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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Community-based sentences - Supervision

50: Special conditions related to programme

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"Extra rules to help you stay out of trouble and get back on track"

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When a court is deciding what conditions to impose on you, it can add special conditions related to a programme. This happens if the court thinks you might offend again and that the usual conditions won't be enough to stop you. The court must also believe that you need a programme to help you stop offending and to rehabilitate and reintegrate you into society.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Community-based sentences: Supervision

50Special conditions related to programme

  1. A court may impose any special condition or conditions related to a programme if the court is satisfied that—

  2. there is a significant risk of further offending by the offender; and
    1. standard conditions alone would not adequately reduce that risk; and
      1. the offender requires a programme to reduce the likelihood of further offending by the offender through the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender.