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Sentencing Act 1995
48ERevocation or variation of order on application
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48E Revocation or variation of order on application
(1) A court which has made an intensive community correction order in
relation to an offender may, on application by the Commissioner or
(a) revoke the intensive community correction order and deal with
the offender as if the offender had come before the court for
sentence for the offence for which the order was made; or
(b) vary the conditions of the intensive community correction
(c) confirm the intensive community correction order.
(2) If the Commissioner makes the application:
(a) the court must summons the offender to appear before the
court at a specified time and place for hearing the application;
and
(b) if the offender does not appear in answer to the summons –
the court may issue a warrant for the offender's arrest.
(3) If the offender makes the application, the court may only make an
order under subsection (1) if the court is satisfied that the offender
is not able to comply with a condition of the order because of a
material change in the offender's circumstances.
(4) If the offender makes the application, the court must give notice to
the Commissioner of:
(a) the application; and
(b) the time and place fixed for hearing the application.
(5) In deciding how to deal with the offender under subsection (1)(a),
the court must take into account:
(a) the extent to which the offender has complied with the order;
and
(b) any report of the Commissioner.
(6) In addition, in making an order under subsection (1), the court may
take into account:
(a) whether the offender is in custody on a charge for another
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(b) whether the offender's behaviour is such that the offender's
compliance with the terms of the order is impracticable.