Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2026 (33 of 2026)

Schedule 1   Consequential amendments

Crimes Act 1914

3   After subsection 16(1)

Insert:

Meaning of decides to make a parole order

(1A) The Commonwealth Parole Board decides to make a parole order for a person if the Commonwealth Parole Board decides under either of the following to make a parole order for the person:

(a) paragraph 19AKB(1)(a);

(b) paragraph 19AKC(1)(a).

Meaning of refuses to make a parole order

(1B) The Commonwealth Parole Board refuses to make a parole order for a person if:

(a) the Commonwealth Parole Board refuses under either of the following to make a parole order for the person:

(i) paragraph 19AKB(1)(b);

(ii) paragraph 19AKC(1)(b); or

(b) the Commonwealth Parole Board is taken to have refused to make a parole order for the person under subsection 19APE(1).

Meaning of defers deciding whether to make a parole order

(1C) The Commonwealth Parole Board defers deciding whether to make a parole order for a person if the Commonwealth Parole Board decides under either of the following to defer deciding whether to make a parole order for the person under:

(a) paragraph 19AKB(1)(c);

(b) paragraph 19AKC(1)(c).

Expressions in the singular