]).
260 Evidentiary certificates
A certificate issued by the Commissioner or by a person prescribed by the regulations, being a certificate that states that on a date or during a period specified in the certificate—(a) a specified person was in the custody of the governor of a specified correctional centre, or in the custody of the manager of a residential facility, or(a1) a specified person was in the custody of the designated officer within the meaning of section 38 or 249, or(b) a specified person was or was not the subject of a specified intensive correction order, community correction order, conditional release order, re-integration home detention order or parole order, or(c) a specified intensive correction order, community correction order, conditional release order, re-integration home detention order or parole order did or did not contain specified terms, oris admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the facts so stated.(d) a specified person failed to comply with that person’s obligations under a specified intensive correction order, community correction order, conditional release order, re-integration home detention order or parole order,s 260: Am 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [17]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [34]; 2009 No 56, Sch 2.8; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [63] [64]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [46] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [9]); 2017 No 57, Sch 1 [41].
261 Address of warrant
(1) Any warrant, order or other instrument addressed to the governor of a correctional centre describing the correctional centre by its situation or other definite description is valid whatever the formal description of the correctional centre.(2) (Repealed)(3) A warrant addressed to the governor of a correctional centre may be received by the governor of any other correctional centre or by the person in charge of any police station or court cell complex.(4) A warrant addressed to the person in charge of a police station may be received by the person in charge of any other police station or by the governor of a correctional centre.(5) Nothing in this section authorises the detention of a person for the whole or part of a sentence in one or more police stations for more than one month at a time.(6) This section applies in respect of a residential facility and a manager of a residential facility in the same way as it applies to a correctional centre and a governor of a correctional centre.s 261: Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [35]; 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [65].
262 Effect of certain warrants
(1) A warrant issued by the Commissioner or the Parole Authority under this Act has the same effect as a warrant issued by a court.(2) All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of a warrant issued by the Commissioner or the Parole Authority under this Act.
263 Exclusion of personal liability
(1) An act or omission—(a) by a body constituted by this Act, or(b) by a person who is a member of such a body or a member of staff of such a body, or(c) by a correctional officer or by any other person on whom functions are conferred or imposed by or under this Act, ordoes not subject a person referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) personally to any action, liability, claim or demand if the act or omission was done or omitted to be done in good faith in the administration or execution of this Act or of any other Act that confers or imposes any functions on a correctional officer.(d) by any person acting under the direction of a body or person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),(2) In particular, such a person is not personally liable in respect of—(a) anything properly and necessarily done by the person in the course of carrying out a medical examination or medical test if the person believed on reasonable grounds that the examination or test was authorised or required to be carried out by this Act or the regulations, or(b) the disclosure, in accordance with the regulations, of information obtained in the course of any such examination or test.(3) In this section—correctional officer includes a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform custodial duties.s 263: Am 2002 No 36, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2004 No 29, Sch 2.2 [7]–[9].
264 Wearing or possession of correctional officer uniform by others
(1) A person (not being a correctional officer) who wears, or has in his or her possession, a correctional officer uniform is guilty of an offence.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.(2) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if the person establishes—(a) that the person had the permission of the Commissioner to wear or possess the uniform, or(b) that the person wore or was in possession of the uniform for the purposes of a public entertainment, or(c) that the person had a reasonable excuse for wearing or being in possession of the uniform.(3) In this section, correctional officer uniform means the uniform of a correctional officer, and includes—(a) any parts of such a uniform (or any accoutrements of a correctional officer) that are generally recognised as parts of the uniform or accoutrements of a correctional officer, or(b) a reasonable imitation of such a uniform, parts of a uniform or accoutrements.
265 Impersonating correctional officer
A person who impersonates a correctional officer is guilty of an offence.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
266 Proceedings for offences
Proceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations are to be dealt with summarily before the Local Court.s 266: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.73 [17]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
267 Research
(1) In this section—research means research in connection with—(a) the administration or management of correctional centres or any other facilities administered or managed by Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(b) services provided to offenders by or on behalf of Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(c) the circumstances relating to offenders, or(d) workplace or industrial relations matters relating to correctional centres or any other facilities administered or managed by Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(e) some other aspect of penology.(2) A person must apply to the Commissioner for approval to conduct research that involves the person (or persons acting under the direction of that person) obtaining access to—(a) information held by Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(b) facilities administered or managed by Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(c) persons employed in, or engaged by contract to, Corrective Services NSW or a management company, or(d) persons in the custody of, or supervised by, Corrective Services NSW or a management company.(3) In determining such an application, the Commissioner may have regard to any recommendations made by an ethics committee established by the Commissioner in accordance with the regulations.(4) The Commissioner may approve an application subject to conditions or unconditionally, and may give access to such information, facilities or persons, or give access in such manner, as the Commissioner considers appropriate.(5) If the Commissioner refuses to approve an application, the Commissioner must give the applicant reasons in writing for the refusal.(6) A person to whom any such access is given must not use any information obtained in connection with that access, or created as a result of that access, in a manner—(a) that contravenes any conditions imposed by the Commissioner as to its use, or(b) that enables the identity of any person to whom the information relates to be ascertained.Maximum penalty—2 penalty units.(7) Corrective Services NSW may, either alone or in conjunction with a university body or another person or organisation, undertake research in connection with matters referred to in subsection (1).s 267: Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [18]. Am 2009 No 96, Sch 5 [5].
268 Funds payable to certain organisations
(1) The Minister may, out of money provided by Parliament or otherwise legally available, make payments to such bodies or organisations undertaking the provision of aid and assistance to offenders, discharged offenders and relatives of offenders as the Minister may approve.(2) Any such payments are to be subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose.
269 Sheriff’s functions preserved
Nothing in this Act limits or affects the functions conferred or imposed on the Sheriff by or under this or any other Act or law.
270 Prerogative of mercy preserved
Nothing in this Act limits or affects the prerogative of mercy.
271 Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.
271A Regulations relating to high risk offenders
(1) The regulations may provide for the preparation and implementation of plans of management in respect of persons who are high risk offenders, and the provision of services and programs in respect of those persons, by Corrective Services NSW.(2) The regulations may confer functions on the Review Council in respect of high risk offenders.(3) A person is a high risk offender if—(a) the person is the subject of an extended supervision order, interim supervision order, continuing detention order, interim detention order or emergency detention order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, or(b) the person is the subject of an extended supervision order, interim supervision order, continuing detention order, interim detention order or emergency detention order under the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, or(c) the person is a Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmate.s 271A: Ins 2013 No 4, Sch 2.6 [7]. Am 2014 No 58, Sch 2.1 [4]. Subst 2017 No 68, Sch 2.6 [19].
272 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 5 has effect.
273 Review of Act
(1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.(2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 5 years from the date of assent to this Act.(3) A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 5 years.
Part 15 Special provisions for COVID-19 pandemic
pt 15: Am 2020 No 1, Sch 2.5.
274 Definitions
In this Part—correctional premises means any of the following—(a) a correctional complex,(b) a correctional centre,(c) a residential facility,(d) a transitional centre.prescribed period means the period—(a) starting on the commencement of this Part, and(b) ending on—(i) 26 September 2021, or(ii) a later day, not later than 26 March 2022, prescribed by the regulations.s 274: Am 2020 No 1, Sch 2.5; 2021 No 4, Sch 1.13.
275 Visits to correctional premises during COVID-19 pandemic
(1) During the prescribed period, the Commissioner may prohibit or otherwise restrict any person, or any class of persons, from entering or visiting, or visiting a particular person within, correctional premises.(2) The Commissioner may take action under this section—(a) only if satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to protect the health of an inmate, any other person or the public from the public health risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and(b) despite any other provision of this Act or the regulations or any other Act or law.(3) This section does not extend to a visit to correctional premises by the Ombudsman or the Inspector of Custodial Services.(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect any communication between inmates and other persons by post, telephone, email, audio visual link or other means as provided for under this Act.s 275: Am 2020 No 1, Sch 2.5.
276 Commissioner may grant parole during COVID-19 pandemic
(1) Despite any other provision of this Act or the regulations or any other Act or law, the Commissioner may, during the prescribed period, make an order (a Commissioner’s order) releasing an inmate on parole if—(a) the inmate belongs to a class of inmates prescribed by the regulations, and(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that releasing the inmate on parole is reasonably necessary because of the risk to public health or to the good order and security of correctional premises arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.(2) A class of inmates may be prescribed according to any of the following—(a) the offence committed by an inmate,(b) the period remaining before the expiry of an inmate’s sentence or non-parole period,(c) an inmate’s age,(d) an inmate’s health or vulnerability,(e) any other matter.(3) However, the Commissioner may not make a Commissioner’s order in respect of any of the following inmates—(a) an inmate serving a sentence of imprisonment for any of the following offences—(i) murder,(ii) a serious sex offence or an offence of a sexual nature (within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006),(iii) a terrorism offence (within the meaning of Division 3A of Part 6 of this Act),(b) an inmate serving a sentence of imprisonment for life,(c) a serious offender,(d) an inmate kept in custody in relation to an offence against a law of the Commonwealth,(e) a Commonwealth post sentence terrorism inmate,(f) a NSW post sentence inmate.(4) Before making a Commissioner’s order in respect of an inmate, the Commissioner must consider the following—(a) the risks to community safety of releasing the inmate,(b) the impact of the release of the inmate on any victim who is recorded in the Victims Register in relation to the inmate,(c) in the case of an inmate who has previously been convicted of a domestic violence offence (within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007)—the protection of the victim of the domestic violence offence and any person with whom the inmate is likely to reside if released,(d) the availability of suitable accommodation for the inmate if released,(e) any other matter the Commissioner considers relevant.(5) A Commissioner’s order is subject to the standard conditions imposed by this Act or the regulations.(6) During the prescribed period, the Commissioner may—(a) impose, vary or revoke an additional condition on a Commissioner’s order in the same way as the Parole Authority may under section 128 in respect of a parole order made under Part 6, and(b) revoke the parole of an inmate under this section for any reason.(7) Subject to any necessary modifications and any modifications provided for by this section or the regulations—(a) this Act applies, during the prescribed period, to and in respect of an inmate released on parole under a Commissioner’s order in the same way as it applies to an offender released on parole under Part 6, and(b) the Parole Authority, during the prescribed period, is to deal with an inmate released on parole under a Commissioner’s order in the same way as it deals with an offender released on parole under Part 6.(8) Divisions 4 and 5 of Part 7 do not apply in relation to a revocation of an inmate’s parole by the Commissioner under this section.(9) To avoid doubt, the Parole Authority may issue a warrant under section 181 in respect of an inmate whose parole is revoked by the Commissioner under this section or by the Parole Authority under this Act.(10) The regulations may make further provision for and with respect to—(a) the functions of the Commissioner under this section and the application of this Act in respect of an inmate released on parole under a Commissioner’s order during the prescribed period, and(b) the application of this section and this Act to an inmate released on parole under a Commissioner’s order who remains on parole at the end of the prescribed period.(11) Nothing in this section requires the Commissioner to consider making a Commissioner’s order in respect of an inmate who belongs to a class of inmates prescribed by the regulations.s 276: Am 2020 No 1, Sch 2.5; 2022 No 1, Sch 1[4].
