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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
75Intensive correction orders—limitations on amendment
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75 Intensive correction orders—limitations on amendment
or discharge
(1) A court must not discharge an intensive correction order unless—
(a) the court is satisfied that the offender has complied with the
order; and
(b) the offender has served at least 12 months of the offender’s
sentence by intensive correction; and
(c) the order is replaced with a—
(i) suspended sentence order; and
(ii) good behaviour order with core conditions.
(2) Despite subsection (1) a court may, on application by the
director-general or referral by the board under section 64 (2) (d),
discharge an intensive correction order if—
(a) the court is satisfied that the offender is unlikely to be able to
serve the remainder of the order by intensive correction, having
regard to—
(i) the offender’s health; or
(ii) any exceptional circumstances affecting the offender; and
(b) the order is replaced with a—
(i) suspended sentence order; and
(ii) good behaviour order with core conditions.
(3) A court must not amend the length of an intensive correction order.
Part 5.8 Intensive correction orders—reporting and records
Part 5.8 Intensive correction orders—
reporting and records
76 Record-keeping by director-general
The director-general must keep data of—
(a) each intensive correction order made in relation to an offender;
and
(b) the offence for which an order is made; and
(c) each order that is cancelled, suspended or discharged including
the reasons for the cancellation, suspension or discharge.