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SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS 2003 - REG 7

7 .         Prescribed obligations of offenders (s. 76)

        (1)         For the purpose of section 76(4)(f) of the Act, the prescribed obligations are those in this regulation.

        (2)         An offender doing community service or performing any requirement of a programme requirement —

            (a)         must conform to reasonable standards of dress (including footwear), cleanliness, and conduct, as required by a CCO;

            (b)         must wear safety clothing or equipment issued;

            (c)         must maintain in good order and condition clothing, tools, and equipment issued to the offender and must return such articles when required to do so by a CCO;

            (d)         must not wilfully damage —

                  (i)         any article issued for the purposes of doing the community service or performing the requirement;

                  (ii)         any property on, or in relation to which, the offender is required to perform community service unless it is necessary for the community service;

            (e)         must not make or receive a telephone call except with the permission of a CCO;

            (f)         must not receive a visitor except with the permission of a CCO;

            (g)         must not take an unauthorised break;

            (h)         must not leave the place where the offender is required to be before completing the duties that have been assigned to the offender at that place except with the permission of a CCO;

                  (i)         must use any transport to or from a place where the offender is directed to be for the purposes of performing community service that is provided by the department;

            (j)         if unable to attend —

                  (i)         must immediately notify a CCO supervising the community service or the performance of the requirement; and

                  (ii)         if the inability to attend is due to sickness, within 72 hours after the time when the offender was required to attend or as otherwise directed by a CCO — must supply a CCO with a certificate signed by a medical practitioner (as defined in the Medical Act 1894 ) certifying the inability to attend.

        [Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 25 Feb 2005 p. 847.]



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