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Serious Offenders Act 2018
54Period of interim supervision order
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54 Period of interim supervision order
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the period of an interim supervision order is a period not exceeding 4 months specified by the court in the order.
(2) The maximum period of an interim supervision order, including any extensions, must not exceed 4 months unless the court making or extending the interim supervision order is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist.
(3) Any time spent in custody on remand or serving a custodial sentence during the period of an interim supervision order that has commenced counts in calculating the period of the interim supervision order.
(4) Any time spent in detention subject to an emergency detention order during the period of an interim supervision order that has commenced counts in calculating the period of the interim supervision order.
(5) Any time spent in immigration detention during the period of an interim supervision order that has commenced does not count in calculating the period of the interim supervision order.
(6) If an offender subject to an interim supervision order is sentenced to a community correction order (within the meaning of the **Sentencing Act 1991**), the community correction order is to be served concurrently with the interim supervision order.