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Sentencing Act 2002

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70: Offences related to breach of conditions of supervision

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"Breaking supervision rules can get you in trouble with the law"

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If you break the rules of your supervision, you can get in trouble. You might have to go to prison for up to 3 months or pay a fine of up to $1,000. This happens if you do not follow the conditions of your supervision without a good reason, or if you do not report when you are supposed to, as required by section 78 or section 80.

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Community-based sentences: Offences related to community-based sentences

70Offences related to breach of conditions of supervision

  1. An offender commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,000, who—

  2. fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any condition of a sentence of supervision; or
    1. fails, without reasonable excuse, to report when required to do so under section 78 or section 80.

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      • Section 70: amended, on , by section 7 of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 93).