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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
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80 Intensive correction orders—outstanding warrants—
extension of sentence
(1) This section applies if a warrant is issued for an offender’s arrest
under this chapter.
(2) This section also applies if a warrant is issued for an offender’s arrest
under section 206 (2), because—
(a) the offender failed to appear before the board in accordance with
a notice under section 63 (Notice of inquiry—breach of
intensive correction order obligations); or
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(b) a judicial member of the board considers that an offender will
not appear before the board in accordance with a notice under
section 63.
(3) For each period during which a warrant is outstanding and the
offender is not in custody (an outstanding warrant period)—
(a) the offender is taken not to perform their sentence by intensive
correction; and
(b) the term of the offender’s intensive correction order, and the
term of the sentence, are automatically extended by the
outstanding warrant period.
in custody means—
(a) remanded in custody under a territory law or a law of the
(b) detained at a place under the Mental Health Act 2015.