Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 161Z

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.