Crimes Act 1914
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View history notePart IB (heading) substituted by No 41 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 3 item 9, effective 3 June 2003. For saving provision, see note under s 23C(7). The heading formerly read:
Part 1B - Sentencing, imprisonment and release of federal offenders
Subdiv B heading inserted by No 153 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 7 item 21, applicable to a decision under section 19AL made on or after 27 November 2015.
[ CCH Note: S 19AU heading will be amended by No 33 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, by substituting " Commonwealth Parole Board " for " Attorney-General " , effective immediately after the commencement of Part 2 of the Commonwealth Parole Board Act 2026 . For transitional provisions, see note under s 19AKB .]
The Attorney-General may, by instrument in writing, revoke a parole order or licence at any time before the end of the parole period or licence period: (a) if the offender has, during that period, failed to comply with a condition of the order or licence; or (b) if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the offender has, during that period, so failed to comply;
and the instrument of revocation must specify the condition that was breached or is suspected of having been breached.
(2)
Before revoking a parole order or a licence, the Attorney-General must, subject to subsection (3), by notice in the prescribed form, notify the person to whom the order or licence relates of: (a) the condition of the order or licence alleged to have been breached; and (b) the fact that the Attorney-General proposes to revoke the order or licence at the end of 14 days after the day the notice is issued unless the person, within that period, gives the Attorney-General written reasons why the order or licence should not be revoked and those reasons are accepted by the Attorney-General.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply where: (a) the person's whereabouts are and remain, after reasonable inquiries on behalf of the Attorney-General, unknown to the Attorney-General; or (b) there are circumstances of urgency that, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, require the parole order or licence to be revoked without notice being given to the person; or (ba) in the opinion of the Attorney-General it is necessary to revoke the parole order or licence without giving notice to the person in the interests of ensuring the safety and protection of the community or of another person; or (c) the person has left Australia; or (d) in the opinion of the Attorney-General it is necessary, in the interests of the administration of justice, to revoke the parole order or licence without giving notice to the person.
S 19AU(3) amended by No 70 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, by inserting para (ba), applicable in relation to a revocation made on or after 23 June 2020 (whether the parole order was made, or the licence was granted, before, on or after 23 June 2020).
[ CCH Note: S 19AU will be amended by No 33 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, by substituting " Commonwealth Parole Board " and " Attorney-General " (wherever occurring), effective immediately after the commencement of Part 2 of the Commonwealth Parole Board Act 2026 . For transitional provisions, see note under s 19AKB .]
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