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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
124CAssessment of offender
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#### 124C Assessment of offender
124C Assessment of offender
> > (1) A community corrections officer who considers that an offender may be suitable for a re-integration home detention order may arrange for the preparation of an assessment report as to the suitability of the offender for home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community.
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> > (1A) An assessment report may include—
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> > > (a) matters prescribed by the regulations, and
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> > > (b) other matters required by the Parole Authority.
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> > (2) If an assessment report states that an offender is a suitable person to be subject to home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community, a community corrections officer—
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> > > (a) may request the Parole Authority to make a re-integration home detention order for the offender, and
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> > > (b) must provide the report to the Parole Authority before the Parole Authority considers whether or not to make the order.
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> > (3) If an assessment report does not state that an offender is a suitable person to be subject to home detention for the purposes of re-integration into the community, the report is to be provided to the Parole Authority. The Parole Authority may refer the matter back to a community corrections officer for further consideration of the offender’s suitability for home detention.
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> > (4) The regulations may provide for the preparation and giving of an assessment report.
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> **s 124C:** Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2025 No 6, Sch 1\[57\] \[58\].