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Corrections Act 1997
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### 88 Community corrections programs
> > (1) The Director may approve programs of activities as community corrections programs in which offenders may take part.
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> > (2) Community corrections programs may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
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> > > > (a) community, voluntary or charitable work;
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> > > > (b) programs for the treatment of alcoholics or drug-dependent persons;
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> > > > (c) counselling;
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> > > > (d) work for the benefit of an organisation that does not seek to provide a pecuniary benefit for its members, a government department or instrumentality or a local authority;
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> > > > (e) work to aid a person or group of persons disadvantaged through age, illness, incapacity or disability;
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> > > > (f) work on Crown land;
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> > > > (g) educational programs;
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> > > > (h) personal development programs;
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> > > > (i) services to victims of crime.
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> > (3) In this section,
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> > > ***offender*** means a person who is subject to a community service order or probation order, within the meaning of the [Sentencing Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-051) , or a parole order.