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Parole Act 2002.

Parliament of New Zealand, Anne-Marie
June 4, 2015

Source: (2004) Statutes of New Zealand.

Section 7: Guiding Principles

When making decisions about, or in any way relating to, the release of an offender, one of the principles that must guide the Parole Board’s decisions is that the rights of the victim are upheld, and victims’ submissions and any restorative justice outcomes are given due weight (section 7(2)(d)).

Section 35: Direction for detention on home detention

The outcome of any restorative justice processes that may have occurred is one of the factors to be considered by the Parole Board when considering an application for home detention (section 35(2)(b)(v)).

Section 36: Detention conditions

With the approval of a probation officer, an offender on home detention may leave the residence in which he or she is detained to (section 36(3)(c)):

attend a restorative justice conference or other process relating to the offender’s offending, or
carry out any undertaking arising from any restorative justice process.
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