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Serious Offenders Act 2018
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196 Purpose of residential treatment facility
The purpose of a residential treatment facility is to provide for one or more of the following—
(a) the protection of the community from offenders on supervision orders or interim supervision orders;
(b) the intensive treatment and supervision of offenders on supervision orders or interim supervision orders to reduce the risk of those offenders committing a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence;
(c) the transition of offenders on supervision orders or interim supervision orders from the facility to the community;
(d) the provision of intensive support and case management to offenders (in a therapeutic environment) to assist them in complying with the conditions of supervision orders or interim supervision orders;
(e) the short-term and safe accommodation of offenders on supervision orders or interim supervision orders.
197 Application of Division 1
Division 1 (except sections 178, 179, 185 and 188) applies to a residential treatment facility as if a reference to a residential facility were a reference to a residential treatment facility.
198 Offender movement in residential treatment facility
An offender is entitled to move within a residential treatment facility at any time subject to restrictions imposed under—
(b) the terms of the treatment and supervision plan; and
(c) any directions of the Authority; and
(d) any instructions under section 183; and
199 Offender must not enter and leave residential treatment facility other than in accordance with supervision order, treatment and supervision plan, etc.
An offender who is subject to an intensive treatment and supervision condition on a supervision order must not enter and leave the residential treatment facility other than in accordance with—
(a) the conditions of the supervision order; and
(b) the terms of the treatment and supervision plan; and
(c) the directions of the Authority; and
(d) any instructions given under section 183; and