When you are given intensive supervision, a court can add special conditions to your programme. The court must think you might offend again and that the usual rules won't stop this from happening. The court also needs to believe you require a programme to help you stop offending and become a part of society again.

You can be given these special conditions if the court is satisfied with these things. The court's decision is based on whether you need help to stop offending. This help is part of your rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

The court makes this decision to help you and to keep your community safe. The rules about this are in the Sentencing Act 2002, which was amended by the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007. This amendment was made to help the court make better decisions about people who are given intensive supervision.