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Sentencing Act 1995
86Breach of approved treatment facility orders
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86 Breach of approved treatment facility orders
(1) Where, it appears to a prescribed person or a member of a
prescribed class of persons, that an offender has failed to comply
with an order made under section 80, he or she may apply, in the
prescribed form, to the court that made the order for the making of
an order under this section.
(2) Notice of an application under subsection (1) must be given to the
(3) A court may order that a warrant to arrest the offender be issued
(4) Where, on the hearing of an application under this section, a court
is satisfied, by evidence on oath or by affidavit or by the admission
of the offender, that the offender has failed without reasonable
excuse to comply with the order, it may:
(a) vary the order; or
(b) cancel the order and deal with the offender for the offence with
respect to which the order was made in any manner in which
the court could deal with the offender if it had just found the
offender guilty of the offence.