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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014
189CObligations under community service work condition (ICO or CCO)
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#### 189C Obligations under community service work condition (ICO or CCO)
189C Obligations under community service work condition (ICO or CCO)
> > (1) For the purposes of sections 82 and 107B of the Act, an offender who is subject to a community service work condition of an intensive correction order or community correction order has the following obligations—
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> > > (a) to report to a community corrections officer as soon as practicable after (but not later than 7 days after) the community service work condition is imposed or as directed by the court,
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> > > Note.
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> > > A community service work condition may be imposed at the time the order is made or at a later time.
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> > > (b) to participate in any activities connected with the administration of the community service work condition as directed by a community corrections officer (including reporting to that or another community corrections officer),
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> > > (c) to permit a community corrections officer to visit the offender at the offender’s address at any time and for that purpose enter the premises at that address,
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> > > (d) to give consent to third parties providing information to a community corrections officer about the offender’s compliance with the condition,
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> > > (e) to perform the number of hours of community service work specified in the community service work condition,
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> > > (f) to sign an attendance register on arrival at and on departure from any work site,
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> > > (g) to perform community service work in accordance with the reasonable directions of a community corrections officer or supervisor,
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> > > (h) to keep in good condition any clothing and equipment issued to the offender for the purpose of performing community service work,
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> > > (i) not to damage or deface property that is on or forms part of a work site, unless directed to do so by a supervisor,
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> > > (j) to observe the standards of safety with respect to the offender’s performance of community service work as directed by a community corrections officer or supervisor,
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> > > (k) not to report for, or perform, community service work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs,
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> > > (l) to submit to testing for alcohol or drugs (as directed under clause 205),
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> > > (m) to give a community corrections officer notice of the reasons for any failure to report to a work site or perform work within 7 days after the failure to report or perform the work,
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> > > (n) if illness or injury is the reason for an offender’s failure to report for or to perform work, to provide to a community corrections officer (within 7 days after the failure to report or perform the work) a medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner—
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> > > > (i) stating the nature of the illness or injury, and
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> > > > (ii) indicating that its nature or extent justifies the offender’s failure to report or perform the work,
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> > > (o) to provide (if so directed to by a community corrections officer) a medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner, about—
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> > > > (i) the offender’s inability to perform community service work, or
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> > > > (ii) the offender’s inability to do something the offender has been directed to do while performing community service work,
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> > > (p) to submit to a medical examination by a medical practitioner nominated by a community corrections officer.
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> > (2) A community corrections officer may vary or waive the following obligations—
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> > > (a) to report to a community corrections officer under subclause (1)(a),
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> > > (b) to give a community corrections officer notice of the reasons for any failure to report to a work site or perform work within 7 days of the failure under subclause (1)(m),
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> > > (c) to give a community corrections officer a medical certificate under subclause (1)(n).
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> **cll 189A–189H:** Ins 2018 (536), Sch 1 \[4\].