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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Home detention

80ZA: When detention conditions suspended

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"What happens to your home detention when you're in police custody"

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If you are serving a sentence of home detention, your detention conditions are suspended when you are in custody under a court order. This means time still passes while your detention conditions are suspended. You can find more information about this rule in the Sentencing Act 2002, which was amended by the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Home detention

80ZAWhen detention conditions suspended

  1. The detention conditions of an offender serving a sentence of home detention are suspended during any period that the offender spends in custody under a court order (for example, on remand), but time continues to run during any period that they are suspended.

Notes
  • Section 80ZA: inserted, on , by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).