An Act to amend the Corrective Services Act 2006 for particular purposesThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Act 2025.2Act amendedThis Act amends the Corrective Services Act 2006.3Replacement of s 208C (Parole board must consider suspension by prescribed board member)Section 208C—omit, insert—208C Parole board must consider decision of prescribed board member(1)If a prescribed board member makes a decision under section 208B in relation to a parole order, the parole board must, within 2 business days of the decision being made—

(a)confirm the decision; or

(b)for a decision not to suspend a parole order—set aside the decision and substitute its own decision to suspend or cancel the parole order; or

(c)for a decision to suspend the parole order—

(i)set aside the decision and substitute its own decision to cancel the parole order; or

(ii)set aside the decision.

(2)Subsection (3) applies if—

(a)both of the following apply—

(i)the prescribed board member’s decision was to suspend the parole order;

(ii)the parole board decides to confirm the decision; or

(b)the parole board sets aside the prescribed board member’s decision and substitutes its own decision to suspend or cancel the parole order.

(3)The parole board’s decision is taken to be a decision to suspend or cancel a parole order under section 205(2).(4)Subsections (5) to (7) apply if—

(a)the prescribed board member’s decision was to suspend the parole order; and

(b)the parole board decides to set aside the decision under subsection (1)(c)(ii).

(5)The suspension, and any warrant issued by the prescribed board member under section 208B(8)(b) in relation to the member’s decision, stop having effect.(6)If a warrant mentioned in subsection (5) has been executed, the prisoner must be released.(7)For this Act, the prisoner is taken not to have been unlawfully at large for the period—

(a)starting when the order was made by the prescribed board member under section 208B; and

(b)ending when the parole board decided to set aside the prescribed board member’s decision.

4Amendment of s 211 (Effect of cancellation)Section 211(1), note, ‘208C(2)’—omit, insert—208C(3)5Insertion of new ch 7A, pt 20Chapter 7A—insert—Part 20Validation provision for Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Act 2025490ZP Particular suspension of parole orders(1)This section applies if, during the period starting on 3 July 2017 and ending on the commencement—

(a)a prescribed board member decided, under section 208B—

(i)not to suspend a parole order; or

(ii)to suspend a parole order but not issue a warrant for the prisoner’s arrest; and

(b)the parole board purported to review the prescribed board member’s decision and decide to do any 1 or more of the following—

(i)confirm the member’s decision;

(ii)set aside the member’s decision;

(iii)substitute its own decision to suspend or cancel the parole order.

(2)The decision of the parole board is, and is taken to have always been, as valid as it would have been if the decision were made under new section 208C.(3)Anything done or purported to have been done as a result of, or in reliance on, the decision of the parole board is, and is taken to have always been, as valid and lawful as it would have been if the decision were made under new section 208C.(4)This section applies even if a proceeding relating to the decision of the parole board has been commenced in a court.(5)In this section—new section 208C means section 208C as in force from the commencement.© State of Queensland 2025