Part 16 Victims Register
pt 16: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
277 Definitions
In this Part—adult offender means an offender who is an adult, whether or not the offender committed the relevant offence as an adult.convicted NSW terrorist offender has the same meaning as in the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender has the same meaning as in the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.high risk offender means an offender referred to in section 278(1)(b) or (c).victim—see section 278.s 277: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
278 Meaning of “victim”
(1) In this Part, victim means the following—(a) a victim, in relation to an offender within the meaning of this Act, of—(i) an offence for which the offender is serving a sentence of imprisonment, or(ii) an offence taken into account under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, Part 3, Division 3 at the time the offender was sentenced for the offence referred to in subparagraph (i),(b) a victim of a serious offence, if the offender is—(i) an offender within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, and(ii) serving, or has at any time served, a sentence of imprisonment for the serious offence,(c) a victim of an offence of a sexual nature, if the offender is—(i) an offender within the meaning of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, and(ii) serving a sentence of imprisonment for the offence of a sexual nature,(d) a victim of an indictable offence, if the offence resulted in the offender being a convicted NSW terrorist offender or convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender.(2) A victim includes a person who, as a direct result of an act committed, or apparently committed, by an offender or high risk offender in the course of an offence—(a) suffers actual physical bodily harm, mental illness or nervous shock, or(b) has property deliberately taken, destroyed or damaged.(3) In this section, a reference to a sentence of imprisonment includes a sentence of imprisonment served by intensive correction, whether or not subject to a home detention condition.(4) In this section—offence of a sexual nature has the same meaning as in the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006.serious offence has the same meaning as in the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006.s 278: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
279 Victims Register
(1) There is to be a Victims Register.(2) The following are to be recorded in the Victims Register—(a) a victim of an offender within the meaning of this Act if—(i) the offender is serving a sentence of imprisonment by full-time detention, and(ii) the victim requests to be recorded in the Victims Register,(b) a victim of an offender within the meaning of this Act if—(i) the offender is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a personal violence offence by intensive correction, whether or not subject to a home detention condition, and(ii) the victim requests to be recorded in the Victims Register,(c) a victim of a high risk offender who requests to be given notice if an application for an order is made in relation to the offender under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006,(d) a victim of a convicted NSW terrorist offender or convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender who requests to be given notice of an application for an order in relation to the offender under the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, Part 2 or 3.(3) In this section—personal violence offence has the same meaning as in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.s 279: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
280 Family representatives of victims
(1) The family representative of a victim must be recorded in the Victims Register instead of the victim—(a) if the victim is dead or under an incapacity, or(b) if the victim is less than 18 years of age, or(c) in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.(2) If a victim is 16 or 17 years of age, the Commissioner may direct that the victim is recorded in the Victims Register instead of the family representative of the victim.(3) In determining whether to record the victim in the Victims Register under subsection (2), the Commissioner must consider the victim’s individual circumstances.(4) If the family representative of a victim is recorded in the Victims Register under this section, a reference in this Part, other than in this section and section 278, to a victim is to be read as a reference to the family representative.s 280: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
281 Victims may nominate representatives
(1) A victim who is recorded in the Victims Register under this Part may nominate to the Commissioner an individual who, for the purposes of this Part, may—(a) act on the victim’s behalf, and(b) receive information on the victim’s behalf.(2) The Commissioner may refuse to accept the nomination of an individual if the Commissioner considers it is not appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the following—(a) the security, discipline and good order of a correctional centre,(b) the safety and welfare of offenders and other persons,(c) the risks of unauthorised disclosure of information,(d) the safety of the community.s 281: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
282 Administration of Victims Register
(1) Subject to the regulations, the Victims Register must be kept by a government agency as directed by the Minister.(2) Members of staff of the government agency that keeps the Victims Register may assist—(a) the Review Council and the Parole Authority to give notices to victims under this Part or section 67 or 145, and(b) the Parole Authority to give a victim of a serious offender or a victim’s authorised agent access to documents specified by the Parole Authority for the purposes of section 193A, and(c) the Review Council and the Parole Authority to carry out other ancillary functions relating to the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).(3) The Review Council or the Parole Authority may delegate to members of staff of the government agency that keeps the Victims Register the functions of the Review Council or the Parole Authority specified in subsection (2), but only in relation to the victim of an adult offender, whether or not the offender committed the relevant offence as an adult.s 282: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
283 Regulations
(1) The regulations may provide for the following—(a) the keeping of the Victims Register,(b) the way in which notice to victims may or must be given under—(i) this Act, or(ii) the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, or(iii) the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017,(c) the circumstances, if any, in which notice referred to in paragraph (b) is not required to be given,(d) the identification of persons who are victims for the purposes of this Act, the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, including—(i) the determination of the persons who are family representatives of victims, and(ii) the provision, by a person claiming to be a victim, of evidence of the person’s identity and the circumstances by which the person claims to be a victim.(2) A regulation under subsection (1) must not be inconsistent with—(a) the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, section 21A, or(b) the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017, section 51.s 283: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
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.s 284: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
285 Information to be given to victims by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may give written notice of the following to a victim of 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 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 an adult offender who is recorded in the Victims Register under section 279(2)(b) if the offender is returned to 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(b) at the Commissioner’s discretion.(5) The Commissioner 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.s 285: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
286 Information to be given to victims by Parole Authority
(1) The Parole Authority must give written notice to a victim of an adult offender who is recorded in the Victims Register of the following matters relating to the offender—(a) that the Authority has made a re-integration home detention order releasing the offender and the date of the release,(b) any additional conditions placed on the re-integration home detention order,(c) that the conditions of the re-integration home detention order have been changed, and particulars of the change,(d) that the offender’s re-integration home detention order has been revoked.(2) The Parole Authority must give written notice to a victim of an adult offender who is recorded in the Victims Register of the following matters relating to the offender—(a) that the Parole Authority or the Governor has made a parole order releasing the offender on parole and the date of the release,(b) any additional conditions placed on the parole order,(c) that the conditions of the parole order have been changed, and particulars of the change,(d) that the offender’s parole has been revoked.(3) Notice of the revocation of an order is not required to be given under this section until a review of the order has been finally determined.(4) 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.s 286: Ins 2022 No 1, Sch 1[14].
Schedule 1 Parole Authority
(Section 183)
Part 1 Constitution
1 Chairperson
(1) A person who is appointed as a judicial member of the Parole Authority is, in and by the instrument by which the person is so appointed (or such other instrument as may be executed by the Governor), to be appointed as—(a) the Chairperson of the Parole Authority, or(b) the Alternate Chairperson of the Parole Authority, or(c) a Deputy Chairperson of the Parole Authority.(2) Neither the appointment of a person who is a Judge as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, nor the person’s service as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, affects—(a) the person’s tenure of the office of a Judge, or(b) the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary or other rights or privileges as a holder of the office of a Judge.(3) A person who is a Judge may exercise the powers of a Judge even though the person is Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.(4) Service of a Judge as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson is, for all purposes, taken to be service as a Judge.
2 Acting members
(1) During the illness or absence of the Chairperson, the Alternate Chairperson is to act in the office of the Chairperson and, while so acting, has all the functions of the Chairperson and is taken to be the Chairperson.(2) During the illness or absence of the Alternate Chairperson, a Deputy Chairperson designated by the Chairperson is to act in the office of the Alternate Chairperson and, while so acting, has all the functions of the Alternate Chairperson (including the function of acting in the office of the Chairperson during the illness or absence of the Chairperson) and is taken to be the Alternate Chairperson.(3) The Governor may, from time to time, appoint a judicially qualified person to act in the office of a Deputy Chairperson during the illness or absence of a Deputy Chairperson, and the person, while so acting, has all the functions of a Deputy Chairperson and is taken to be a Deputy Chairperson.(3A) The term for which a person is appointed to act in the office of a Deputy Chairperson is to be such period (not exceeding 3 years) as is specified in the relevant instrument of appointment.(4) If a community member is granted leave of absence by the Minister, the Governor may appoint a person to act in the office of the member during the member’s absence, and that person, while so acting, has all the functions of the member and is taken to be a member.(5) The Governor may, at any time, remove a person from an office to which the person was appointed under subclause (3) or (4).(6) For the purposes of this clause—(a) a vacancy in the office of Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson is taken to be an absence from office of the judicial member concerned, and(b) the Alternate Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson is taken to be absent from the office of Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson during any period of acting in another office under subclause (1) or (2).
3 Deputies
(1) The Commissioner of Police may from time to time nominate a police officer to be the deputy of the official member appointed by that Commissioner, and may revoke such a nomination at any time.(2) The Commissioner of Corrective Services may from time to time nominate an officer of Community Corrections to be the deputy of the official member appointed by that Commissioner, and may revoke such a nomination at any time.(3) In the absence of an official member, the member’s deputy—(a) may, if available, act in the place of the member, and(b) while so acting, has all the functions of the member and is taken to be a member.
