The DSO Act does not impose a positive obligation on the executive to implement the preventative objects of the Act enforceable by the court; rather, executive inaction is relevant only as a factor in the s 7(1) balancing exercise. The court must consider what is reasonable and practicable when framing supervision order conditions and cannot assume the executive will provide unlimited resources. The question of whether the review court must independently reassess all s 7(3) matters or is confined to changes since the last order was left open.
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