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Dangerous Criminals and High Risk Offenders Act 2021
21Orders before, or ancillary to, making of pre-release orders
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### 21 Orders before, or ancillary to, making of pre-release orders
> > (1) The Supreme Court may, before or at the hearing of a review application in relation to an offender, order the DCS to provide to the Court, within a period specified in the order, a report as to any one or more of the following:
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> > > > (a) the rehabilitation, treatment, or re-integration, programs that the DCS makes available to offenders to assist in the rehabilitation or re-integration into society of offenders;
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> > > > (b) the training, education or other activities that the DCS makes available to offenders to assist in the rehabilitation or re-integration into society of offenders;
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> > > > (c) the opinion of the DCS as to whether the offender is suitable to participate in such a program or activities –
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> > so as to assist the Supreme Court to determine whether to make a pre-release order and what requirements to specify under [section 20(1)](#GS20@Gs1@EN) on a pre-release order, if any, in relation to the offender.
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> > (2) The Supreme Court is to provide to the DPP and the offender a copy of a report provided to the Court in accordance with an order under [subsection (1)](#GS21@Gs1@EN) .
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> > (3) If the Supreme Court makes a pre-release order, the Court may make an order in relation to an offender requiring the DCS to ensure that –
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> > > > (a) the offender is, within the period specified in the order, given all reasonable opportunities to attend and participate in a program or activity specified, in accordance with [section 20(1)](#GS20@Gs1@EN) , in a requirement of the pre-release order; and
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> > > > (b) the reports, or information, specified, in accordance with [section 20(1)](#GS20@Gs1@EN) , in a requirement of the pre-release order, are obtained and provided to the Supreme Court within the period that is specified in the order under this subsection.
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> > (4) If the Supreme Court makes a pre-release order in relation to an offender to whom a review application relates, the Supreme Court may make a further order under [section 11(2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN) for the provision of a report for the purposes of the hearing of the review application at the date to which the hearing is adjourned in accordance with this Part.