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### 27R Second anniversary review
> [*\[Section 27R Inserted by No. 21 of 2007, s. 5, Applied:20 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-20/act-2007-021#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) This section applies if the treatment and supervision part of a drug treatment order is not cancelled under [section 27L](#GS27L@EN) , [27O](#GS27O@EN) or [27Q](#GS27Q@EN) within the 2-year period immediately following the making of the order.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 27R Subsection (2) amended by No. 48 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:08 Feb 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-02-08/act-2016-048#GS20@Hpa@EN) As soon as practicable after the 2-year period, a court constituted by a magistrate must review the treatment and supervision part to determine whether, notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, it should continue to operate.
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> > (3) The court may conduct the review in the same manner as a case conference convened under [section 27I](#GS27I@EN) and, if it does so, [subsections (2)](#GS27I@Gs2@EN) , [(3)](#GS27I@Gs3@EN) and [(4)](#GS27I@Gs4@EN) of that section apply, with necessary modifications, to the review.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 27R Subsection (4) substituted by No. 48 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:08 Feb 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-02-08/act-2016-048#GS20@Hpb@EN) On completion of a review in relation to a drug treatment order, the court must –
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> > > > (a) if the court that made the order was constituted by a magistrate, cancel the treatment and supervision part of the order and exercise the court's powers under [section 27Q(2)](#GS27Q@Gs2@EN) ; or
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> > > > (b) if the Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal Appeal made the order, provide to the court that made the order a report in relation to the review.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 27R Subsection (5) inserted by No. 48 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:08 Feb 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-02-08/act-2016-048#GS20@Hpb@EN) A court that is provided under [subsection (4)(b)](#GS27R@Gs4@Hpb@EN) with a report in relation to an order must cancel the treatment and supervision part of the order and exercise the court's powers under [section 27Q(2)](#GS27Q@Gs2@EN) .