4 Term of office
Subject to this Schedule, an appointed member holds office for a period (not exceeding 3 years) specified in the member’s instrument of appointment, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for re-appointment.
5 Remuneration
An appointed member is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the member.
6 Vacancy in office of appointed member
(1) The office of an appointed member becomes vacant if the member—(a) dies, or(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or(d) is removed from office by the Governor, or(e) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or(f) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or(g) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or(h) being a judicial member, ceases to be a judicially qualified person.(2) The Governor may remove an appointed member from office at any time.
7 Revocation of appointment as official member
(1) The Commissioner of Police may at any time revoke the appointment of a police officer made for the purposes of section 183 (2) (b).(2) The Commissioner of Corrective Services may at any time revoke the appointment of an officer of Community Corrections made for the purposes of section 183 (2) (c).(3) On revocation under this clause, the office, as a Parole Authority member, of the person affected is taken to be vacant.
8 Filling of vacancy in office of appointed member
If the office of an appointed member becomes vacant, a person is, subject to this Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy.
9 Effect of certain other Acts
(1) The provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to an appointed member.(2) The office of an appointed member is not, for the purposes of any Act, an office or place of profit under the Crown.
Part 2 Procedure
10 Establishment of committees and appointment of other persons
(1) The Parole Authority may establish committees, or appoint any person or persons, to assist it in connection with the exercise of any of its functions.(2) If a committee is established—(a) the members of that committee may be members of the Parole Authority, and(b) the procedure for the calling of meetings of a committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be determined by the chairperson of the committee (subject to any determination of the Parole Authority), and(c) the Parole Authority may delegate to that committee such of its functions as may be prescribed by the regulations.
11 General procedure
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act or the regulations—(a) meetings of the Parole Authority are to be held at such times and places as are fixed by the Chairperson, and(b) the procedure for the convening of meetings of the Parole Authority and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be as determined by the Chairperson.(2) The Parole Authority may from time to time adjourn its proceedings to such times, dates and places and for such reasons as it thinks fit.(3) The Parole Authority is not bound by the rules of evidence, but may inform itself of any matter in such manner as it thinks appropriate.(4) Proceedings before the Parole Authority—(a) are to be open to the public, unless the Parole Authority determines in a particular case that the proceedings are to be conducted wholly or partly in the absence of the public, and(b) are not to be conducted in an adversarial manner, and(c) are to be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as fairness to any affected person and the requirements of this Act permit.(5) A decision of the Parole Authority is not vitiated merely because of any informality or want of form.(6) The Parole Authority may, if it thinks fit, hold a meeting at which some members participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members and by members of the public (if the meeting is open to the public).
11A Use of audio links and audio visual links in proceedings
(1) A person who is required or entitled to appear before the Parole Authority in any proceedings and who is in custody in New South Wales—(a) must, unless the Parole Authority otherwise directs, appear before the Parole Authority by audio visual link if the place at which the person is in custody is not the place at which the Parole Authority is conducting the proceedings, and(b) may give evidence or make any submission to the Parole Authority by that audio visual link.(2) Subclause (1) does not apply unless the person concerned is in custody at a place where the necessary audio visual links are available or can reasonably be made available.(3) The Parole Authority may make a direction under subclause (1) only if it is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice for the person required or entitled to appear in the relevant proceedings to appear physically before the Parole Authority.(4) The Parole Authority may direct that a person to whom subclause (1) does not apply (whether or not the person is a party to the proceedings) give evidence or make a submission to the Parole Authority by audio link or audio visual link from any place other than the place at which the Parole Authority is conducting the proceedings.(5) The Parole Authority must not make a direction under subclause (4) if—(a) the necessary facilities are unavailable or cannot reasonably be made available, or(b) the Parole Authority is satisfied that the evidence or submission can more conveniently be given or made at the place at which the Parole Authority is conducting the relevant proceedings, or(c) the Parole Authority is satisfied by a party opposing the making of the direction that the direction would be unfair to the party, or(d) the Parole Authority is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the direction is proposed to be made will not give evidence or make the submission.(6) If a party to the proceedings opposes the making of a direction under subclause (4), the Parole Authority must not make the direction unless satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.(7) The Parole Authority may make a direction under subclause (1)—(a) on its own motion, or(b) on the application of a party to the proceedings, or(c) if the proceedings relate to the consideration of the release of a serious offender on parole, on the application of a victim of the serious offender.(8) If the Parole Authority refuses to make a direction on an application by a victim under subclause (7), the Parole Authority must give reasons in writing to the victim for the refusal.(9) The Parole Authority may make a direction under subclause (4) on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings.(10) If audio visual links are used for proceedings before the Parole Authority, facilities are to be made available for private communication between the person the subject of the proceedings and the person’s representative in the proceedings if the person’s representative is at the place where the Parole Authority is conducting the proceedings.(11) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the use of audio links and audio visual links in proceedings before the Parole Authority.(12) For the avoidance of doubt, this clause operates despite any other provision of this Act that requires or entitles a person to be present at any proceedings of the Parole Authority and, in particular, applies despite section 147.
12 Representation of Review Council
A person (who need not be a member of the Review Council), chosen by the Chairperson of the Review Council or by a judicial member of the Review Council nominated by the Chairperson, is entitled to be present, and to be heard, (but not vote) at a meeting of the Parole Authority at which a matter relating to a serious offender is being considered.
13 Quorum
(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Parole Authority is 3 members consisting of at least one judicial member and at least 2 non-judicial members.(2) The Secretary of the Parole Authority may act as a non-judicial member for the purposes of constituting a quorum for a meeting of the Parole Authority and for the purposes of the meeting if the judicial member who is to preside at the meeting considers it necessary because—(a) the business to be conducted at the meeting is of an urgent nature, and(b) no other non-judicial member is readily available to constitute a quorum.While so acting, the Secretary has all the functions of a non-judicial member and is taken to be such a member.
14 Attendance of community members
(1) For the purposes of any meeting of the Parole Authority, not more than 2 community members may attend for the purposes of constituting the Parole Authority.(2) If there are more than 2 community members present at a particular meeting, the members who may attend the meeting are to be determined in accordance with arrangements approved by the Chairperson of the Parole Authority.(3) Despite subclause (1), the Chairperson may convene up to 6 meetings a year of the Parole Authority at which all community members may attend.
14A Attendance of official members
(1) For the purposes of any meeting of the Parole Authority—(a) not more than one police officer, andmay attend for the purposes of constituting the Parole Authority.(b) not more than one officer of Community Corrections,(2) Despite subclause (1), the Chairperson may convene up to 6 meetings a year of the Parole Authority at which all official members may attend.
15 Presiding members
(1) The Chairperson or a judicial member nominated by the Chairperson is to preside at a meeting of the Parole Authority.(2) At a meeting of a Division, the judicial member of the Division is to preside.
16 Voting
(1) If the Chairperson and the Alternate Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson, or both, are present at a meeting of the Parole Authority, only the Chairperson is entitled to vote with respect to any decision.(2) Despite subclause (1), if the Chairperson and the Alternate Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson, or both, are present at a meeting of the Parole Authority at which all community members may attend, the Alternate Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are each entitled to vote with respect to any decision.
17 Decisions
(1) A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Parole Authority at which a quorum is present (being votes cast by persons entitled to vote at the meeting) is the decision of the Parole Authority.(2) In the case of an equality of votes, the judicial member presiding at a meeting of the Parole Authority is to have the casting vote.
18 Record of proceedings
(1) The member presiding at a meeting of the Parole Authority must cause a record of the proceedings at the meeting to be made.(2) Records made for the purposes of this clause may be destroyed after the expiry of the period prescribed by the regulations.
19 Committees
(1) The Chairperson may appoint one or more non-judicial members as a committee for the purpose of—(a) inquiring into and reporting to the Parole Authority on any offender to whom a parole order relates and whose case is to come before the Parole Authority for consideration, and(b) disposing of routine business of the Parole Authority, other than making determinations or decisions, or preparing reasons for rejecting advice from the Review Council, under Part 6.(2) The Secretary of the Parole Authority is taken to be a non-judicial member for the purposes of a committee appointed for the purpose referred to in subclause (1) (b), and may consequently be appointed as a member of such a committee.
20 Authentication of documents
Any document requiring authentication by the Parole Authority is sufficiently authenticated if it is signed by—(a) the member who presided at the meeting of the Parole Authority that dealt with the proceedings with respect to which the document was prepared, or(b) in the absence of that member, any other member who was present at that meeting.
21 Evidentiary certificate
A certificate issued by the Secretary of the Parole Authority, being a certificate that records any determination or decision of the Parole Authority is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters so recorded.
22 Proof of certain matters not required
In any legal proceedings, proof is not required, until evidence is given to the contrary, of—(a) the constitution of the Parole Authority, or(b) any determination, decision or recommendation of the Parole Authority, or(c) the appointment of, or holding of office by, any member, or(d) the presence or nature of a quorum at any meeting of the Parole Authority.
22A Rulings on points of law
If either of the following questions arises at a meeting of the Parole Authority, it is to be decided by the person presiding at the meeting alone—(a) whether a question is a question of fact or law, or a question of mixed law and fact,(b) any question determined to be a question of law alone or a question of mixed law and fact.
23 Application of Part to Divisions of the Parole Authority
This Part applies to a Division of the Parole Authority in the same way as it applies to the Parole Authority, except to the extent to which this Part otherwise provides.
sch 1: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [54] [55]; 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [12]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [19]–[22]; 2003 No 25, Sch 2 [8]–[14]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [71] [72]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [37]; 2014 No 6, Sch 1 [22]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [13].
Schedule 2 Serious Offenders Review Council
(Section 195)
Part 1 Constitution
1 Chairperson
(1) The judicial members of the Review Council are to be appointed, in and by the instruments by which they are appointed (or in and by other instruments executed by the Governor) as—(a) Chairperson of the Review Council, and(b) Alternate Chairperson of the Review Council, and(c) Deputy Chairperson of the Review Council.(2) Neither the appointment of a person who is a Judge as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, nor the person’s service as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, affects—(a) the person’s tenure of the office of a Judge, or(b) the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary or other rights or privileges as a holder of the office of a Judge.(3) A person who is a Judge may exercise the powers of a Judge even though the person is Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.(4) Service of a Judge as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson is, for all purposes, taken to be service as a Judge.
