New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 New section 69A inserted

• The following section is inserted after section 69:

  “69A Extension during epidemic of period within which community work must be done

  • “(1) While an epidemic management notice is in force, the chief executive of the Department of Corrections may authorise probation officers to extend by not more than 12 months the period during which the community work of offenders, or the community work of offenders of any kind or description, must be done.

    “(2) This section does not give any offender a right to an extension.”