Community Correction Order (CCO)
A CCO is a non-custodial order that allows the offender to serve their sentence in the community. It is only given if the court’s verdict is that to decrease the likelihood of committing the crime again, you must be rehabilitated. A CCO is less restrictive than a CRO.
Conditions of a CCO
You must comply with these conditions if granted a CCO:
you must not commit any offence; and
you must appear before the court if called on to do so at any time during the term of the CCO.
Additional conditions that may be imposed on you depending on the circumstances of your case include:
must follow a curfew (not exceeding 12 hours in any period of 24 hours),
must perform community service work for a specified number of hours (not exceeding 500 hours or the number of hours prescribed by the regulations in respect to the class of offences, whichever is lesser),
must participate in a rehabilitation program or receive treatment,
must abstain from alcohol or drugs or both,
must not associate with particular persons,
must not frequent or visit a particular place or area,
must submit to supervision—by a community corrections officer, if over the age of 18, and by a juvenile justice officer, if under the age of 18
A CCO cannot include any of the following:
home detention,
electronic monitoring,
curfew exceeding 12 hours in any period of 24 hours.
A community correction officer can suspend the supervision requirement or any curfew, non-association, or place restriction conditions, whether unconditionally or subject to conditions.
How long will a CCO be imposed for?
A maximum term of a CCO is 3 years.
What happens if you breach your CCO?
Under section 107C of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW), if you have failed to comply with any of the conditions of a CCO a court:
may decide to take no action in respect of the failure to comply, or
may vary or revoke any conditions of the order (other than standard conditions) or impose further conditions on the order, or
may revoke the order.
If the order is revoked, you will be resentenced (Bonsu v R [2009] NSWCCA 316).