2 Acting members
(1) During the illness or absence of the Chairperson, the Alternate Chairperson is to act in the office of the Chairperson and, while so acting, has all the functions of the Chairperson and is taken to be the Chairperson.(2) During the illness or absence of the Alternate Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson is to act in the office of the Alternate Chairperson and, while so acting, has all the functions of the Alternate Chairperson (including the function of acting in the office of the Chairperson during the illness or absence of the Chairperson) and is taken to be the Alternate Chairperson.(3) The Governor may, from time to time, appoint a judicially qualified person to act in the office of the Deputy Chairperson during the illness or absence of the Deputy Chairperson, and the person, while so acting, has all the functions of the Deputy Chairperson and is taken to be the Deputy Chairperson.(3A) The term for which a person is appointed to act in the office of the Deputy Chairperson is to be such period (not exceeding 3 years) as is specified in the relevant instrument of appointment.(4) If a community member is granted leave of absence by the Minister, the Governor may appoint a person to act in the office of the member during the member’s absence, and that person, while so acting, has all the functions of the member and is taken to be a member.(5) The Governor may, at any time, remove a person from an office to which the person was appointed under subclause (3) or (4).(6) For the purposes of this clause—(a) a vacancy in the office of Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson is taken to be an absence from office of the Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, and(b) the Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson is taken to be absent from the office of Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson during any period of acting in another office under subclause (1) or (2).
3 Deputies
(1) The Commissioner may establish a list of officers of Corrective Services NSW eligible to be nominated as the deputy of an official member (eligible officers).(1A) An official member may from time to time nominate an eligible officer to be the deputy of the official member.(1B) The nomination of a deputy of an official member under this clause may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner or the official member that nominated the deputy.(1C) The nomination of a deputy under this clause may be for a specified period or an indefinite period and, in respect of the period the nomination is in force, has effect according to its terms.(1D) The nomination of a deputy of an official member under this clause is revoked on revocation of the appointment of the official member under clause 7.(2) In the absence of an official member, the member’s deputy—(a) may, if available, act in the place of the member, and(b) while so acting, has all the functions of the member and is taken to be a member.
4 Term of office
Subject to this Schedule, an appointed member holds office for 3 years, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for re-appointment.
5 Remuneration
An appointed member is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the member.
6 Vacancy in office of appointed member
(1) The office of an appointed member becomes vacant if the member—(a) dies, or(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or(d) is removed from office by the Governor, or(e) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or(f) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or(g) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or(h) being a judicial member, ceases to be a judicially qualified person.(2) The Governor may remove an appointed member from office at any time.
7 Revocation of appointment as official member
(1) The Commissioner may at any time revoke the appointment of an official member.(2) On revocation under this clause, the office, as an official member, of the person affected is taken to be vacant.
8 Filling of vacancy in office of appointed member
If the office of an appointed member becomes vacant, a person is, subject to this Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy.
9 Effect of certain other Acts
(1) The provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to an appointed member.(2) The office of an appointed member is not, for the purposes of any Act, an office or place of profit under the Crown.
Part 2 Procedure
10 Establishment of committees and appointment of other persons
(1) The Review Council may establish committees, or appoint any person or persons, to assist it in connection with the exercise of any of its functions.(2) If a committee is established—(a) the members of that committee may be members of the Review Council, and(b) the procedure for the calling of meetings of a committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be determined by the chairperson of the committee (subject to any determination of the Review Council), and(c) the Review Council may delegate to that committee such of its functions as may be prescribed by the regulations.
11 General procedure
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act or the regulations—(a) meetings of the Review Council are to be held at such times and places as are fixed by the Chairperson, and(b) the procedure for the convening of meetings of the Review Council and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be as determined by the Chairperson.(2) The Review Council may from time to time adjourn its proceedings to such times, dates and places and for such reasons as it thinks fit.(3) The Review Council is not bound by the rules of evidence, but may inform itself of any matter in such manner as it thinks appropriate.(4) Proceedings before the Review Council—(a) are to be closed to the public, unless the Review Council determines in a particular case that the proceedings are to be conducted wholly or partly in public, and(b) are not to be conducted in an adversarial manner, and(c) are to be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as fairness to any affected person and the requirements of this Act permit.(5) A decision of the Review Council is not vitiated merely because of any informality or want of form.(6) The Review Council may, if it thinks fit, hold a meeting at which some members participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members and by members of the public (if the meeting is open to the public).
11A Use of audio links and audio visual links in proceedings
(1) A person who is required or entitled to appear before the Review Council in any proceedings and who is in custody in New South Wales—(a) must, unless the Review Council otherwise directs, appear before the Review Council by audio visual link if the place at which the person is in custody is not the place at which the Review Council is conducting the proceedings, and(b) may give evidence or make any submission to the Review Council by that audio visual link.(2) Subclause (1) does not apply unless the person concerned is in custody at a place where the necessary audio visual links are available or can reasonably be made available.(3) The Review Council may make a direction under subclause (1) only if it is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice for the person required or entitled to appear in the relevant proceedings to appear physically before the Review Council.(4) The Review Council may direct that a person to whom subclause (1) does not apply (whether or not the person is involved in the proceedings) give evidence or make a submission to the Review Council by audio link or audio visual link from any place other than the place at which the Review Council is conducting the proceedings.(5) The Review Council must not make a direction under subclause (4) if—(a) the necessary facilities are unavailable or cannot reasonably be made available, or(b) the Review Council is satisfied that the evidence or submission can more conveniently be given or made at the place at which the Review Council is conducting the relevant proceedings, or(c) the Review Council is satisfied by a person opposing the making of the direction that the direction would be unfair to the person, or(d) the Review Council is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the direction is proposed to be made will not give evidence or make the submission.(6) If a person involved in the proceedings opposes the making of a direction under subclause (4), the Review Council must not make the direction unless satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.(7) The Review Council may make a direction under subclause (1) or (4) on its own motion or on the application of any person involved in the proceedings.(8) If audio visual links are used for proceedings before the Review Council, facilities are to be made available for private communication between the person the subject of the proceedings and the person’s representative in the proceedings if the person’s representative is at the place where the Review Council is conducting the proceedings.(9) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the use of audio links and audio visual links in proceedings before the Review Council.(10) For the avoidance of doubt, this clause operates despite any other provision of this Act that requires or entitles a person to be present at any proceedings of the Review Council and, in particular, applies despite section 21.
12 Quorum
The quorum for a meeting of the Review Council is 3 members consisting of one judicial member, one community member and one official member.
13 Attendance of community members
(1) For the purposes of any meeting of the Review Council, not more than 3 community members may attend for the purposes of constituting the Review Council.(2) If there are more than 3 community members present at a particular meeting, the members who may attend the meeting are to be determined in accordance with arrangements approved by the Chairperson of the Review Council.(3) Despite subclause (1), the Chairperson may convene up to 6 meetings a year of the Review Council at which all community members may attend.
14 Presiding members
(1) The Chairperson or a judicial member nominated by the Chairperson is to preside at a meeting of the Review Council.(2) At a meeting of a Division, the judicial member of the Division is to preside.
15 Voting
(1) If the Chairperson and the Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, or both, are present at a meeting of the Review Council, only the Chairperson is entitled to vote with respect to any decision.(2) Despite subclause (1), if the Chairperson and the Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, or both, are present at a meeting of the Review Council at which all community members may attend, the Alternate Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are each entitled to vote with respect to any decision.
16 Decisions
(1) A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Review Council at which a quorum is present (being votes cast by persons entitled to vote at the meeting) is the decision of the Review Council.(2) In the case of an equality of votes, the judicial member presiding at a meeting of the Review Council is to have the casting vote.
17 Record of proceedings
(1) The member presiding at a meeting of the Review Council must cause a record of the proceedings at the meeting to be made.(2) Records made for the purposes of this clause may be destroyed after the expiry of the period prescribed by the regulations.
18 Authentication of documents
Any document requiring authentication by the Review Council is sufficiently authenticated if it is signed by—(a) the member who presided at the meeting of the Review Council that dealt with the proceedings with respect to which the document was prepared, or(b) in the absence of that member, any other member who was present at that meeting.
19 Evidentiary certificate
A certificate issued by the Executive Officer and Registrar of the Review Council, being a certificate that records any determination or decision of the Review Council is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters so recorded.
20 Proof of certain matters not required
In any legal proceedings, proof is not required, until evidence is given to the contrary, of—(a) the constitution of the Review Council, or(b) any determination, decision or recommendation of the Review Council, or(c) the appointment of, or holding of office by, any member, or(d) the presence or nature of a quorum at any meeting of the Review Council.
20A Rulings on points of law
If either of the following questions arises at a meeting of the Review Council, it is to be decided by the person presiding at the meeting alone—(a) whether a question is a question of fact or law, or a question of mixed law and fact,(b) any question determined to be a question of law alone or a question of mixed law and fact.
21 Application of Part to Divisions of the Review Council
This Part applies to a Division of the Review Council in the same way as it applies to the Review Council, except to the extent to which this Part otherwise provides.
sch 2: Am 2000 No 110, Sch 1 [56]; 2001 No 83, Sch 1 [13]; 2002 No 79, Sch 1 [23]–[30]; 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [29]; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 [73]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.16 [14].
Schedule 3 (Repealed)
sch 3: Rep 2008 No 17, Sch 1 [27]. Ins 2010 No 48, Sch 2 [66]. Rep 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [47].
Schedule 4 Official Visitors
(Section 228)
1 Acting Official Visitors
(1) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a person to act in the office of an Official Visitor during the illness or absence of the Official Visitor.(2) The person, while so acting, has all the functions of an Official Visitor and is taken to be an Official Visitor.(3) The Minister may, at any time, remove a person from office as acting Official Visitor.(4) A person while acting in the office of an Official Visitor is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine.(5) For the purposes of this clause, a vacancy in the office of an Official Visitor is taken to be an absence from office of the Official Visitor.
