Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 115A

115A .         Board may review decisions about release

        (1)         In this section —

        reviewable decision has a meaning in accordance with subsections (2), (3) and (4).

        (2)         Subject to subsection (4), a decision made —

            (a)         by the Board not to make an early release order; or

            (b)         by the Board to make a parole order in which the release date is not the day when, under section 23(2) or section 93(1) of the Sentencing Act 1995 , the prisoner is eligible to be released on parole; or

            (c)         by the Board to suspend or cancel an early release order; or

            (d)         by the CEO to suspend an early release order; or

            (e)         by the Board not to make a request under section 13(4) after receiving a report under section 13(3) or not to endorse, with or without variations, a re-socialisation programme received under section 13(4); or

            (f)         by the Board as to the nature or content of a re-socialisation programme endorsed under section 13(5) or approved under section 14(5),

                is a reviewable decision.

        (3)         The regulations may provide that a decision of a prescribed kind made under the regulations is a reviewable decision.

        (4)         A decision under subsection (8), or by the Board on further considering a matter pursuant to a decision under subsection (8), is not a reviewable decision.

        (5)         A prisoner about whom a reviewable decision is made may request the Board to review the decision.

        (6)         A request may only be made on the grounds that the person who made the decision —

            (a)         did not comply with this Act or the regulations; or

            (b)         made an error of law; or

            (c)         used incorrect or irrelevant information or was not provided with relevant information.

        (7)         A request must —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         state the grounds for it; and

            (c)         include any submissions that the applicant wants to make to the Board about the decision concerned and the reasons for it.

        (8)         When a request is made, the chairperson of the Board must consider any submissions included in it and review the decision concerned and may —

            (a)         confirm, amend or cancel the decision; or

            (b)         make another decision; or

            (c)         refer the decision to the Board for further consideration.

        (9)         The chairperson may delegate the functions in subsection (8) to a deputy chairperson.

        (10)         A deputy chairperson to whom the functions in subsection (8) are delegated must not decide any question of law but must refer it to the chairperson to decide.

        (11)         The Board must give the applicant written notice of any decision on a review requested under this section.

        [Section 115A amended by No. 41 of 2006 s. 65.]