The Structure and a Summary of the Act Obligations and compliance Section 13 – Deemed breach of disposal or conditions
51.Section 13 deals with the consequences of a person failing to comply with the obligations set out in section 12.
52.Section 13(1) provides that an electronic monitoring requirement made under section 1(1) is to be regarded as if it is part of the relevant disposal listed in section 3(2). It further provides that any contravention of the obligations set out at either section 12(2) (to obey instructions given by a designated person) or 12(3) (not to tamper with or intentionally damage the device) is to be taken as a breach of the relevant disposal.
53.Section 13(2) provides that in the event a person contravenes the section 12 obligations, any statutory provisions as to breach of the relevant disposal are triggered. This allows the court to utilise the breach procedures that attach to the relevant disposal (including any powers to vary or revoke the relevant disposal following a breach) where the electronic monitoring requirement has been breached by the person.
54.Section 13(3) provides that, where it is an offence to breach the underlying disposal, that offence cannot be committed by breaching the section 12 obligations. For example, a person who removes the electronic tag, and thereby breaches the associated disposal by virtue of section 13(1)(b), does not commit an offence by doing so, even if a breach of the associated disposal constitutes an offence.
55.Section 13(4) provides that an electronic monitoring requirement made under section 5(1) is to be regarded as if it is part of the relevant licence conditions listed in section 7(1). It further provides that any contravention of the obligations set out at either section 12(2) (to obey instructions given by a designated person) or 12(3) (not to tamper with or intentionally damage the device) is to be taken as a breach of the relevant conditions.
56.Section 13(5) provides that any statutory provisions for breach of the associated conditions or the licence in which they are contained are therefore triggered by any such failure to comply with the section 12 obligations. In addition, section 13(5) also provides that any statutory provisions for recall to prison or another place in consequence of a breach of the conditions or licence are also triggered by any such failure to comply with the section 12 obligations.
57.Section 13(7) provides that any references to provisions relating to breach of something include provisions relating to variation or revocation of it in consequence of breach of it.