2 Term of office
Subject to this Schedule, an Official Visitor holds office for such period not exceeding 4 years as may be specified in the relevant instrument of appointment, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for re-appointment.
3 Remuneration
An Official Visitor is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine.
4 Declaration of interest
(1) Before being appointed as an Official Visitor or as an acting Official Visitor to a correctional centre that is being managed under a management agreement, a person must make a declaration of his or her interest (if any) in the agreement or in the management company under the agreement.(2) For the purposes of a declaration under this clause, a reference in subclause (1) to an interest in the management company includes a reference to—(a) any shareholding in the management company or in any related body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, and(b) any interest in business dealings that are taking place or that have taken place with the management company or any director or officer of the management company.(3) A person is not to be appointed as an Official Visitor or acting Official Visitor if, in the opinion of the Minister, the person has such an interest in the management agreement or the management company that the person should not be so appointed.
5 Vacancy in office of Official Visitor
(1) The office of an Official Visitor becomes vacant if the Official Visitor—(a) dies, or(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or(d) is removed from office by the Minister under this clause, or(e) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or(f) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or(g) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable.(2) The Minister may remove an Official Visitor from office at any time for such cause as to the Minister seems sufficient.(3) In particular, the Minister may remove from office an Official Visitor who contravenes section 228 or who, in the case of a managed correctional centre, is found—(a) to have such an interest in the relevant management agreement or the management company under that agreement that the person ought not, in the opinion of the Minister, continue to be an Official Visitor to the correctional centre, or(b) to have made a declaration under clause 4 that was false or misleading in a material particular.
6 Filling of vacancy in office of Official Visitor
If the office of an Official Visitor becomes vacant, a person may, subject to this Act, be appointed to fill the vacancy.
sch 4: Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.13; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.7 [4].
Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other provisions
(Section 272)
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Savings and transitional regulations
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts—Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001, to the extent that it amends this ActCrimes Legislation Amendment (Parole) Act 2003, to the extent that it amends this ActCompulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre Act 2004 (but only to the extent that it amends this Act)Crimes (Sentencing Legislation) Amendment (Intensive Correction Orders) Act 2010 (but only to the extent that it amends this Act)Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010 (but only to the extent that it amends this Act)any other Act that amends this Act(2) Such a provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later day.(3) To the extent to which such a provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as—(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of that publication, or(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of that publication.
Part 2 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
Division 1 Correctional Centres Act 1952
2 Definitions
In this Division—1952 Act means the Correctional Centres Act 1952, as in force immediately before the appointed day.appointed day means the day on which Part 2 of this Act commences.
3 Correctional complexes and correctional centres
Any premises that, immediately before the appointed day, were a correctional complex or correctional centre by virtue of a proclamation under section 5 of the 1952 Act are taken to be a correctional complex or correctional centre, as the case requires, by virtue of a proclamation under section 224 or 225 of this Act.
4 Continuation of certain appointments
(1) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was an Official Visitor appointed under section 8A of the 1952 Act is taken to be an Official Visitor appointed under section 228 of this Act.(2) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a Visiting Justice appointed under section 10 of the 1952 Act is taken to be a Visiting Justice appointed under section 227 of this Act.(3) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was appointed to inquire into and report on a matter under section 11A of the 1952 Act is taken to have been appointed to inquire into and report on that matter under section 230 of this Act, and any such inquiry may be conducted accordingly.
5 Correctional centre offences
(1) Any inquiry or other proceedings that, immediately before the appointed day, had been commenced but not concluded under Part 4 of the 1952 Act may be continued and concluded under that Part as if the 1952 Act had not been repealed.(2) Any penalty imposed under Part 4 of the 1952 Act, whether before or after the appointed day, is taken to have been imposed under Division 6 of Part 2 of this Act.(3) Any record of penalties made for the purposes of section 26F of the 1952 Act is taken to have been made for the purposes of section 61 of this Act.
6 Transfer of inmates
Any order or permit that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 27, 28 or 29 of the 1952 Act is taken to be an order or permit in force under section 23, 24, 25 or 26 of this Act, as the case requires, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
7 Warrants
Any warrant that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 29 of the 1952 Act is taken to be a warrant in force under section 39 of this Act, and may be enforced accordingly.
8 Interstate leave of absence
(1) Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 29AB of the 1952 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 28 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.(2) Any interstate leave permit that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 29AC of the 1952 Act is taken to be an interstate leave permit in force under section 29 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
9 Certain absences not to affect length of sentence
Section 40 of this Act applies to any absence from custody to which section 29B of the 1952 Act applied immediately before the appointed day.
10 Management agreements
A management or submanagement agreement in force immediately before the appointed day under section 31B of the 1952 Act is taken to be a management or submanagement agreement, as the case requires, in force under section 238 or 239 of this Act.
11 Authorisations
An authorisation in force immediately before the appointed day under section 31C of the 1952 Act is taken to be an authorisation in force under section 240 of this Act.
12 Monitors
Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was appointed as a monitor for the purposes of section 31E of the 1952 Act is taken to have been appointed as a monitor for the purposes of section 242 of this Act.
13 Minimum standards under management agreements
Any statement that was prepared for the purposes of section 31J of the 1952 Act is taken to be a statement prepared for the purposes of section 248 of this Act.
14 Correctional centre returns to Supreme Court
Any return made under section 40A of the 1952 Act is taken to be a return made for the purposes of section 258 of this Act.
15 Evidentiary certificates
Any certificate issued under section 40B of the 1952 Act is taken to be a certificate issued under section 260 of this Act.
16 Attendance orders
Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 44 of the 1952 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 77 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
17 Serious Offenders Review Council
(1) The Serious Offenders Review Council constituted by this Act is a continuation of, and the same entity as, the Serious Offenders Review Council constituted under the 1952 Act.(2) Subject to this Act, the persons who, immediately before the appointed day, were members of the Serious Offenders Review Council under the 1952 Act continue to hold office as members of the Serious Offenders Review Council under this Act for the remainder of their terms of office under the 1952 Act.(3) A Management Committee established under section 63 of the 1952 Act continues as a Management Committee under section 206 of this Act.(4) Subject to this Act, the persons who, immediately before the appointed day, were members of a Management Committee under section 63 of the 1952 Act continue to hold office as members of the corresponding Management Committee under this Act for the remainder of their terms of office under the 1952 Act.(5) A Management Committee subcommittee established under section 63 of the 1952 Act continues as a Management Committee subcommittee under section 207 of this Act.(6) Subject to this Act, the persons who, immediately before the appointed day, were members of a Management Committee subcommittee under section 63 of the 1952 Act continue to hold office as members of the corresponding Management Committee subcommittee under this Act for the remainder of their terms of office under the 1952 Act.
18 Continuation of existing regulations
The following regulations under the 1952 Act are taken to be regulations made under this Act, and may be amended and repealed accordingly—
Division 2 Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981
19 Definitions
In this Division—1981 Act means the Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981, as in force immediately before the appointed day.appointed day means the day on which Part 3 of this Act commences.
20 Periodic detention orders
Any order for periodic detention that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under the 1981 Act is taken to be a periodic detention order in force under this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
21 Work orders and attendance orders
(1) Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 10 of the 1981 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 84 (1) of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.(2) Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 11 of the 1981 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 84 (4) of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
22 Variation of day, time and place for periodic detention
Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 11A, 12 or 13 of the 1981 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 85 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
23 Leave of absence
Any leave of absence granted under the 1981 Act is taken to have been granted under Division 2 of Part 3 of this Act.
24 Extension of term of imprisonment
If a term of the sentence to be served by way of periodic detention under an order for periodic detention under the 1981 Act was extended under that Act, the term of the sentence to be served by way of periodic detention under a periodic detention order under this Act is taken to have been extended accordingly.
25 Exemption from extension of term of imprisonment
Any exemption that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 21A of the 1981 Act is taken to be an exemption in force under section 90 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
26 Exemptions for health reasons or compassionate grounds
Any order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 21B of the 1981 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 92 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
27 Directions
Any direction that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 22 of the 1981 Act is taken to be an order in force under section 94 of this Act, and may be revoked or amended accordingly.
28 Proceedings under 1981 Act
Any proceedings that had been commenced, but not determined, under the 1981 Act before the appointed day are to be continued and disposed of under that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.
29 Warrants
Any warrant that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 26 of the 1981 Act is taken to be a warrant in force under section 181 of this Act, and may be enforced accordingly.
30 Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal
Division 5 of Part 7 of this Act applies to a decision of the Parole Board to cancel an order for periodic detention under the 1981 Act in the same way as it applies to a decision of the Parole Board to revoke a periodic detention order under Division 1 of Part 7 of this Act.
31 Eligibility for parole of existing periodic detainees
(1) This clause applies to a sentence of imprisonment that was imposed before 1 February 1999 and that is the subject of a periodic detention order made before that date.(2) Any person who becomes liable to full-time imprisonment as a consequence of the revocation by the Parole Board of a periodic detention order referred to in subclause (1) is eligible for parole under section 159 of this Act as if a non-parole period, expiring on the commencement of this clause, had been set for the sentence in respect of which the periodic detention order was made.(3) Division 2 of Part 6 (section 137 (1) (a) excepted) applies to the person.(4) The Parole Board must, not more than 30 days after the revocation of the offender’s periodic detention order, consider whether or not the offender should be released on parole.(5) This clause does not operate to create a non-parole period for a sentence of imprisonment if the remainder of the term of the sentence is 6 months or less.Note—Clause 31 (1) and (2) commenced on 3 April 2000.
32 Continuation of existing regulations
The Periodic Detention of Prisoners Regulation 1995 is taken to be a regulation made under this Act, and may be amended and repealed accordingly.
Division 3 Home Detention Act 1996
33 Definitions
In this Division—1996 Act means the Home Detention Act 1996, as in force immediately before the appointed day.appointed day means the day on which Part 4 of this Act commences.
