If you get a sentence of home detention, there might be a time when it is suspended. This means you do not have to follow the rules of your home detention for a little while. When your home detention is suspended, this time does not count towards the total time you have to stay at home. The rules about suspending home detention are in sections 80ZG(2) and 80ZGA(2) of the Sentencing Act 2002, and the rules about home detention are in section 80A(3). You can find more information about the law that changed this rule in the Administration of Community Sentences and Orders Act 2013. This law was changed on 22 January 2014.
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80ZGA: Effect of subsequent sentence of imprisonment of more than 12 months, or
"What happens to your home detention if you get a new prison sentence over 12 months"
80ZGC: Resumption of sentence of home detention, or
"What happens when a home detention sentence is put on hold and might start again"
No period during which a sentence of home detention is suspended under section 80ZG(2) or 80ZGA(2) is counted towards the period of home detention imposed under section 80A(3).
