Penalties and Sentences Act 1992

A control order for an offender must state the day the order takes effect.

The stated day must be—

if the sentence imposed on the offender when the control order is made requires the offender to immediately serve a term of imprisonment in a corrective services facility, or the offender is already in custody in a corrective services facility for another offence—the day the offender is released from custody; or

otherwise—the day the control order is made.

Unless it is sooner revoked under subdivision 2, a control order remains in force until the day stated in the order, which must not be more than—

for an order made under section 161X—2 years after the order takes effect; or

otherwise—5 years after the order takes effect.

However, the period applying for a control order under subsection (3)(a) or (b) is extended by, and the order remains in force for, the following periods—

any period for which the order is suspended under section 161ZC;

any period by which the order is extended under section 161ZI(5)(a).

For subsection (2)(a), an offender is in custody in a corrective services facility if the offender—

is serving imprisonment in the facility; or

is detained on remand in the facility.