Confirms that when determining the duration of a supervision order under s 13A DPSOA, the court assumes compliance with the order and identifies the future point at which the respondent will cease to pose an unacceptable risk without supervision. a respondent's denial of offending, while a barrier to conventional treatment, does not preclude the making of a supervision order where alternative treatment pathways exist, and that the minimum five-year period under s 13A(3) applies where evidence does not support a longer term.
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