New Zealand Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2002 - SECT 51

51 Programmes

For the purposes of section 50 ,
"programme" means any of the following that is not residential in nature:

a) any psychiatric or other counselling or assessment:

b) attendance at any medical, psychological, social, therapeutic, cultural, educational, employment-related, rehabilitative, or reintegrative programme:

c) placement in the care of any appropriate person, persons, or agency, approved by the chief executive of the Department of Corrections, such as, without limitation,—

i) an iwi, hapu, or whanau:

ii) a marae:

iii) an ethnic or cultural group:

iv) a religious group, such as a church or religious order:

v) members or particular members of any of the above.

History: Section 51: amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 20 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).