172Serious contravention

172 Serious contravention (1) The Authority may consider that conduct of an offender constitutes a serious contravention of a condition of a supervision order or an interim supervision order if the conduct— (a) creates a risk to the safety of the community; or (b) is a repeated contravention of a condition; or (c) may increase the risk that the offender may commit a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both or an offence referred to in Schedule 3; or (d) is preparatory to the commission of a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both or an offence referred to in Schedule 3; or (e) threatens the safety of any person; or (f) seriously compromises the rehabilitation or treatment of the offender. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) limits the circumstances in which conduct of an offender may be considered to constitute a serious contravention of a condition of a supervision order or an interim supervision order. (3) This section does not apply to a contravention by the offender of— (a) a condition relating to medical treatment; or (b) a condition by engaging in conduct that threatens the safety of the offender or that causes harm to the offender.