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CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 19ALA

Matters that may be considered in decisions about parole orders

  (1)   In making a decision under section   19AL in relation to a person, the Attorney - General may have regard to any of the following matters that are known to the Attorney - General and relevant to the decision:

  (a)   the risk to the community of releasing the person on parole;

  (b)   the person's conduct while serving his or her sentence;

  (c)   whether the person has satisfactorily completed programs ordered by a court or recommended by the relevant State or Territory corrective services or parole agency;

  (d)   the likely effect on the victim, or victim's family, of releasing the person on parole;

  (e)   the nature and circumstances of the offence to which the person's sentence relates;

  (f)   any comments made by the sentencing court;

  (g)   the person's criminal history;

  (h)   any report or information in relation to the granting of parole that has been provided by the relevant State or Territory corrective services or parole agency;

  (i)   the behaviour of the person when subject to any previous parole order or licence;

  (j)   the likelihood that the person will comply with the conditions of the parole order;

  (k)   whether releasing the person on parole is likely to assist the person to adjust to lawful community life;

  (l)   whether the length of the parole period is sufficient to achieve the purposes of parole;

  (m)   any special circumstances, including the likelihood that the person will be subject to removal or deportation upon release.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not limit the matters that the Attorney - General may consider in making a decision under section   19AL.


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