Regulation 8
Reports to be provided to Board and prisoner
of Prisons (Release on Licence Review Board) Regulations 2026
Subregulation 1
Where a Board is to provide its recommendation on whether a prisoner subject to an SEPP should be released on licence under section 50ZG(2) or (4) of the Act, the Board is to be provided with the following documents:
the report mentioned in section 304B(4)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 prepared in respect of the prisoner, if any;
a report prepared by an appointed psychiatrist in respect of the prisoner, for the purpose of facilitating the Board’s review of whether the prisoner should be released on licence;
any other document that the Commissioner may from time to time determine as relevant to the Board to assist the Board in providing its recommendation.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (3), any document provided to the Board under paragraph (1) must also be provided to the prisoner.
Subregulation 3
Any document mentioned in paragraph (1) the disclosure of which may affect security or good order in prison or the safety of any person (whether in or outside of a prison) or which may otherwise not be in the public interest —
must not be provided to the prisoner under paragraph (2); or
may be provided to the prisoner in a summarised or redacted form.
Subregulation 4
The determination of whether a document ought to be withheld or provided in a summarised or redacted form under paragraph (3) may be made —
by the Commissioner or any person authorised by the Commissioner; or
by the Minister or any person authorised by the Minister.