206Exemption of offenders from certain directions on grounds of incapacity

206 Exemption of offenders from certain directions on grounds of incapacity

206 Exemption of offenders from certain directions on grounds of incapacity

(1) If satisfied that an offender is incapable of doing something that he or she has been reasonably directed to do, a community corrections officer may exempt the offender from the direction, even if the direction was given by some other community corrections officer or a supervisor.

(2) Before exempting an offender from a direction, or as a condition of giving an exemption, a community corrections officer may require the offender to provide a certificate issued by a medical practitioner to the effect that the offender is incapable of doing the thing concerned.

cll 201–208: Subst 2018 (536), Sch 1 [5].