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Part 6 · Home Detention Scheme

54. Conditions for home detention

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Last amended by an amending law of 2026. 5 amendments in all.

(1)

A prisoner subject to a home detention order must —

(a)

attend any such counselling, therapy, test, assessment, and other activity for the purpose of facilitating his or her rehabilitation and reintegration into society as the Commissioner may require, at any time and place that the Commissioner may specify;

(b)

report to provide a specimen of his or her urine or hair for testing at any time and place that the Commissioner may specify;

(c)

remain indoors at his or her place of residence, or at any other place that the Commissioner may specify, at any time that the Commissioner may specify;

(d)

allow the Superintendent and any person authorised by the Superintendent to enter the prisoner’s place of residence, or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at, to determine his or her compliance with any condition of the home detention order or for any purpose relating to his or her rehabilitation;

(da)

not consume any controlled drug, psychoactive substance, specified psychoactive substance or alcoholic beverage, or use or inhale any intoxicating substance;

(db)

not have in the prisoner’s possession any controlled drug or psychoactive substance;

(dc)

not have in the prisoner’s possession any Part 3A product that contains a specified psychoactive substance;

(e)

to enable the electronic monitoring of the prisoner’s whereabouts —

(i)

wear any electronic monitoring device issued by the Commissioner on any part of his or her person that the Commissioner may specify;

(ii)

allow the Superintendent and any person authorised by the Superintendent to enter the prisoner’s place of residence, or any other place he or she is required to remain at, to install, maintain, repair or retrieve any electronic monitoring device;

(iii)

comply with all requirements to ensure the proper functioning of any electronic monitoring device issued to the prisoner or installed at his or her place of residence or any other place he or she is required to remain at;

(iv)

comply with all reporting requirements imposed on him or her; and

(v)

not tamper with any electronic monitoring device issued to the prisoner or installed at the prisoner’s place of residence, or any other place the prisoner is required to remain at, or otherwise prevent or obstruct the electronic monitoring of his or her whereabouts; and

(f)

comply with such other conditions as the Commissioner may specify in the order.

(2)

The Commissioner may at any time by written order served on the prisoner subject to a home detention order —

(a)

vary, cancel or add to any of the conditions specified in subsection (1); or

(b)

exempt the prisoner from any of the conditions specified in subsection (1).

(3)

The order mentioned in subsection (2) must be served —

(a)

by delivering it personally to the prisoner; or

(b)

by any other means that may be prescribed.

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