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Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 No 85 (as at 15 May 2017), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016
2016 No 85
5 New section 4A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions) [Repealed]
6 Section 52 amended (Other special conditions)
7 Section 54I amended (Other special conditions)
Offence: supervision
8 New section 70AA inserted (Offences related to sentences of supervision with drug or alcohol conditions)
70AA Offences related to sentences of supervision with drug or alcohol conditions
Offence: intensive supervision
9 New section 70B inserted (Offences related to sentences of intensive supervision with drug or alcohol conditions)
70B Offences related to sentences of intensive supervision with drug or alcohol conditions
10 Section 80D amended (Special conditions of sentence of home detention)
11 Section 80P amended (Special post-detention conditions)
Offences: home detention
12 New section 80SA inserted (Offences related to sentences of home detention with drug or alcohol conditions)
80SA Offences related to sentences of home detention with drug or alcohol conditions
13 New section 80UA inserted (Offences related to post-detention conditions that are drug or alcohol conditions)
80UA Offences related to post-detention conditions that are drug or alcohol conditions
Conditions, offences, and rules related to community-based offenders
14 New subpart 2C of Part 2 inserted
Subpart 2C—Drug or alcohol conditions
80ZN Imposition, and effect, of drug or alcohol condition
80ZO Offender with drug or alcohol condition may be required to undergo testing or submit to continuous monitoring
80ZP How notice of requirement to undergo testing or to submit to continuous monitoring may be given
80ZQ Where prescribed testing procedure may be carried out
80ZR Information obtained from drug and alcohol testing or monitoring
80ZS Offence to refuse authorised person entry to offender’s residential address
80ZT Rules about drug and alcohol testing and monitoring
80ZU Further provisions concerning rules about drug and alcohol testing and monitoring
80ZV Availability of rules about drug and alcohol testing and monitoring, and status under Legislation Act 2012
Offence: post-imprisonment conditions
15 Section 93 amended (Imposition of conditions on release of offender sentenced to imprisonment for short term) [Repealed]
16 New section 96A inserted (Offences related to post-imprisonment conditions that are drug or alcohol conditions)
96A Offences related to post-imprisonment conditions that are drug or alcohol conditions
17 Consequential amendments and transitional provisions if this Act in force before Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016 [Repealed]
18 Consequential amendments and transitional provisions if Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016 in force before this Act
This Act is the Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016.
This Act amends the Sentencing Act 2002 (the principal Act).
drug or alcohol condition means a condition of a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention, or a post-detention or post-imprisonment condition,—
that is imposed under section 52(2)﻿(bb), 54I(3)﻿(ba), 80D(4)﻿(ca), 80N(1) and (2)﻿(b), or 93(1) or (2)﻿(b); and
post-imprisonment condition means a special condition that is imposed under section 93(1) or (2)﻿(b) on an offender sentenced to a short term of imprisonment
Section 5: repealed, on 15 May 2017, by section 18(2).
After section 52(2)﻿(ba), insert:
After section 52(3A), insert:
However, subsection (3A) does not prevent the court from imposing a drug or alcohol condition, which would mean that the offender may be required, under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b), to submit to continuous monitoring.
After section 54I(3)﻿(b), insert:
Section 7(2): repealed, on 15 May 2017, by section 18(2).
An offender who is subject to a sentence of supervision with a drug or alcohol condition commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,000, if the offender—
to undergo a testing procedure when required to do so under sections 80ZO(2)﻿(a) and 80ZQ; or
to submit to continuous monitoring when required to do so under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b); or
to comply with instructions specified in a notice given under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b) that are reasonably necessary for the effective administration of the continuous monitoring; or
to accompany an authorised person, when required to do so under section 80ZQ(4), to a place where it is likely that it will be reasonably practicable for the offender to undergo testing; or
to contact a specified automated system when required to do so under section 80ZO(2)﻿(c); or
to report, at any time or times when required to do so under section 80ZQ(5), to a specified testing facility to undergo testing; or
to undergo a testing procedure when required to do so under sections 80ZO(2)﻿(c) and 80ZQ; or
does anything with the intention of diluting or contaminating a bodily sample required under section 80ZO(2)﻿(a) or (c) for the purposes of a prescribed testing procedure; or
tampers with a drug or alcohol monitoring device required under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b) or does anything with the intention of interfering with the functioning of that device.
After section 70A, insert:
An offender who is subject to a sentence of intensive supervision with a drug or alcohol condition commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,500, if the offender—
After section 80D(4)﻿(c), insert:
After section 80P(2)﻿(b), insert:
After section 80P(4), insert:
However, subsection (4) does not prevent the court from imposing a drug or alcohol condition, which would mean that the offender may be required, under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b), to submit to continuous monitoring.
