Attendance to participate in approved project
19C Attendance to participate in approved project
(1) This regulation applies if a non‑custodial offender subject to a non‑custodial work order is required to be at a place during a period to participate in an approved project.
The offender must:
be at the required place at the start of the required period; and
remain at the required place for the required period.
(3) However, if an offender is not at the place as required, the offender does not breach subregulation (2) if:
(a) the offender's absence is approved by a probation and parole officer; or
(b) the offender's absence is due to illness and the offender complies with subregulations (5) and (6); or
(c) the offender is directed to leave the place under regulation 19H(2).
(4) A probation and parole officer may grant approval under subregulation (3)(a) if satisfied that reasonable grounds exist for the offender's absence.
(5) If the offender is absent due to illness, the offender must give the probation and parole officer a certificate, signed and dated by a health practitioner, stating:
(a) the period for which the offender was, or is, in the practitioner's opinion, unfit to attend as required; and
the grounds for that opinion.
(6) The certificate must be given to the probation and parole officer not more than 72 hours (or any longer period allowed by the officer) after the offender was required to attend at the place.
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