Section 271 Assisting breach of community residence requirement
Not yet in force
A person commits an offence if—
the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place; and
the person induces, or intentionally assists, P to stop living at that place.
A person commits an offence if—
the person knows that another person (“P”) is required by a community residence requirement to live at a particular place;
P has stopped living at that place; and
the person gives P any assistance with the intention of preventing, delaying or interfering with P's being returned to live at that place.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.
In this section “community residence requirement” means a community residence requirement (as defined by section 31) that is imposed under Part 2.