34 Home detention orders
Any home detention order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under the 1996 Act—(a) is taken to be a home detention order within the meaning of this Act, and(b) is taken to be subject to the same conditions as those to which it was subject immediately before that day.
35 Proceedings under 1996 Act
Any proceedings that had been commenced, but not determined, under the 1996 Act before the appointed day are to be continued and disposed of under that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.
36 Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal
Division 5 of Part 7 of this Act applies to a decision of the Parole Board to revoke a home detention order under the 1996 Act in the same way as it applies to a decision of the Parole Board to revoke a home detention order under Division 2 of Part 7 of this Act.
Division 4 Community Service Orders Act 1979
37 Definitions
In this Division—1979 Act means the Community Service Orders Act 1979, as in force immediately before the appointed day.appointed day means the day on which Part 5 of this Act commences.
38 Community service orders
Any community service order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under the 1979 Act—(a) is taken to be a community service order within the meaning of this Act, and(b) is taken to be subject to the same conditions as those to which it was subject immediately before that day.
39 Assigned officers and supervisors
(1) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was an assigned officer in relation to a community service order under the 1979 Act is taken to be an assigned officer in relation to the corresponding community service order under Part 5 of this Act.(2) Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a supervisor under the 1979 Act is taken to be a supervisor under Part 5 of this Act.
40 Work performed under former community service orders
Any work performed for the purposes of a community service order under the 1979 Act is taken to be work performed for the purposes of the corresponding community service order under this Act.
41 Extension of period of former community service orders
Any extension of the period of a community service order under section 17 of the 1979 Act is taken to be an extension of the period of the corresponding community service order under section 114 of this Act.
42 Proceedings under 1979 Act
Any proceedings that had been commenced, but not determined, under the 1979 Act before the appointed day are to be continued and disposed of under that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.
43 Summonses and warrants
Any summons or warrant that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 24 of the 1979 Act is taken to be a summons or warrant in force under section 116 of this Act, and may be enforced accordingly.
44 Application of Division 2 of Part 5
Division 2 of Part 5 of this Act applies to any matter to which Part 4 of the 1979 Act applied immediately before the appointed day.
Division 5 Sentencing Act 1989
45 Definitions
In this Division—1989 Act means the Sentencing Act 1989, as in force immediately before the appointed day.appointed day means the day on which Part 6 of this Act commences.
46 Parole orders
Any parole order that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under the 1989 Act—(a) is taken to be a parole order within the meaning of this Act, and(b) is taken to be subject to the same conditions as those to which it was subject immediately before that day.
47 Effect of parole orders under 1989 Act
Section 132 of this Act applies to any period for which a person was lawfully released on parole under the 1989 Act in the same way as it applies to any period for which a person is lawfully released on parole under Part 6 of this Act.
48 Proceedings under 1989 Act
Any proceedings that had been commenced, but not determined, under the 1989 Act before the appointed day are to be continued and disposed of under that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.
49 Warrants
Any warrant that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under section 36 of the 1989 Act is taken to be a warrant in force under section 181 of this Act, and may be enforced accordingly.
50 Evidentiary certificates
Any certificate issued under section 52 of the 1989 Act is taken to be a certificate issued under section 260 of this Act.
51 Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal
(1) Subdivision 4 of Division 2 of Part 6 of this Act applies to a decision of the Parole Board to refuse parole under the 1989 Act in the same way as it applies to a decision of the Parole Board to refuse parole under Subdivision 2 or 3 of Division 2 of Part 6 of this Act.(2) Division 5 of Part 7 of this Act applies to a decision of the Parole Board to revoke parole under the 1989 Act in the same way as it applies to a decision of the Parole Board to revoke a parole order under Division 3 of Part 7 of this Act.
52 Parole Board
(1) The Parole Board constituted by this Act is a continuation of, and the same entity as, the Parole Board constituted by the 1989 Act.(2) Subject to this Act, the persons who, immediately before the appointed day, were members of the Parole Board under the 1989 Act continue to hold office as members of the Parole Board under this Act for the remainder of their terms of office under the 1989 Act.
53 Victims Register
The Victims Register kept under section 22M of the 1989 Act is taken to be the Victims Register kept under section 256 of this Act.
Division 6 General
54 Definitions
In this Division—appointed day means the day appointed under section 2 for the commencement of the provision of this Act in relation to which that expression is used.old legislation means—(a) any Act or instrument repealed by Schedule 1 to the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999, as in force immediately before its repeal, and(b) any Act or instrument amended by Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 5 to the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999, as in force immediately before its amendment.
55 Common law recognizances
Any recognizance to be of good behaviour that was in force immediately before the power to require a person to enter into such a recognizance was abolished by section 101 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 continues to have effect, and may be enforced, as if that power had not been abolished.
56 Delegations
Any delegation that, immediately before the appointed day, was in force under a provision of the old legislation for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act is taken to be a delegation in force under the corresponding provision of this Act.
57 Construction of certain references
Subject to the regulations, in any Act or instrument—(a) a reference to a provision of the old legislation for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act extends to the corresponding provision of this Act, and(b) a reference to any act, matter or thing referred to in a provision of the old legislation for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act extends to the corresponding act, matter or thing referred to in the corresponding provision of this Act.
58 Construction of certain other references
In any Act or instrument—(a) a reference to the Comptroller-General of Prisons is to be read as a reference to the Commissioner of Corrective Services, and(b) a reference to the Deputy Comptroller-General of Prisons is to be read as a reference to the Deputy Commissioner of Corrective Services, and(c) a reference to the Department of Prisons is to be read as a reference to the Department of Corrective Services.
59 General saving
Subject to the regulations—(a) anything begun before the appointed day under a provision of the old legislation for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act may be continued and completed under the old legislation as if the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 had not been enacted, and(b) subject to paragraph (a), anything done under a provision of the old legislation for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act (including anything arising under paragraph (a)) is taken to have been done under the corresponding provision of this Act.
Part 2A Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2000
59A Validation of certain Parole Board meetings
(1) The participation by any person in any proceedings of the Parole Board at a meeting held after 10 August 2000 but before the commencement of the amending Act, is, if the participation would have been valid had the amendments made to clause 12 of Schedule 1 to the Act by the amending Act been in force at that time, validated by this clause.(2) In this clause, amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2000.
Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment (Existing Life Sentences) Act 2001
60 Definition
In this Part, the 2001 amending Act means the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Existing Life Sentences) Act 2001.
61 Application of amendments to pending proceedings
The amendments made to this Act by the 2001 amending Act do not affect—(a) any proceedings under Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 6 of this Act in respect of which the Parole Board had taken action under section 144 of this Act, but had not made a decision under section 149 or 150 of this Act, before the commencement of those amendments, or(b) any parole order made by the Parole Board under section 149, 150 or 160 of this Act before the commencement of those amendments.
62 Application of amendments to offenders the subject of existing determinations
Subject to clause 61, the amendments made to this Act by the 2001 amending Act apply to a serious offender—(a) who is serving a sentence for which a determination had been made under clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 before the commencement of those amendments (including a determination referred to in clause 21 of Schedule 2 to that Act), andin the same way as they apply to a serious offender who is serving a sentence for which such a determination is made after that commencement and who is the subject of such a recommendation.(b) who is the subject of a non-release recommendation within the meaning of that Schedule, as in force from time to time,
Part 4 Provisions consequent on enactment of Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001
63 Release dates of offenders
An amendment made to a provision of this Act by the Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001 applies only to and in respect of a determination of the Parole Board that occurs on or after the commencement of the amendment.
Part 5 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment (Periodic and Home Detention) Act 2002
64 Definition
In this Part, the 2002 amending Act means the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Periodic and Home Detention) Act 2002.
65 Applications for leave of absence
Section 87 (3), as in force immediately before its substitution by the 2002 amending Act, continues to apply to any failure to report for a detention period that occurred before the subsection was substituted.
66 Revocation of periodic detention orders
(1) Section 163 (2) (a), as substituted by the 2002 amending Act, applies to a failure to report for a detention period that occurred before the commencement of that paragraph (being one of a series of detention periods occurring during consecutive, or partly consecutive, sentences of imprisonment) only if it is one of a series of failures to report of which the most recent occurred after that commencement.(2) Section 163 (2A), as inserted by the 2002 amending Act, applies to a failure to report for a detention period that occurred before the commencement of that subsection only if it is one of a series of consecutive failures to report of which the most recent occurred after that commencement.
67 Reinstatement of revoked periodic detention orders
(1) Section 164A, as inserted by the 2002 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order that was revoked before that section was inserted.(2) Section 168A (1A), as inserted by the 2002 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order that was revoked before that subsection was inserted.
68 Home detention orders following revocation of periodic detention orders
(1) Section 165, as substituted by the 2002 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order that was in force immediately before that section was substituted.(2) Section 165AA, as inserted by the 2002 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order that was, or had been, in force before that section was inserted.
69 Revocation of home detention order following sentence of imprisonment by way of full-time detention
Section 167 (6), as inserted by the 2002 amending Act, extends to any home detention order that was in force immediately before that subsection was inserted.
Part 6 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Further Amendment Act 2002
70 Definition
In this Part—2002 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Further Amendment Act 2002.
71 Segregated custody directions and protective custody directions
(1) In this clause—commencement date means the date on which Division 2 of Part 2 (as substituted by the 2002 amending Act) commences.(2) A segregated or protective custody direction given under Division 2 of Part 2 before the commencement date is taken to be a segregated or protective custody direction given under Division 2 of Part 2 as substituted by the 2002 amending Act.(3) For the purposes of the application of section 16 (as substituted by the 2002 amending Act) to a segregated or protective custody direction given before the commencement date, the following provisions have effect—(a) if the segregated or protective custody direction was given less than 14 days before the commencement date, the governor of the correctional centre where the inmate the subject of the direction is held in segregated or protective custody must submit a report about the direction to the Commissioner within 14 days after the direction was given, and that report is taken to be a report under section 16 (1),(b) if the segregated or protective custody direction was given not less than 14 days before the commencement date and was extended by the Commissioner less than 3 months before the commencement date, the governor of the correctional centre where the inmate the subject of the direction is held in segregated or protective custody is to prepare a report referred to in that section within 3 months after the direction was extended by the Commissioner, and that report is taken to be a report under section 16 (3),(c) if the segregated or protective custody direction was given not less than 14 days before the commencement date and was not extended by the Commissioner less than 3 months before the commencement date, the governor of the correctional centre where the inmate the subject of the direction is held in segregated or protective custody is to prepare a report referred to in that section as soon as possible after the commencement date, and that report is taken to be a report under section 16 (3).
