12Suspended sentences

12 Suspended sentences (a) an offender is convicted of an offence; and (b) the court sentences the offender to imprisonment for the offence. (2) The court may make an order (a suspended sentence order) suspending all or part of the sentence of imprisonment. (3) If the court makes a suspended sentence order, the court must also make a good behaviour order for the period during which the sentence is suspended or for any longer period that the court considers Note A suspended sentence order may be part of a combination sentence together with other sentencing options (see pt 3.6). (4) If the court makes a suspended sentence order fully suspending the sentence of imprisonment, the court must, as soon as practicable after the order is made, ensure that written notice of the order, together with a copy of the order, is given to the offender. Note 1 For notice of a partly suspended sentence of imprisonment, see s 84. suspended sentence order. (6) This section is subject to the following provisions: (a) section 13 (Good behaviour orders); (b) chapter 5 (Imprisonment); (c) chapter 6 (Good behaviour orders). (7) To avoid doubt, a sentence of imprisonment suspended under the custodial part of a drug and alcohol treatment order is not a suspended