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The functions of the Board are to:

a. consider offenders for parole and, if appropriate, to direct offenders to be

released on parole,

b. consider offenders for home detention and, if appropriate, to direct offenders to continue serving their sentences by way of home detention,

c. consider offenders for release on compassionate release and, if appropriate, to give direction for their release on compassionate grounds,

d. set the conditions for:

i. offenders released at their statutory release date,
ii. offenders released on parole or compassionate release,
iii. offenders detained on home detention,
iv. offenders released at their final release date.

and

e. consider and determine applications for:

i. the variation and discharge of release conditions and detention conditions,
ii. the variation and discharge of conditions of an extended supervision order, and
iii. interim and final recall from parole, home detention, or compassionate release.

f. make postponement orders in relation to offenders,

g. make and review orders under section 107 of the Parole Act 2002,

h. review decisions in accordance with section 67 of the Parole Act 2002,

i. impose special conditions on offenders in respect of whom extended supervision orders have been made, and

j. do anything else it is required to do under the Parole Act 2002 or any other enactment.