72 Meetings of Parole Board and Review Council
(1) Schedule 1, as in force before its amendment by the 2002 amending Act, continues to apply to any proceedings before the Parole Board that had been commenced but not concluded immediately before the commencement of that amendment, and such proceedings are to be determined in accordance with Schedule 1 as if it had not been so amended.(2) Schedule 2, as in force before its amendment by the 2002 amending Act, continues to apply to any proceedings before the Review Council that had been commenced but not concluded immediately before the commencement of that amendment, and such proceedings are to be determined in accordance with Schedule 2 as if it had not been so amended.
Part 7 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment (Parole) Act 2003
73 Constitution of Parole Board
The substitution of section 183 (2) of this Act by the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Parole) Act 2003 does not affect the appointment of a person as a member of the Parole Board if the appointment was in force immediately before the substitution of that subsection.
74 Judicial members of Parole Board
The substitution of clause 1 (1) of Schedule 1 to this Act by the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Parole) Act 2003 does not affect a judicial member’s appointment as Chairperson, Alternate Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, respectively, of the Parole Board if the appointment was in force immediately before the substitution of that subclause.
Part 8 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2004
75 Definition
In this Part, the 2004 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2004.
76 Removal of distinction between major offence and minor offence
Sections 51, 53 and 54, as in force before their amendment by the 2004 amending Act, continue to apply to any correctional centre offence committed before the commencement of those amendments, and such offences are to be dealt with in accordance with those sections as if they had not been so amended.
77 Hearing of charges by Visiting Magistrate
Section 55, as in force before its amendment by the 2004 amending Act, continues to apply to any proceedings on a charge referred to a Visiting Magistrate that had been referred but not concluded before the commencement of that amendment, and such proceedings are to be determined in accordance with that section as if it had not been so amended.
78 Compensation for property damage
Section 59, as in force before its amendment by the 2004 amending Act, continues to apply to a correctional centre offence committed before the commencement of that amendment, and such an offence is to be dealt with in accordance with that section as if it had not been so amended.
79 Revocation of periodic detention orders
Section 163 (2) and (2A), as substituted by the 2004 amending Act, apply to a failure to report for a detention period that occurred before the commencement of the relevant provision (being one of a series of detention periods occurring during consecutive, or partly consecutive, sentences of imprisonment) only if it is one of a series of failures to report of which the most recent occurred after the relevant commencement.
80 Extension of sentences
(1) Section 255, as in force before its amendment by the 2004 amending Act, continues to apply to a sentence whose term or non-parole period was extended under this Act before the commencement of that amendment.(2) Any such sentence and the date of commencement of any other sentence that is to be served consecutively with the extended sentence are to operate in accordance with section 255 as if it had not been so amended.
81 Exempt documents
A document that contains matter relating to functions in relation to which the office of Inspector-General of Corrective Services was, by virtue of section 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 1989, exempt from the operation of that Act immediately before 1 October 2003 is taken to be, and to always have been, an exempt document within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 and a document containing information for which there is an overriding public interest against disclosure for the purposes of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
Part 9 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Norfolk Island Prisoners) Act 2004
82 Persons in custody
The amendments made to this Act by the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Norfolk Island Prisoners) Act 2004 extend to any person who, immediately before the commencement of those amendments, is in custody for an offence under the law in force in Norfolk Island.
Part 10 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Parole) Act 2004
83 Definition
In this Part, the 2004 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Parole) Act 2004.
84 Parole Authority a continuation of former Parole Board
(1) The Parole Authority is a continuation of, and the same legal entity as, the former Parole Board.(2) Each person who was a member of the Parole Board immediately before the commencement of this clause continues to hold office as a member of the Parole Authority for the residue of the term for which he or she was appointed as a member of the Parole Board.(3) A reference to the Parole Board in any other Act or instrument extends to the Parole Authority.
85 Matters pending before former Parole Board
(1) Any matter that was pending before the former Parole Board before the commencement of Schedule 1 [19] to the 2004 amending Act, including any matter that the former Parole Board had commenced to consider under section 137, is to be continued and completed, until a final decision on the matter has been reached, as if that Act had not been enacted.(2) Any matter that was pending before the former Parole Board before the commencement of Schedule 1 [26] to the 2004 amending Act, including any matter that the former Parole Board had commenced to consider under section 143, is to be continued and completed, until a final decision on the matter has been reached, as if that Act had not been enacted.
86 Proceedings pending before the Court of Criminal Appeal
Any proceedings that were pending before the Court of Criminal Appeal immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 [36] to the 2004 amending Act are to be continued and completed as if that Act had not been enacted.
87 Unexecuted arrest warrants
The amendment to section 180 made by Schedule 1 [48] to the 2004 amending Act does not affect the validity of any warrant signed by the Secretary of the former Parole Board before the commencement of that amendment.
88 Authorised persons under section 236E
Any person who was an authorised person under section 236E immediately before the amendment to that section by Schedule 1 [66] to the 2004 amending Act is taken, on the commencement of that amendment, to be an authorised person under that section, as so amended.
Part 11 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2006
89 Definition
In this Part—the 2006 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2006.
90 Duration of community service orders
Section 110, as amended by the 2006 amending Act, extends to any community service order in force before the commencement of that amendment.
91 Reinstatement of revoked periodic detention orders
Section 164A, as in force immediately before it was amended by the 2006 amending Act, continues to apply to any application made before the commencement of that amendment as if that Act had not been enacted.
92 Rescission of revocation of certain orders
Section 175, as amended by the 2006 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order or home detention order that had been revoked before the commencement of that amendment.
93 Review of revocation of certain orders
Section 175A, as inserted by the 2006 amending Act, extends to any periodic detention order, home detention order or parole order that had been revoked before the commencement of that amendment, other than an order in respect of which the offender had, before the commencement of that amendment, notified the Secretary of the Parole Authority under section 174 of the offender’s intention to make submissions to the Parole Authority.
94 Suspension of warrants of commitment
Section 181, as amended by the 2006 amending Act, extends to any warrant issued under that section before the commencement of those amendments.
95 References to “governor”
On and from the date on which the 2006 amending Act substitutes references in this Act to “governor” with references to “general manager”, a reference in any other Act or instrument to the governor of a correctional centre is taken to be a reference to the general manager of a correctional centre.
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96 Definition
In this Part—the 2007 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2007.
97 Inmates’ money
Section 76A, as inserted by the 2007 amending Act, extends to any money that, before the commencement of that section, had been surrendered, paid or received as referred to in subsection (1) of that section.
98 Compliance and monitoring officers
Any appointment as a compliance and monitoring officer that was in force under section 235G immediately before its substitution by the 2007 amending Act is taken to have been made under the new section 235G.
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99 Definition
In this Part—the 2008 amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Legislation Amendment Act 2008.
100 Official Visitors
Any person who was an Official Visitor immediately before the commencement of the 2008 amending Act is taken to have been appointed as such under section 228, as substituted by that Act.
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101 Definition
In this Part, amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2008.
102 Community service orders
An amendment made to Subdivision 1 or 3 of Division 1 of Part 5 of this Act by the amending Act extends to a community service order made before the commencement of the amendment but does not extend to an application for an extension of the relevant maximum period made before the commencement of the amendment.
103 Parole orders
An amendment made to Subdivision 2 or 3 of Division 2 of Part 6 of this Act by the amending Act applies only to an order made by the Parole Authority on or after the commencement of the amendment.
104 Term of office for appointed members of Parole Authority
An appointed member who was appointed before, and who held office immediately before, the commencement of the amendment made to clause 4 of Schedule 1 by the amending Act, is taken to have been appointed for a period of 3 years from the date of the member’s original appointment (or most recent re-appointment, if applicable).
105 Delegation of Review Council functions
Any delegation made under section 197 (3) that was in force immediately before the repeal of that subsection by the amending Act, is taken, on that repeal, to be a delegation made under section 197A (3), as inserted by the amending Act.
Part 15 Provisions consequent on enactment of Public Sector Restructure (Miscellaneous Acts Amendments) Act 2009
106 Construction of references to Department of Corrective Services
A reference in any Act (other than this Act) or statutory instrument, or any other instrument, or any contract or agreement, to the Department of Corrective Services (required by clause 20 of the Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009 to be construed as a reference to the Department of Justice and Attorney General), or to an office of Corrective Services, is to be construed as a reference to Corrective Services NSW.
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107 Validation of acts and omissions relating to Norfolk Island prisoners
Anything done or omitted by or on behalf of the Parole Authority or the Probation and Parole Service in respect of an offender within the meaning of Division 4A of Part 6 (as inserted by the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2010), and that would have been valid had that Division been in force when the thing was done or omitted, is taken to be (and always to have been) validly done or omitted.
Part 17 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Sentencing Legislation) Amendment (Intensive Correction Orders) Act 2010
108 Savings for periodic detention
(1) This Act (and the regulations under this Act) continue to apply to and in respect of the following as if the Crimes (Sentencing Legislation) Amendment (Intensive Correction Orders) Act 2010 had not been enacted—(a) a periodic detention order made before the repeal of section 6 (Periodic detention) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(b) a person subject to such an order,(c) the revocation or reinstatement of such an order,(d) a correctional centre that was a periodic detention centre immediately before the repeal of section 6 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.(2) Section 226 (Periodic detention centres) continues to apply (despite its repeal) for the purposes of the application of this Act and the regulations under this Act pursuant to this clause.
Part 18 Provision consequent on enactment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010
109 Proceedings pending before Parole Authority
Any matter pending before the Parole Authority before the commencement of the amendment made to section 135 by the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2010 is to be continued and completed as if that section had not been amended.
