South Australian Current Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 64

64—Reports by Board

        (1)         The Board must, not later than 31 October in each year, report to the Minister on—

            (a)         the number of prisoners released on parole during the previous financial year; and

            (b)         the number of applications for parole during the previous financial year that were refused by the Board; and

            (d)         the number of persons returned to prison in the previous financial year on cancellation of parole, and the reasons for each such cancellation; and

            (e)         the work of the Board generally in the previous financial year; and

            (f)         such other matters as the Board thinks fit, or as the Minister may direct.

        (1a)         The Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receiving a report prepared under subsection (1), cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament.

        (2)         The Board must at least once in each designated period review the progress and circumstances of, and report to the Minister on, each prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment or any sentence of indeterminate duration and each prisoner serving a sentence for a term of more than one year in respect of whom a non-parole period has not been fixed.

        (3)         The Board must, at any time at the request of the Minister, report to the Minister—

            (a)         on any prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment or any sentence of indeterminate duration; or

            (b)         on any other matter relating to the administration of this Part.

        (5)         The Board must, on the request of the Attorney-General, provide a report to the Attorney-General on the progress and circumstances of a prisoner who is a high risk offender (within the meaning of the Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 ), including such recommendations as the Board thinks fit as to whether or not an application for an extended supervision order under the Criminal Law (High Risk Offenders) Act 2015 should be made in respect of the prisoner and, if such order is made, the conditions of the order to which the prisoner should be subject.

        (6)         In this section—

"designated period" means the period of time (which must be 5 years or less) designated by the presiding member of the Board for the purposes of subsection (2).