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Sentencing Act 1991
48HPlace or area exclusion condition
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48H Place or area exclusion condition
(1) A court which is making a community correction order may attach a condition to the order, directing that the offender must not enter or remain in a specified place or area.
The following are examples of directions that may be made under a condition attached under subsection (1)—
(a) that the offender must not enter or remain in a specified sporting venue in Victoria;
(b) that the offender must not enter or remain in the central business district of Melbourne.
Exclusion from a place or area that is a licensed premises may be a condition of an order under section 48J, alcohol exclusion condition.
(2) When attaching a place or area exclusion condition the court may have regard to any effect the attaching of the condition may have on any employment of the offender.
(3) When attaching a place or area exclusion condition the court may specify that the condition applies for the period of the order or for any lesser period specified in the order.
S. 48H(4) amended by No. 32/2013 s. 31.
(4) The court must not attach a place or area exclusion condition that is inconsistent with a child protection order, a family violence intervention order or a personal safety intervention order.
S. 48I inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 21.