Section 19APA — Crimes Act 1914: Amendment of parole orders and licences

Amendment of conditions (1) The Attorney-General may, at any time before the end of: (a) a parole period for a person for whom a parole order has been made; or (b) a licence period for a person who is released on licence for a federal sentence; by order in writing, amend the parole order or licence by doing any or all of the following: (c) imposing additional conditions on the parole order or licence; (d) varying or revoking a condition of the parole order or licence specified under paragraph 19AN(c) or 19AP(7)(c) or imposed under paragraph (c); (e) if the supervision period has not ended—changing the day on which the supervision period ends. Amendments to rectify errors etc. (2) If a parole order or licence: (a) contains an error of a technical nature; or (b) has a defect of form; or (c) contains an ambiguity; the Attorney-General may, at any time, by order in writing, amend the parole order or licence to rectify the error, defect or ambiguity. Note: For paragraph (a), the following are examples of errors of a technical nature: a clerical mistake, an accidental slip or omission, a material miscalculation of figures or a material mistake in the description of a person, thing or matter. When amendments take effect (3) An amendment of a parole order or licence under subsection (1) takes effect when notice in writing of the amendment is given to the offender. (4) An amendment of a parole order or licence under subsection (2) is taken to have had effect from the date of effect of the parole order or licence.