Sentencing Act 1995

The purpose of a 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 a supervision requirement, 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

that requires the offender to pay compensation or make restitution to any person.

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

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

A supervision requirement ceases to be in force when the suspension period ends.

Subsection (3)(b) does not prevent a court from making a reparation order under Part 16.