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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Community-based sentences - Intensive supervision

54B: Sentence of intensive supervision

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"When you do something wrong, a court can give you a sentence of intensive supervision instead of prison time."

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A court can sentence you to intensive supervision if you are found guilty of a crime that can be punished with prison time. You can also get this sentence if the law that applies to your crime says you can be sentenced to home detention or a community-based sentence. The court decides how long the sentence will be, and it must be at least 6 months and no more than 2 years. You can find more information about this law by looking at the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007.

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

54BSentence of intensive supervision

  1. A court may sentence an offender to intensive supervision if—

  2. the offender is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment; or
    1. the offender is convicted of an offence and the enactment prescribing the offence expressly provides that a sentence of home detention may be imposed on conviction; or
      1. the offender is convicted of an offence and the enactment prescribing the offence expressly provides that a community-based sentence may be imposed on conviction.

        1. The sentence may be for a period, being not less than 6 months and not more than 2 years, that the court thinks fit.

        Notes
        • Section 54B: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).