Sentencing Act 2002

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

54C: Guidance on use of sentence of intensive supervision

You could also call this:

"Help for people who need extra support to stop offending and become a better person"

When a court thinks about giving you a sentence of intensive supervision, it must be sure that this sentence will help you stop offending again. The court believes this will happen through rehabilitation and reintegration, which means helping you to become a better person and fit back into society. The court also needs to think that you have special needs that require a sentence with conditions that last more than 12 months or have conditions that are not available with a normal supervision sentence.

The court wants to make sure that the conditions of your sentence will meet your rehabilitative needs, which are the things you need to help you stop offending. You might need a sentence that lasts a long time, like more than a year, or you might need special conditions that are not usually part of a supervision sentence. This is so you can get the help you need to stop offending and become a productive member of society.

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54B: Sentence of intensive supervision, or

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

54D: Sentences of intensive supervision in respect of 2 or more offences must be served concurrently, or

"Serving multiple intensive supervision sentences at the same time for all offences"

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

54CGuidance on use of sentence of intensive supervision

A court may impose a sentence of intensive supervision only if it is satisfied that—
a sentence of intensive supervision would reduce the likelihood of further offending by the offender through the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender; and
the nature of the offender's rehabilitative or other needs requires the imposition of conditions—
1. for a period longer than 12 months; or
2. that are not available through the sentence of supervision.

Notes

Section 54C: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 24 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).