Section 69B — Sentencing Act 2002: Sentence of community detention

69B Sentence of community detention (1) A court may sentence an offender to community detention if— (a) the offender is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment; or (b) the offender is convicted of an offence and the enactment prescribing the offence expressly provides that a sentence of home detention may be imposed on conviction; or (c) the offender is convicted of an offence and the enactment prescribing the offence expressly provides that a community-based sentence may be imposed on conviction. (2) The sentence term may be for a period, being no more than 6 months, that the court thinks fit. (3) The court must specify the curfew period and the curfew address when sentencing the offender to a sentence of community detention. (4) Every curfew period specified under subsection (3) must not be for a period of less than 2 hours, and the total of every curfew period for any week must not be more than 84 hours. (5) An offender is not in custody during the curfew period. Section 69B: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 33 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).