Sentencing Act 1995

The purpose of the supervision requirement is to allow for the offender to be regularly monitored in the community, and to receive regular counselling, in a way and to an extent decided by a CCO, for the purpose of either or both —

rehabilitating the offender;

ensuring the offender complies with any direction given by the court when imposing the requirement.

The supervision requirement is a requirement that the offender must contact a CCO, or receive visits from a CCO, as ordered by a CCO.

When imposing an ISO, a court may give any directions it decides are necessary to secure the good behaviour of the offender but the court is not to make a direction —

the effect of which could be achieved by imposing a programme requirement or a community service requirement; or

that requires the offender to pay compensation or make restitution to any person; but that does not prevent a court from making a reparation order under Part 16.

Unless a CCO orders otherwise, an offender subject to a supervision requirement must contact a CCO at least once in any period of 28 days.

If an offender does not comply with subsection (4), he or she is to be taken to have breached the supervision requirement.

The supervision requirement ceases to be in force when the ISO ceases to be in force.