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### 27K Compliance reward
> [*\[Section 27K Inserted by No. 21 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:20 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-20/act-2007-021#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 27K Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:08 Feb 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-02-08/act-2016-048#GS13@EN) A court, on its own motion, may from time to time confer a reward on an offender who has been fully or substantially complying with the conditions of a drug treatment order (including such an order made by another court) by doing one or more of the following:
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> > > > (a) varying the treatment and supervision part of the order;
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> > > > (b) varying or cancelling an order under [section 27M(1)(c)](#GS27M@Gs1@Hpc@EN) ;
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> > > > (c) making an order that some or all of a period for which the custodial part of the drug treatment order is activated under [section 27M(1)(d)](#GS27M@Gs1@Hpd@EN) , but which the offender is yet to serve in a prison, is no longer activated;
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> > > > (d) conferring on the offender any other reward that the court considers appropriate.
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> > (2) Under [subsection (1)(a)](#GS27K@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , the court may do one or more of the following:
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> > > > (a) add or remove program conditions;
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> > > > (b) vary core or program conditions, other than the core condition attached under [section 27G(1)(a)](#GS27G@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , for example to reduce –
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> > > > > > (i) the frequency of treatment; or
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> > > > > > (ii) the degree of supervision; or
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> > > > > > (iii) the frequency of drug testing.