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Sentencing Act 1997
39Limitation on duration of probation order
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39 Limitation on duration of probation order
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , the period of a probation order made against an offender is to be such period not exceeding 3 years as the court specifies.
(2) A court must not make a probation order against an offender for such a period that, as a result of the making of the order, the total consecutive period of probation imposed on that person at one time would exceed 3 years.