Section 69H — Sentencing Act 2002: Offence to refuse entry to community detention curfew address

69H Offence to refuse entry to community detention curfew address (1) Every person commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to allow a probation officer, who has identified himself or herself, to enter into the curfew address if the offender is required to be at the address at the time that the probation officer seeks entry. (2) Every person commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to allow an authorised person to enter into the curfew address for the purpose of servicing or inspecting any equipment used in the electronic monitoring of the offender's compliance with the condition that the offender remain at the curfew address during the curfew period (whether or not the offender is required to be at the curfew address at the time). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an authorised person is a person who— (a) is a probation officer and has identified himself or herself; or (b) accompanies a person described in paragraph (a); or (c) is authorised in writing by a probation officer and has produced that written authority to an occupant of the residence. Section 69H: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 33 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).