Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
235EFunctions of community corrections field officers
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235E Functions of community corrections field officers
235E Functions of community corrections field officers
(1) In this section—
community corrections field officer means a person who is employed for the purpose of supervising offenders subject to intensive correction orders or community correction orders while the offenders are performing community service work.
(1A) The Commissioner may appoint a person who, in the Commissioner’s opinion, is suitably qualified and of suitable character to exercise the functions of a community corrections field officer.
(1B) A person appointed under this section, except for a Public Service employee, is entitled to be paid the remuneration, including travelling and subsistence allowances, determined by the Commissioner for the person.
(2) The functions of community corrections field officers are to be as determined from time to time by the Commissioner.
(3) Community corrections field officers must at all times exercise their functions in such manner as the Commissioner, having regard to current circumstances, may from time to time direct.
s 235E: Ins 2006 No 81, Sch 1 [36]. Am 2010 No 1, Sch 1 [2] [3] [5]; 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2017 No 53, Sch 3 [41] (am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.6 [7]); 2025 No 6, Sch 1[72].