Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS (INTERIM) REGULATIONS 2001 (2001 NO 39) - REG 7

The standard conditions to which a home detention order for a person is subject are as follows:

        (a)     the person must be of good behaviour and must not commit any new offence;

        (b)     if the person is arrested or detained by a police officer—the person must tell a corrections officer as soon as practicable after being arrested or detained;

        (c)     the person must live only at premises in the ACT (the approved home ) approved by a corrections officer;

        (d)     the person must remain at the approved home at all times otherwise than—

              (i)     when engaged in an approved activity or program; or

              (ii)     when faced with immediate danger, for example, a fire or medical emergency;

        (e)     if the person leaves the approved home because of immediate danger—the person must tell a corrections officer as soon as practicable after leaving the approved home;

        (f)     the person must comply with any plan of activities and programs prepared for the person by a corrections officer;

        (g)     the person must allow a corrections officer to visit the approved home at any time;

        (h)     the person must submit to electronic monitoring of the person's compliance with the home detention order;

              (i)     the person must not tamper with, damage or disable monitoring equipment;

        (j)     for a person other than a young person—the person must maintain a telephone service to the approved home for the monitoring equipment;

        (k)     the person must not consume alcohol;

        (l)     the person must not use a prohibited substance, or abuse a prescribed substance that is lawfully obtained;

        (m)     the person must, if directed to do so by a corrections officer, submit to blood testing, breath testing, urinalysis and other test procedures for detecting alcohol or drug use by the person;

        (n)     the person must authorise the person's doctor, therapist or counsellor to give relevant information about the person to a corrections officer;

        (o)     the person must, if directed to do so by a corrections officer, tell the person's employer about the home detention order, the nature of the offence that resulted in the making of the order, or both;

        (p)     the person must allow contact between—

              (i)     the person's employer and a corrections officer; and

              (ii)     a person conducting an approved activity or program attended by the person;

        (q)     the person must not have possession or control of a firearm, prohibited weapon, prohibited article or offensive weapon;

        (r)     the person must comply with all reasonable directions of a corrections officer, including, for example, directions about any of the following:

              (i)     associating with particular people;

              (ii)     obtaining, being available for or keeping employment;

              (iii)     attending or taking part in an approved activity or program;

              (iv)     operating the electronic monitoring system for the person;

              (v)     carrying out not more than 20 hours per week of community service work when not otherwise employed.