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Corrections Amendment (Parole) Act 2014
No. of 2014
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 New section 74AA inserted 2
74AA Conditions for making a parole order for Julian Knight 2
4 Repeal of amending Act 3
ENDNOTES 4
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Corrections Amendment (Parole) Act
2014
No. of 2014
[Assented to ]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the
Corrections Act 1986 in relation to the conditions
for making a parole order for the prisoner Julian
Knight.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 New section 74AA inserted
See: After section 74 of the Corrections Act 1986
Act No.
117/1986. insert--
Reprint No. 10
as at "74AA Conditions for making a parole order for
20 November
2013 Julian Knight
and
amending (1) The Board must not make a parole order
Act Nos under section 74 in respect of the prisoner
46/2013,
67/2013, Julian Knight unless an application for the
72/2013 and order is made to the Board by or on behalf of
76/2013.
LawToday: the prisoner.
www.
legislation. (2) The application must be lodged with the
vic.gov.au Secretary of the Board.
(3) After considering the application, the Board
may make an order under section 74 in
respect of the prisoner Julian Knight if, and
only if, the Board--
(a) is satisfied (on the basis of a report
prepared by the Secretary to the
Department of Justice) that the
prisoner--
(i) is in imminent danger of dying, or
is seriously incapacitated, and as a
result he no longer has the
physical ability to do harm to any
person; and
(ii) has demonstrated that he does not
pose a risk to the community; and
(b) is further satisfied that, because of
those circumstances, the making of the
order is justified.
(4) The Charter of Human Rights and
Responsibilities Act 2006 has no
application to this section.
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(5) Without limiting subsection (4),
section 31(7) of the Charter of Human
Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 does
not apply to this section.
(6) In this section a reference to the prisoner
Julian Knight is a reference to the Julian
Knight who was sentenced by the Supreme
Court in November 1988 to life
imprisonment for each of 7 counts of
murder.".
4 Repeal of amending Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its
commencement.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendment made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation
of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
Minister's second reading speech--
Legislative Council:
Legislative Assembly:
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Corrections Act 1986 in relation to the conditions for making a parole
order for the prisoner Julian Knight."
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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