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CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 (NO. 59 OF 2005) - SECT 63

Corrections officers to report breach of periodic detention obligations

    (1)     This section applies if a corrections officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that an offender has breached any of the offender's periodic detention obligations.

    (2)     The corrections officer must report the belief to the board in writing.

    (3)     The report must be accompanied by a copy of a written record in support of the corrections officer's belief.

Examples of breach of periodic detention obligations

1     breaching any core condition of the periodic detention

2     failing to report, or reporting late, for a second or subsequent detention period without the chief executive's approval

3     giving a positive test sample for alcohol or drugs when reporting to perform periodic detention

4     not complying with a direction by the chief executive

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).



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