After section 80S, insert:
An offender who is subject to a sentence of home detention with a drug or alcohol condition commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year or to a fine not exceeding $2,000, if the offender—
After section 80U, insert:
An offender who is subject to a post-detention condition that is a drug or alcohol condition commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,500, if the offender—
This section applies if a court imposes a drug or alcohol condition on an offender under section 52(2)﻿(bb), 54I(3)﻿(ba), 80D(4)﻿(ca), 80N(1) and (2)﻿(b), or 93(1) or (2)﻿(b).
The court cannot direct, indicate, or require that the offender undergo or submit to drug or alcohol testing or continuous monitoring, but the condition requires the offender to comply with all requirements arising from an authorised person giving the offender notice under section 80ZO(2).
The court must advise the offender that the offender must do any 1 or more of the following things if required to do so by notice given by an authorised person under section 80ZO(2):
subject to a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention with a drug or alcohol condition; or
subject to a post-detention condition or a post-imprisonment condition that is a drug or alcohol condition.
undergo testing for a controlled drug, a psychoactive substance, or alcohol using a testing procedure prescribed in rules made under section 80ZT(1)﻿(a):
submit, during a reasonable period specified in the notice, to continuous monitoring of the offender’s compliance with the drug or alcohol condition through a drug or alcohol monitoring device of a type prescribed in rules made under section 80ZT(1)﻿(d):
contact, in 1 or more specified reasonably practicable ways, during 1 or more specified periods on specified days, a specified automated system and, if required by a response notice given by the automated system, undergo testing for a controlled drug, a psychoactive substance, or alcohol, using a specified testing procedure prescribed in rules made under section 80ZT(1)﻿(a).
must comply with any rules made under section 80ZT; and
An automated system specified in a notice given under subsection (2)﻿(c) must include an automated selection method that determines, in any manner consistent with rules made under section 80ZT(1)﻿(b) (including randomly), whether the offender is required to undergo testing.
In this section and in sections 70AA, 70B, 80SA, 80UA, 80ZP to 80ZR, and 96A, authorised person means a person who is—
an employee of the Department of Corrections authorised by the chief executive of that department to require offenders to undergo testing or monitoring.
An authorised person may give an offender a notice under section 80ZO(2) in any of the following ways:
if the notice is given under section 80ZO(2)﻿(a), by giving the notice to the offender by telephone or other means of electronic communication (as defined in section 5 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002), then as soon as practicable recording it in writing (if it is not already in writing) and giving a copy to the offender.
An automated system must, in response to an offender contacting it as required by a notice given under section 80ZO(2)﻿(c) and subsection (1), give the offender a spoken or written response notice specifying whether the offender is required to undergo testing.
A notice given by an authorised person under subsection (1)﻿(c) or a response notice that is given under subsection (2) and that requires an offender to undergo testing must specify the name and location of a testing facility to which the offender is required to report to undergo testing, and the time or times when the offender is required to report, under section 80ZQ.
An authorised person may require an offender to whom section 80ZO applies to undergo testing at the place where the offender is given notice under section 80ZO(2) personally by the authorised person.
An offender given a notice under section 80ZP(1)﻿(c) or (2) that requires the offender to undergo testing is required to report to the testing facility whose name and location are specified in the notice, at the time or times specified, to undergo testing.
Information obtained from a prescribed testing procedure or a drug or alcohol monitoring device required under section 80ZO(2)—
detecting non-compliance by an offender with a drug or alcohol condition, and providing evidence of that non-compliance:
as evidence that the offender committed an offence, other than an offence against any of sections 70 to 70B, 80S, 80SA, 80U, 80UA, 96, and 96A; or
A court may, in the absence of evidence that is available to the court and that is to the contrary effect, presume that any information that an authorised person has certified in writing was obtained from a prescribed testing procedure or a drug or alcohol monitoring device—
was obtained in the manner required by sections 80ZO to 80ZQ.
subject to a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention with a drug or alcohol condition, or subject to a post-detention condition or post-imprisonment condition that is a drug or alcohol condition; and
required, under section 80ZO(2)﻿(b), to submit to continuous monitoring of the offender’s compliance with the condition.
an authorised person (as defined in section 80ZO(7)) who has produced evidence of that person’s identity to the offender:
is authorised in writing by an authorised person (as defined in section 80ZO(7)) to enter the offender’s residential address for all or any of the following purposes:
prescribing, for the purposes of section 80ZO(2)﻿(a) and (c), 1 or more types of testing procedure that an offender to whom section 80ZO applies may be required to undergo:
prescribing, for the purposes of section 80ZO(2)﻿(b), 1 or more types of drug or alcohol monitoring device that may be connected to an offender to whom section 80ZO applies:
specifying restrictions as to how often, and for how long—
In this section and in sections 80ZU and 80ZV, chief executive means the chief executive of the Department of Corrections.
