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Sentencing Act 1997
92Court must explain certain orders
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92 Court must explain certain orders
(1) In this section,
order means an order that has conditions attached to it or which requires an offender to give an undertaking.
(2) If a court makes an order in relation to an offender it must explain, or cause to be explained, to the offender in simple language –
(a) the purpose and effect of the order; and
(b) the consequences that may follow if the offender fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the order; and
(c) the way in which the order may be varied.