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Serious Offenders Act 2018
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42 Temporary conditions
(1) On making a supervision order, the court may declare that a condition of the order (other than a core condition) is a temporary condition that applies for a period not exceeding 6 months specified by the court in the order.
S. 42(1A) inserted by No. 45/2019 s. 6(1).
(1A) Before the end of the specified period referred to in subsection (1), the court may extend the temporary condition for a further specified period not exceeding 6 months from the day on which the temporary condition would otherwise expire.
S. 42(1B) inserted by No. 45/2019 s. 6(1).
(1B) A temporary condition may be extended only once.
S. 42(1C) inserted by No. 45/2019 s. 6(1).
(1C) A temporary condition, including any extension, must not exceed 12 months in total.
S. 42(2) amended by No. 45/2019 s. 6(2).
(2) Before the end of the specified period of a temporary condition or an extended temporary condition, the court may require the parties to attend before the court for a hearing to determine the final conditions to be imposed on the supervision order.
(3) At a hearing referred to in subsection (2)—
(a) the Secretary may provide a further certificate of available resources; and
(b) the parties may make further submissions in relation to any final conditions proposed to be imposed on the supervision order.
(4) Part 10 applies to a hearing referred to in subsection (2).