Section 80T — Sentencing Act 2002: Offence to refuse entry to home detention residence

80T Offence to refuse entry to home detention residence (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 home detention residence if the offender is required to be at the residence 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 home detention residence for the purpose of servicing or inspecting any equipment used in the electronic monitoring of the offender's compliance with the sentence of home detention (whether or not the offender is required to be at the home detention residence 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 80T: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).