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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3570 ..
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Clause 43
Subclause (3)
Page 28, line 13-
Omit "To remove any doubt", substitute "However".12.
Clause 46
Subclause (1)
Page 29, line 13-
Omit the subclause, substitute the following subclauses:(1) Before considering whether or not a sentenced offender should be released on parole, the board must contact each victim of the offender whose details are entered in the victims register.
(1A) The board may also contact any other victim of whom the board is aware if the board is satisfied the circumstances justify it doing so.
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Clause 46
Subclause (2) (a)
Page 29, line 18-
Omit "give each victim any information about", substitute "give each victim contacted under this section information about".14.
Clause 47
Paragraph (b)
Page 30, line 15-
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:(b) give the offender notice that the board is of the opinion that the information currently before it does not justify the board releasing the person on parole (a notice of a parole hearing ).
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Clause 48
Page 30, line 21-
Omit the clause, substitute the following clause:8 Notice of a parole hearing
A notice of a parole hearing must-(a) be in writing; and
(b) require the offender to tell the secretary, within 7 days after the day the offender receives the notice, if the offender wishes to make submissions to the board about being released on parole; and
(c) be accompanied by a copy of every report and other document intended to be used by the board in deciding whether the sentenced offender should be released on parole.
Note Section 95 (Security of certain information) provides that copies of certain reports and documents need not be provided.
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