Victorian Numbered Acts

SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 27

    (1)     The primary purpose of the conditions of a supervision order is to reduce the risk of the offender re-offending by committing a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both or an offence referred to in Schedule 3.

    (2)     The secondary purpose of the conditions of a supervision order is to provide for the reasonable concerns of the victim or victims of the offender in relation to their own safety and welfare.

    (3)     In order to reduce the risk of the offender re-offending, the conditions may—

        (a)     promote the rehabilitation and treatment of the offender; and

        (b)     address types of behaviour that may increase the risk of the offender—

              (i)     committing a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence or both or an offence referred to in Schedule 3; or

              (ii)     engaging in any behaviour or conduct that threatens the safety of any person (including the offender).

    (4)     The court must ensure that any conditions
of a supervision order (other than the core conditions)—

        (a)     constitute the minimum interference with the offender's liberty, privacy or freedom of movement that is necessary in the circumstances to ensure the purposes of the conditions; and

        (b)     are reasonably related to the gravity of the risk of the offender re-offending.