Part 19 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2014
110 Definition
In this Part—amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2014.
111 Validation of certain deductions
(1) A deduction made before the commencement of section 7A (2) from remuneration earned by an inmate as a participant in an external work release program is taken to have been validly made at the time it was made if it would have been validly made on or after that commencement.(2) Accordingly, no compensation is payable in respect of such a deducted amount or in respect of interest that may have accrued on such a deducted amount had it not been deducted.(3) In subclause (1)—external work release program has the same meaning as in section 7A, but extends to a corresponding program under the former Correctional Centres Act 1952 (a corresponding program).(4) For the purposes of applying subclause (1) to a deduction from remuneration earned by an inmate as a participant in a corresponding program, a reference in section 7A (2) to an external work release program and to remuneration earned by an inmate from participation in such a program is taken to be a reference to a corresponding program and to remuneration earned by an inmate as a participant in such a program.
112 Segregated custody directions
A segregated custody direction in force under Division 2 of Part 2 of this Act immediately before the amendment of section 10 by the amending Act continues to have effect under (and subject to) Division 2 of Part 2 as if section 10 had not been so amended.
113 Protection from civil liability in respect of certain community service work performed by residents of residential facilities
Sections 120 and 121, as extended in their operation by the amendments made to section 118 by the amending Act, apply in relation to community service work performed by an offender the subject of those amendments, whether occurring before or on or after the date on which those amendments commence.
114 Parole in exceptional extenuating circumstances
(1) Section 128C applies only in relation to a parole order made under section 160 on or after the date on which section 128C commences.(2) Section 170 (1) (a2) extends to a parole order made under section 160 before the date on which section 170 (1) (a2) commences.
115 Consideration of parole so as to avoid manifest injustice
Sections 137B and 143B, as amended by the amending Act, apply to an offender whether the date on which the offender first becomes eligible for release on parole occurs before, or on or after, the date on which those amendments commence.
116 Signing of warrants
A warrant in force under section 181 immediately before the amendment of section 181 by the amending Act is taken to be a warrant in force under that section as so amended, and may be enforced accordingly.
117 Security of certain information
(1) Section 194 (1A) extends to a report or other document (or any part of the report or document) that is not required to be provided to a person by operation of section 194 (1) before the commencement of section 194 (1A).(2) Section 209A (2) extends to a report or other document (or any part of the report or document) that is not required to be provided to a person by operation of section 209A before the commencement of section 209A (2).
118 Accommodation of offenders in residential facilities
The amendments made to section 236M by the amending Act apply as if those amendments had commenced on the commencement of Division 7 of Part 11 of this Act.
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119 Exchange of information
Section 257A as inserted by the Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2015 extends to information obtained before the commencement of that section.
Part 21 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2016
120 Definition
In this Part—the amending Act means the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2016.
121 References to “general manager”
On and from the date on which the amending Act replaces references in this Act to “general manager” with references to “governor”, a reference in any other Act or instrument to the general manager of a correctional centre is taken to be a reference to the governor of a correctional centre.
122 Time within which proceedings may be taken
Section 27O of the Summary Offences Act 1988, as in force immediately before the repeal of Part 4A of that Act by the amending Act, continues to have effect in relation to any offence under Part 4A of that Act, as then in force, as if it had not been repealed.
123 Disclosure of information
(1) Section 257 as amended by the amending Act extends to information obtained before the commencement of those amendments.(2) Section 257A as substituted by the amending Act extends to information obtained before the commencement of section 257A as so substituted.
Part 22 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017
124 Definition and operation of this Part
(1) In this Part—amending Act means the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017.commencement day means the day appointed for the commencement of the insertion, repeal or amendment (made by the amending Act) that is relevant to the provision in which the expression occurs.(2) Nothing in this Schedule affects the operation of Part 29 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 in relation to amendments made to this Act by the amending Act.
125 Parole Authority’s power under section 81A regarding certain conditions
(1) This clause applies to an intensive correction order referred to in clause 71 (2) or 72 (2) of Schedule 2 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.(2) In exercising its functions under section 81A in relation to the intensive correction order, the Parole Authority must, as far as practicable, not exercise those functions in a way that would result in the conditions of the order being more onerous than the conditions that applied to the order immediately before the commencement day.
126 Existing home detention orders under section 165A
(1) This clause applies to a home detention order (the home detention order) made by the Parole Authority under section 165A before the commencement day and in force immediately before that day.(2) Clause 71 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (as inserted by the amending Act) applies to the home detention order made by the Parole Authority in the same way as it applies to a home detention order made by a sentencing court.
127 Temporary release order under section 165B
(1) This clause applies to a temporary release order (the temporary release order) made under section 165B before the commencement day and in force immediately before that day.(2) The temporary release order continues in force on and after the commencement day, pending the Parole Authority’s decision as to whether or not to reinstate the intensive correction order.(3) If the Parole Authority decides to reinstate the intensive correction order, the following conditions apply to the order—(a) the standard conditions of an intensive correction order in section 73 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,(b) any other conditions prescribed by or determined under the regulations.(4) The Parole Authority may impose further conditions on the intensive correction order that are not inconsistent with the standard conditions and may vary or revoke any conditions of the order (other than standard conditions).
128 Regulations
(1) The regulations made under clause 1 in relation to the amending Act or under another clause of this Part have effect despite anything to the contrary in this Part.(2) The regulations made under clause 1 may make separate savings and transitional provisions or amend this Part to consolidate the savings and transitional provisions.(3) This clause does not affect the meaning or construction of any other Part of this Schedule.
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129 Definition
In this Part, amending Act means the Parole Legislation Amendment Act 2017.
129A Application of supervision provisions to existing offenders
(1) Sections 128C–128E, as inserted by the Parole Legislation Amendment Act 2017, extend to a parole order and to the offender subject to the parole order if the parole order—(a) was in force immediately before the commencement of those sections, and(b) included a condition that was in force requiring that the offender be subject to supervision.(2) Subclause (1) re-enacts clause 4 of Schedule 6 to the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014 and is a transferred provision to which section 30A of the Interpretation Act 1987 applies.
129B Conditions of parole for existing adult offenders
(1) This clause applies to an offender who was, immediately before the commencement of section 128C, as inserted by the Parole Legislation Amendment Act 2017, subject to a parole order—(a) made by the Parole Authority, or(b) made by the Children’s Court and administered by Community Corrections.(2) The parole order for the offender is taken to be subject to the following conditions—(a) the conditions (other than any supervision condition) applicable to the offender immediately before that commencement,(b) any conditions applicable to the offender because of the application to offenders of sections 128C–128E by this Schedule.(3) Nothing in this clause prevents a condition applied to a parole order by this clause from being amended, suspended or revoked in accordance with this Act or any regulations made under this Act.(4) Subclauses (1)–(3) re-enact clause 5 of Schedule 6 to the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014 and are transferred provisions to which section 30A of the Interpretation Act 1987 applies.
130 Existing parole orders for sentences of 3 years or less
(1) A parole order made by a court under section 50 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, and in force immediately before the substitution of Division 3 of Part 6 of the Act by the amending Act, is taken to be a statutory parole order within the meaning of this Act.(2) A condition imposed on a parole order by a sentencing court under section 51 or 51A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, as in force before the repeal of those sections by the amending Act, is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to have been imposed by the Parole Authority.
131 Existing applications for parole
Section 135, as substituted by the amending Act, extends to the consideration of whether to make a parole order directing the release of an offender in any case in which the Parole Authority was considering whether to make an order, but had not made a decision, before that substitution.
132 Breaches of existing parole orders
(1) The amendments made to this Act by the amending Act extend to breaches of parole orders that occurred before the substitution of section 170 by the amending Act and to parole orders in force immediately before that substitution.(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply to any breach that was finally dealt with under this Act before that substitution.
133 Parole of children
(1) Parts 6 and 7 of this Act, as in force before the amendment of those Parts by the amending Act, continue to apply to or in respect of the parole of a detainee in accordance with section 29 of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 as in force before that amendment.(2) This clause ceases to have effect on the repeal of that section by the amending Act or on any other day that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this clause.
Part 24 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Legislation Amendment Act 2018
134 Warrants of commitment relating to offenders subject to re-integration home detention orders
(1) This clause applies to a warrant of commitment issued under section 181 for an offender after the revocation of a re-integration home detention order that was issued—(a) on or after 24 September 2018, and(b) before the amendment of that section by the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Legislation Amendment Act 2018.(2) The warrant is taken to be valid and to have always been valid, if it would have been valid if issued on or after the amendment of the section by that Act.
Part 25 Provisions consequent on enactment of Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018
135 Supervision conditions
The amendment made to section 128C by the Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 applies to a parole order made on or after the commencement of the amendment.
136 Revocation of intensive correction orders
Division 1 of Part 7 of this Act has effect as if the amendments to that Division made by the Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 had commenced on 24 September 2018.
Part 26 Provision consequent on enactment of COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020
137 Parole orders for sentences of 3 years or less
(1) Anything done or omitted to be done by or on behalf of the Parole Authority in respect of an offender subject to a sentence of 3 years or less during the relevant period is taken to have been validly done or omitted, if it would have been validly done or omitted after the relevant period.(2) In this clause, relevant period means the period commencing on 26 February 2018 and ending on the date on which section 159 was inserted by the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020.
Part 27 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2022
138 Victims Register
(1) The Victims Register constituted under section 279, as inserted by the amending Act, is a continuation of the Victims Register in force immediately before the repeal of section 256 by the amending Act.(2) A person is a victim for the purposes of the Act, Part 16, as inserted by the amending Act, whether the relevant offence was committed by the offender before or after the insertion of Part 16.(3) In this clause—amending Actmeans the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2022.
Part 28 Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (No Body, No Parole) Act 2022
139 Application of s 135A
To avoid doubt, section 135A applies to a decision to make a parole order directing the release of an offender to whom the section applies—(a) whether the offender was convicted or sentenced before or after the commencement of the section, and(b) whether or not an application for the parole order has been made before the commencement of the section.
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