New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15A Electronic monitoring

• (1) The purpose of an electronic monitoring condition imposed under section 15(3)(f) is to deter the offender from breaching conditions that relate to his or her whereabouts, and to monitor compliance with those conditions.

  (2) For the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993, information about an offender that is obtained through electronic monitoring may be used both for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) and for the following purposes:

  • (a) to verify compliance with any release conditions or conditions of an extended supervision order:

  • (b) to detect non-compliance with any conditions and the commission of offences:

  • (c) to provide evidence of non-compliance with conditions and the commission of offences:

  • (d) to verify that the offender has not tampered or otherwise interfered with the ability of the electronic monitoring equipment to operate effectively and accurately.

  (3) To avoid doubt, an offender who is subject to an electronic monitoring condition may be required to have equipment attached to his or her body.

  (4) The annual report of the Department of Corrections must include the following information about the use of electronic monitoring in the year reported on:

  • (a) the number of offenders who were at any time subject to an electronic monitoring condition:

  • (b) the average number of offenders who were subject to an electronic monitoring condition and the average duration of the condition:

  • (c) the percentage of offenders who, while subject to an electronic monitoring condition attaching to an extended supervision order, were—

    • (i) convicted for a breach of the condition; or

    • (ii) convicted of any other offence:

  • (d) a description of processes and systems relating to electronic monitoring that were in place during the year reported on.

  Section 15A: inserted, on 7 July 2004, by section 6 of the Parole (Extended Supervision) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 67).

  Section 15A(1): amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 12(1) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).

  Section 15A(2)(a): amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 12(2) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).

  Section 15A(2)(d): added, on 1 October 2007, by section 12(3) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).

  Section 15A(4)(c): substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 12(4) of the Parole Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 28).