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(1) If the Board imposes standard release conditions on an offender, the Board may (subject to subsections (2) and (4)) impose any 1 or more special conditions on the offender.
(2) A special condition must not be imposed unless it is designed to—
(a) reduce the risk of reoffending by the offender; or
(b) facilitate or promote the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender; or
(c) provide for the reasonable concerns of victims of the offender.
(3) The kinds of conditions that may be imposed as a special condition include, without limitation,—
(a) conditions relating to the offender's place of residence (which may include a condition that the offender reside at a particular place), or his or her finances or earnings:
(ab) residential restrictions:
(b) conditions requiring the offender to participate in a programme (as defined in section 16) to reduce the risk of further offending by the offender through the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender:
(c) conditions that the offender not associate with any person, persons, or class of persons:
(d) conditions requiring the offender to take prescription medication:
(e) conditions prohibiting the offender from entering or remaining in specified places or areas, at specified times, or at all times:
(f) conditions requiring the offender to submit to the electronic monitoring of compliance with any release conditions, or conditions of an extended supervision order, that relate to the whereabouts of the offender.
(4) No offender may be made subject to a special condition that requires the offender to take prescription medication unless the offender—
(a) has been fully advised, by a person who is qualified to prescribe that medication, about the nature and likely or intended effect of the medication and any known risks; and
(b) consents to taking the prescription medication.
(5) An offender does not breach his or her conditions for the purposes of section 71 if he or she withdraws consent to taking prescription medication, but the failure to take the medication may give rise to a ground for recall set out in section 61.
Compare: 1985 No 120 ss 107C, 107D
Section 15(1): amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 11(1) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).
Section 15(3)(ab): inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 11(2) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).
Section 15(3)(e): added, on 7 July 2004, by section 5 of the Parole (Extended Supervision) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 67).
Section 15(3)(f): added, on 7 July 2004, by section 5 of the Parole (Extended Supervision) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 67).