Section 14Part 3 — Procedure for Dealing with Drug Offenders
Conferral of rewards, or imposition of sanctions, upon drug offender
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Where, based upon an assessment made by an approved treatment provider after consultation with a probation officer, the Drug Court determines that a drug offender is maintaining a satisfactory level of compliance with a prescribed treatment programme, the Drug Court may make an order conferring any of the following rewards on the drug offender —
specified privileges;
an appropriate change in the frequency of counselling or other treatment;
a decrease in the degree of supervision to which the drug offender is subject;
a decrease in the frequency with which the drug offender is required to undergo testing for drugs;
a decrease in the amount of any monetary penalty payable to the Drug Court, as referred to in subsection (2)(e); and
a change in the nature of the vocational and social services attended by the drug offender or the frequency with which the drug offender is required to attend vocational and social services,
and imposing conditions in respect of the rewards.
Where, based upon an assessment made by an approved treatment provider after consultation with a probation officer, the Drug Court determines that a drug offender is not maintaining a satisfactory level of compliance with a prescribed treatment programme, the Drug Court may make an order imposing any of the following sanctions on the drug offender —
withdrawal of privileges conferred on the drug offender pursuant to subsection (1)(a);
an appropriate change in the frequency of counselling or other treatment;
an increase in the degree of supervision to which the drug offender is subject;
an increase in the frequency with which the drug offender is required to undergo testing for drugs;
a requirement that the drug offender pay a monetary penalty to the Drug Court;
a requirement that the drug offender be subjected to imprisonment for up to fourteen days in respect of any one failure to comply with the requirement of the order; and
a change in the nature of the vocational and social services attended by the drug offender or the frequency with which the drug offender is required to attend vocational and social services,
and imposing conditions in respect of the sanctions.
Any monetary penalty payable by a drug offender, as referred to in subsection (2)(e), is recoverable by the Chief Clerk of the Drug Court as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
This section does not limit the conditions that may form part of a prescribed treatment programme apart from this section.
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drug offenderprescribed treatment programmeDrug Courtspecified privilegesChief Clerk