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Sentencing Act 2002

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

53: Offender to be under supervision of probation officer

You could also call this:

"When you get a supervision sentence, a probation officer will keep an eye on you."

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If you get a sentence of supervision, you must be supervised by a probation officer. This officer will be from the area where you live, unless the chief executive of the Department of Corrections says otherwise. You will be under the supervision of the probation officer they choose.

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

53Offender to be under supervision of probation officer

  1. An offender who is subject to a sentence of supervision must be under the supervision of a probation officer in the probation area in which the offender resides for the time being, or of any other probation officer that the chief executive of the Department of Corrections may direct.

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