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Sentencing Act 1995
102Explanation of orders
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102 Explanation of orders
(1) Where a court proposes to make an order which has attached to it
conditions to which an offender is required to consent or which
requires an offender to give an undertaking, it must, before making
the order, explain or cause to be explained to the offender, in
language likely to be readily understood by the offender:
(a) the purpose and effect of the proposed order; and
(b) the consequences that may follow if the offender fails without
reasonable excuse to comply with the proposed order; and
(c) where the proposed order requires the offender to undertake a
program referred to in section 100, the benefits and detriments
of the program, including the medical risks and benefits of any
drugs used in the program; and
(d) the manner in which the proposed order may be varied.
(2) Non-compliance with subsection (1) does not affect the validity of
the order.