PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 161Z
Control order to be explained
PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 161Z
Control order to be explained
161Z Control order to be explained
(1) Before making a control order for an offender, the court must explain, or
cause to be explained, to the offender—
(a) the purpose and effect of the
order; and
(b) what may follow if the offender contravenes the order; and
(c) that the order may be amended or revoked on the application of the
offender, a Crown prosecutor, a senior police officer or an authorised
corrective services officer.
(2) The explanation must be made in language or
in a way likely to be readily understood by the offender.