New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 36

36 Notice of convictions and sentences for breaching release or detention conditions

1 The chief executive of the Department of Corrections must give a victim to whom this section applies notice, as soon as practicable, of—

a) every conviction of the offender for an offence against section 71(1) of the Parole Act 2002 of breaching, without reasonable excuse, any standard release conditions or special conditions imposed by the New Zealand Parole Board:

b) every conviction of the offender for an offence against section 80S(a) or 80U(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002 of breaching, without reasonable excuse,—

i) any standard or special detention conditions of a sentence of home detention:

ii) any standard or special post-detention conditions of a sentence of home detention:

c) every conviction of the offender for an offence against section 96(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002 of breaching, without reasonable excuse, any standard or special conditions imposed by the court that apply on release from a term of imprisonment of 24 months or less:

d) the sentence imposed on the offender in respect of a conviction referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c).

2 Subsection (1) does not prevent the chief executive of the Department of Corrections giving a victim to whom this section applies notice of any other matters relating to the offender's compliance with release or detention conditions.

History: Section 36: replaced, on 6 December 2014, by section 20 of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 35).