(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:

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

(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:

The Commonwealth Parole Board must, before the end of the non-parole period fixed for a person in respect of one or more sentences for one or more federal offences:

If the Commonwealth Parole Board does not make a decision under subsection (1) before the end of the non-parole period fixed for the person, the Commonwealth Parole Board must make a decision under that subsection as soon as practicable after the end of that period.

If a non-parole period has been fixed for a person in respect of more than one sentence, a reference in this section to the end of the non-parole period is a reference to the end of the last non-parole period.

If the Commonwealth Parole Board refuses to make a parole order for a person, the Commonwealth Parole Board must reconsider whether to make a parole order for the person before the end of the reconsideration period for the refusal, and must:

Despite subsection (1), the Commonwealth Parole Board is not required to reconsider whether to make a parole order for a person if, at the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day of the refusal, the person does not have 30 days or more remaining on any of the sentences to which the parole order would relate.

If the Commonwealth Parole Board does not make a decision under subsection (1) before the end of the reconsideration period, the Commonwealth Parole Board must make a decision under that subsection as soon as practicable after the end of that period.

(4) The reconsideration period, for a refusal to make a parole order for a person, is:

If the Commonwealth Parole Board decides to make a parole order for a person, the Commonwealth Parole Board must make a parole order for the person under this subsection as soon as possible after making the decision.

A parole order for a person made under subsection (1) must:

If the Commonwealth Parole Board considers that in all the circumstances it is appropriate to do so, the Commonwealth Parole Board may specify in a parole order that a person is to be released from prison on a day that is before the end of the non-parole period for the person, but is not earlier than 30 days before the end of that period.

This section applies if:

The Commonwealth Parole Board is not required to decide whether to make, refuse to make, or defer making a parole order for the person at any time before the day on which the person is first eligible for release in relation to the last of the State or Territory sentences.

(3) A person is eligible for release in relation to a State or Territory sentence on the earlier of the following days:

The Commonwealth Parole Board is not required to decide whether to make, refuse to make, or defer making a parole order for a person who is subject to a State or Territory sentence that is a life sentence for which a non-parole period has not been fixed.

If the Commonwealth Parole Board refuses to make a parole order for a person, the Commonwealth Parole Board must give the person a written notice, within 14 days after the refusal, that:

If the Commonwealth Parole Board defers deciding whether to make or refuse to make a parole order for a person, the Commonwealth Parole Board must, within 14 days after the deferral, give a notice to the person stating:

Despite any law of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Parole Board must not decide to make a parole order in relation to a person covered by subsection (2) unless the Commonwealth Parole Board is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify deciding to make a parole order.

The Commonwealth Parole Board may, by instrument in writing, rescind a parole order or licence for a person at any time during the person’s relevant pre-release period if:

In this section:

This section applies if the Commonwealth Parole Board rescinds a parole order or licence in relation to a person under subsection 19APC(1).

The Commonwealth Parole Board must, as soon as practicable:

If the person does not make a written submission to the Commonwealth Parole Board within 14 days of receiving the notice under subsection (1), the rescission of the parole order or licence remains in effect.

If the person makes a written submission to the Commonwealth Parole Board within 14 days of receiving the notice under subsection (1), the Commonwealth Parole Board must decide as soon as practicable after receiving the submission whether:

The Commonwealth Parole Board must make a decision under subsection (4) on the basis of the submission and any other material the Commonwealth Parole Board considers relevant.

(1) If the rescission of a parole order or licence for a person remains in effect under subsection 19APD(3), or the Commonwealth Parole Board decides that the rescission of a parole order or licence for a person remains in effect under paragraph 19APD(4)(a), the Commonwealth Parole Board is taken to have decided on that day to have refused to make a parole order, or to grant licence, in relation to the person.

If the Commonwealth Parole Board decides that the rescission of the parole order or licence ceases to be in effect, the parole order or licence, as in effect before its rescission, continues in effect from the date of the decision, as if it had not been rescinded.

(1) Despite the repeal of existing parole order) made under that section before commencement continues in operation, on and after commencement, as if it were a parole order within the meaning of the amended Act that is subject to the same conditions as the existing parole order.section 19AL of the old Act, a parole order (the

(2) To avoid doubt, a licence (the existing licence) granted under subsection 19AP(1) before commencement continues in operation, on and after commencement, as if it were a licence within the meaning of the amended Act that is subject to the same conditions as the existing licence.

This item applies if:

The Commonwealth Parole Board must give a notice to the person under section 19AKF of the amended Act within the period of 14 days after the refusal under the old Act.

(1) This item applies if, immediately before commencement, a person was entitled to make an application to the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 for an order of review in respect of a matter arising under Part IB of the old Act.Division 2) under the

(2) Despite the repeal of the old Act, the person may, after the transition time and subject to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, apply for an order of review in respect of that matter.

The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:

Without limiting subitem (1), the rules may prescribe matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to:

To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:

This Schedule (other than subitem (3)) does not limit the rules that may be made for the purposes of subitem (1).