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### 27L Cancellation reward
> [*\[Section 27L Inserted by No. 21 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:20 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-20/act-2007-021#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 27L Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 14, Applied:08 Feb 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-02-08/act-2016-048#GS14@EN) A court, on its own motion, may cancel a drug treatment order (including such an order made by another court) as a reward if it is satisfied that –
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> > > > (a) the offender has been fully or substantially complying with the conditions of the order; and
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> > > > (b) the continuation of the order is no longer necessary to meet the purposes for which it was made; and
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> > > > (c) the period of imprisonment that the offender would have had to serve had the order been fully activated at the time of sentencing has expired.
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> > (2) To avoid doubt, if a drug treatment order is cancelled under this section, any earlier orders activating the custodial part of the order cease to have effect forthwith.