INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 13

INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 13

13—Terms of intervention order—intervention programs

        (1)         An intervention order may require the defendant to undergo an assessment by the intervention program manager to determine—

            (a)         a form of intervention program that is appropriate for the defendant; and

            (b)         the defendant's eligibility for the services included on the program.

        (2)         An intervention order issued by the Court may require the defendant to undertake an intervention program if the intervention program manager has advised the Court that—

            (a)         the defendant is eligible for the services to be included on the program in accordance with applicable eligibility criteria (if any); and

            (b)         those services are available for the defendant at a suitable time and place.

        (3)         If an intervention order contains a requirement under this section, the defendant must comply with requirements regulating his or her participation in the assessment or intervention program notified from time to time by the defendant's case manager.

        (4)         The Court must endeavour to ensure that the defendant understands that—

            (a)         failure to comply with a requirement referred to in subsection (3) constitutes a contravention of the term of the intervention order imposed under this section; and

            (b)         the Court may, if the person is found guilty of any such contravention, order the defendant to make a payment of not more than the prescribed amount toward the cost of any intervention program the defendant may be required to undertake in accordance with the intervention order,

(but failure to comply with this subsection will not make an order under this section invalid).