Rules made under section 80ZT(1)﻿(a) may, without limitation, prescribe testing procedures that do all or any of the following:
The chief executive may make rules under section 80ZT(1) only if satisfied that the rules—
The chief executive must ensure that any rules made under section 80ZT are, while in force, made available—
Rules made under section 80ZT are disallowable instruments, but not legislative instruments, for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012 and must be presented to the House of Representatives under section 41 of that Act.
15 Section 93 amended (Imposition of conditions on release of offender sentenced to imprisonment for short term)
Section 15: repealed, on 15 May 2017, by section 18(2).
An offender who is subject to a post-imprisonment condition that is a drug or alcohol condition commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year or to a fine not exceeding $2,000, if the offender—
17 Consequential amendments and transitional provisions if this Act in force before Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016
Section 17: repealed, on 15 May 2017, by section 18(2).
This section applies if the Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016 comes into force before this Act comes into force.
Sections 5, 7(2), 15, and 17 of this Act are repealed.
Amend Schedule 1AA of the principal Act as indicated in Part 2 of the Schedule of this Act.
Schedule Consequential amendments and transitional provisions
ss 17, 18
Part 1 New Schedule 1AA inserted
Part 1 Provisions relating to Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016
In this Part, commencement date means the date on which the Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Act 2016 comes into force.
2 Varying special conditions for sentence of intensive supervision imposed before commencement date
This clause applies to a sentence of intensive supervision imposed before the commencement date.
An electronic monitoring condition may be imposed in the circumstances specified in subclause (3) even though such a condition—
was not available as a special condition before the commencement date; and
could not have been imposed on the offender at the time when the offender was convicted of the offence for which the sentence of intensive supervision was imposed.
if the court imposes additional special conditions under section 54K(3)﻿(a):
if the court cancels a sentence and substitutes a sentence of intensive supervision (that could have been imposed on the offender at the time when the offender was convicted of the offence for which the sentence was imposed).
3 Varying release conditions for sentence of imprisonment of not more than 24 months imposed before commencement date
This clause applies to a sentence of imprisonment of not more than 24 months imposed before the commencement date.
was not available before the commencement date; and
could not have been imposed on the offender at the time when the offender was convicted of the offence for which the sentence of imprisonment of not more than 24 months was imposed.
if the court imposes an additional release condition under section 94(3)﻿(a):
if the court discharges a release condition and substitutes another release condition under section 94(3)﻿(b).
Part 2 Provisions relating to Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016
commencement date means the date on which the Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 comes into force
pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition means a condition of a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention, or a post-detention or post-imprisonment condition,—
that is imposed before the commencement date under section 52(2)﻿(c), 54I(3)﻿(e), 80D(4)﻿(e), 80N(1) and (2)﻿(b), or 93(1) or (2)﻿(b); and
5 Testing and monitoring of offender subject to sentence of supervision with pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition
This clause applies if an offender is subject to a sentence of supervision with a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition.
On and from the commencement date, sections 70AA and 80ZO to 80ZU, and any rules made under section 80ZT, apply in respect of the offender—
as if the pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition were a drug or alcohol condition imposed by a court on or after the commencement date; and
as if the court had complied with section 80ZN(3) in respect of the condition.
6 Testing and monitoring of offender subject to sentence of intensive supervision with pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition
This clause applies if an offender is subject to a sentence of intensive supervision with a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition.
On and from the commencement date, sections 70B and 80ZO to 80ZU, and any rules made under section 80ZT, apply in respect of the offender—
7 Testing and monitoring of offender subject to sentence of home detention with pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition
This clause applies if an offender is subject to a sentence of home detention with a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition.
On and from the commencement date, sections 80SA and 80ZO to 80ZU, and any rules made under section 80ZT, apply in respect of the offender—
8 Testing and monitoring of offender subject to post-detention condition that is a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition
This clause applies if an offender is subject to a post-detention condition that is a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition.
On and from the commencement date, sections 80UA and 80ZO to 80ZU, and any rules made under section 80ZT, apply in respect of the offender—
9 Testing and monitoring of offender subject to post-imprisonment condition that is a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition
This clause applies if an offender is subject to a post-imprisonment condition that is a pre-commencement drug or alcohol condition.
On and from the commencement date, sections 80ZO to 80ZU and 96A, and any rules made under section 80ZT, apply in respect of the offender—
Insert as Part 2 of Schedule 1AA the Part 2 set out in Part 1 of this schedule.
This is a reprint of the Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016: section 18(2)