A supervision order under the DSO Act that would otherwise provide adequate community protection cannot be made where suitable supported accommodation is unavailable, even where exhaustive efforts have been made to locate such accommodation. The absence of suitable accommodation is a sufficient basis for declining to rescind a continuing detention order. The case highlights that the practical unavailability of community resources, rather than the offender's risk profile alone, may be determinative of whether detention continues.
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