Sentencing Act 1997
27GCore conditions of drug treatment order
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27G Core conditions of drug treatment order
[Section 27G Inserted by No. 21 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:20 Aug 2007]
(1) A court that is making a drug treatment order must attach the following conditions to the treatment and supervision part of the order:
(a) the offender must not, in Tasmania or elsewhere, commit another imprisonable offence;
(b) [Section 27G Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 10, Applied:08 Feb 2017] the offender must attend a court whenever the court directs;
(c) the offender must report to a court diversion officer at a specified place within 2 clear working days after the order is made;
(d) [Section 27G Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 10, Applied:08 Feb 2017] the offender must undergo such treatment for the offender's illicit drug use problem as is specified in the order or from time to time specified by a court;
(e) the offender must report to, and accept visits from –
(i) the offender's case manager; or
(ii) court diversion officers;
(f) the offender must, unless there are special circumstances, give the offender's case manager at least 2 clear working days' notice before any change of address;
(g) [Section 27G Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 10, Applied:08 Feb 2017] the offender must not leave Tasmania except with the permission, granted either generally or in a particular case, of a court;
(h) [Section 27G Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 10, Applied:08 Feb 2017] the offender must comply with all lawful directions of a court;
(i) the offender must comply with all reasonable directions of the offender's case manager and court diversion officers concerning the core conditions and program conditions of the order.