36Purpose of an order

36 Purpose of an order (1) The purpose of a community correction order is to provide a community based sentence that may be used for a wide range of offending behaviours while having regard to and addressing the circumstances of the offender. S. 36(2) inserted by No. 69/2014 s. 17. (2) Without limiting when a community correction order may be imposed, it may be an appropriate sentence where, before the ability of the court to impose a suspended sentence was abolished, the court may have imposed a sentence of imprisonment and then suspended in whole that sentence of imprisonment. Pt 3A Div. 2 (Heading) inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 21. Division 2—General S. 37 amended by No. 19/1999 s. 8(1), substituted by No. 65/2011 s. 21, amended by No. 65/2016 s. 9.