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TASMANIA
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CORRECTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2018
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 62 amended (Establishment of Parole Board)
5. Schedule 2 amended (Membership and Meetings of Board)
6. Repeal of Act
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CORRECTIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2018
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
SHANE DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
27 September 2018
(Brought in by the Minister for Corrections, the Honourable
Elise Nicole Archer)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Corrections Act 1997
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Corrections
Amendment Act 2018.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Corrections Act 1997* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
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*No. 51 of 1997
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4. Section 62 amended (Establishment of Parole
Board)
Section 62(2) of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting "3 persons" and substituting
"4 persons";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (c)(ii)
"medicine." and substituting "medicine;
and";
(c) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (c):
(d) one is to be a person who has
experience serving as a police
officer in Tasmania, or in another
State or a Territory of the
Commonwealth, and is not
currently so serving.
5. Schedule 2 amended (Membership and Meetings of
Board)
Clause 11 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is
amended by omitting subclause (3) and
substituting the following subclause:
(3) At a meeting of the Board -
(a) a question is decided by a
majority of votes of the members
present and voting; and
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(b) the member presiding has a
deliberative vote and, in the event
of an equality of votes, also a
casting vote.
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which this Act
commences.
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