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StatuteSentencing Act 2002

Section 80P — Sentencing Act 2002: Special post-detention conditions

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80P Special post-detention conditions (1) A court may impose any of the special post-detention conditions described in subsection (2) if the court is satisfied that— (a) there is a significant risk of further offending by the offender; and (b) standard conditions alone would not adequately reduce that risk; and (c) the imposition of special conditions would reduce the likelihood of further offending by the offender through the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender. (2) The special post-detention conditions are the following— (a) any conditions that the court thinks fit relating to the offender's place of residence (which may include a condition that the offender not move residence), finances, or earnings: (b) conditions requiring the offender to take prescription medication: (c) conditions relating to a programme: (d) any other conditions that the court thinks fit to reduce the likelihood of further offending by the offender. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), programme has the same meaning as in section 54H . (4) No court may impose a special post-detention condition that the offender submit to electronic monitoring. (5) No offender may be made subject to a special post-detention condition that requires the offender to take prescription medication unless the offender— (a) has been fully advised, by a person who is qualified to prescribe that medication, about the nature and likely or intended effect of the medication and any known risks; and (b) consents to taking the prescription medication. Section 80P: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).

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