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Sentencing Act 1997
27HProgram conditions of drug treatment order
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### 27H Program conditions of drug treatment order
> [*\[Section 27H Inserted by No. 21 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:20 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-20/act-2007-021#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) A court that is making a drug treatment order may attach one or more of the following conditions to the treatment and supervision part of the order:
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> > > > (a) the offender must submit to drug testing as specified in the order;
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> > > > (b) the offender must submit to detoxification or other treatment, whether or not residential in nature, as specified in the order;
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> > > > (c) the offender must attend vocational, educational, employment, rehabilitation or other programs specified in the order;
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> > > > (d) the offender must submit to medical, psychiatric or psychological treatment specified in the order;
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> > > > (e) the offender must not associate with persons or classes of persons specified in the order;
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> > > > (f) the offender must reside at such place, and for such period, as is specified in the order;
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> > > > (g) the offender must do or not do anything else that the court considers necessary or appropriate concerning –
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> > > > > > (i) the offender's illicit drug use; or
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> > > > > > (ii) the personal factors that the court considers contributed to the offender's criminal behaviour.
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> > (2) Conditions attached to the drug treatment order under [subsection (1)](#GS27H@Gs1@EN) are the program conditions of the order.
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> > (3) The court must attach at least one program condition to the drug treatment order but not more than it considers necessary to achieve the purpose for which the order is made.
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> > (4) While the treatment and supervision part of the drug treatment order is operating, the offender must comply with its program conditions.