Attorney-General v Carter [2020] QSC 217 [2020] 31 QLR
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
CITATION: Attorney-General (Qld) v Carter [2020] QSC 217
PARTIES: ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF
QUEENSLAND
(Applicant)
v
TERANCE GUY CARTER
(Respondent)
FILE NO/S: 1946 of 2020
DIVISION: Trial Division
PROCEEDING: Application filed 20 February 2020
ORIGINATING
COURT:
Supreme Court in Brisbane
DELIVERED ON: 21 July 2020
DELIVERED AT: Brisbane
HEARING DATE: 13 July 2020
JUDGE: Jackson J
ORDER: I order that the respondent, Terance Guy Carter, be
released from custody subject to the requirements set out
in the Schedule to these reasons for a period of 10 years.
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – SENTENCE – SENTENCING
ORDERS – ORDERS AND DECLARATIONS RELATING
TO SERIOUS OR VIOLENT OFFENDERS OR
DANGEROUS SEXUAL OFFENDERS – DANGEROUS
SEXUAL OFFENDER – GENERALLY – where the
applicant applied for orders pursuant to Division 3 of the
Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) –
where the respondent was convicted of serious sexual
offences within the meaning of the Act – where the
respondent was a serious danger to the community – whether
adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and
practically managed by a supervision order – where the
psychiatric evidence did not indicate the level of risk that the
respondent will commit another serious sexual offence if
released from custody subject to a supervision order –
whether the respondent should be detained in custody for the
purpose of further treatment
Attorney General v Francis [2007] 1 Qd R 396
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Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld), s 21, s 200, s 200A, ss
201-215
Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), s 228D (1) (b), s 210
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 474.19 (1)(a)(i),(ii),(iii), (b),
(aa), s 474.27(1), s 474.26(1), s 474.27A(1)
Criminal Code (WA), s 320(2), s 320(4)
Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s
5(3), s 8(1), (2), s 11, s 13, s 13A, s 16, s16A, s16B, s 20, s
21, s 22, s 43A, s 43AA, s 45(2), s 55(3)
Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), s 93, s 94, ss120-132
COUNSEL: J Tate for the Applicant
J McInnes for the Respondent
SOLICITORS: Crown Solicitor for the Applicant
Legal Aid Queensland for the Respondent
Jackson J:
[1] This is an application under s 13 of the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 (Qld) (‘the Act’) for either a continuing detention order or a supervision order.
[2] The significant questions in this case are:
whether the respondent is a serious danger to the community?1
whether adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and
practically managed by a supervision order (and whether the requirements
under section 16 of the Act can reasonably and practicably be managed by
corrective services officers)?2 and
what requirements, beyond those that a supervision order must contain by
section 16 of the Act, it is appropriate to include in any supervision order?
[3] There is a dispute as to the second question, but the parties are otherwise agreed that
the answer to the first question is “yes” and as to the requirements of any
supervision order that the court should make, accepting that the court must form its
own views on each of the relevant questions and as to the exercise of the
discretionary power to make an order that may be engaged.
1 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13(1)-(4).
2 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13(5)-(6).
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Index offences
[4] The respondent is 60 years of age and was 54 years of age throughout the period of
the index offences. Strictly speaking, the index offence under which the respondent
is still serving an unexpired period of imprisonment is an offence of using a carriage
service to transmit, make available, publish, advertise or promote child pornography
material,3 for which he was convicted and sentenced on 28 January 2016. But
because that offence was one of many sexual offences for which the respondent was
sentenced or resentenced on that day I will treat all of those offences as the index
offences. They all involved the use of the internet. There were two relevant
episodes of offending.
[5] On 23 May 2012, the respondent was convicted and sentenced of two sexual
offences of using a carriage service to access child pornography material.4 The first
offence was committed over the period between 18 April 2009 and 13 April 2010.
The second offence was committed between 24 April 2010 and 9 May 2011. In
fact, the period of offending was continuous. The reason for two separate charges
was that the maximum penalty for the offence increased from the date of
commencement of the second offence.5 It was ordered that the respondent be
imprisoned for period of 21 months but that he be released after six months and two
weeks, conditional upon him giving a recognisance of $1,000 and a three year good
behaviour bond. A further order imposed a two year probation order following his
release from prison.
[6] Those offences involved or resulted in the respondent’s possession of 902 computer
files constituting images of young boys between eight and 16 years of age. They
included images from category 1 to category 5, including a substantial amount of
the two most serious categories. The category 5 images comprised images of male
children engaged in penetrative sexual activity with adult men, including sadistic or
painful sexual acts.
[7] On 28 January 2016, the respondent was convicted of 14 sexual offences involving
the use of a carriage service, two further sexual offences of possessing child
exploitation material and two other offences, including an offence of breach of the
recognisance order imposed on 23 May 2012. The offending occurred between 6
July 2014 and 24 January 2015.
[8] For one of the offences of using a carriage service to groom a person under 16 years
of age 6 and an offence of using a carriage service to procure persons under 16 years
of age to engage in or submit to sexual activity with the sender,7 the respondent was
ordered to be imprisoned for three years and six months. For the offences of
possession of child exploitation material,8 the respondent was ordered to be
imprisoned for 2 years and six months. For four other offences of using a carriage
3 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19(a) (a) (iii).
4 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19(1) (a)(i), (b).
5 From a penalty of 10 years imprisonment to a penalty of 15 years imprisonment.
6 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.27(1).
7 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.26(1).
8 Criminal Code (Qld), s 228D (1) (b).
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service to groom a person under 16 years of age,9 an offence of using a carriage
service to transmit indecent communication to a person under 16 years of age,10 six
offences of using a carriage service to transmit, make available, publish, advertise
or promote child pornography material11 and an offence of using a carriage service
to cause child pornography material to be transmitted to himself,12 the respondent
was ordered to be imprisoned for lesser concurrent periods. For a further offence of
using a carriage service to transmit, make available, publish, advertise or promote
child pornography material,13 the respondent was ordered to be imprisoned for two
years cumulative on the three years and six months’ imprisonment imposed for the
other offences. For the breach of the recognisance order imposed on 23 May 2012,
it was ordered that the recognisance be forfeited and the respondent was resentenced
on each of the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 offences to a period of imprisonment of
14 months and two weeks.
[9] The grooming and procuring offences involved internet contact via Skype between
the respondent and young males said to be, or believed to be, 11, 12, 13 (two
offences), and 15 (three offences) years of age. None of the offences involved
physical contact between the respondent and the relevant child. Either one or none
of the children was located in Queensland.14 Two were located in Victoria and the
others were overseas. The offences of possession of child exploitation material were
constituted by possession of 2194 computer image files, including 385 videos, again
in categories 1 to 5, with the majority falling into category 4.
[10] The total period of imprisonment ordered to be served on 28 January 2016 was five
years and six months, and a non-parole period of three years and nine months was
fixed. The respondent’s full time release date is 23 July 2020 (on account of
presentence custody).
Earlier sexual offences
[11] The respondent has a highly relevant earlier criminal history of sexual offences.
[12] On 31 August 1989 he was convicted of two offences of indecent dealing with a
boy under 14 years of age15 committed between 1 October and 31 December 1988.
He was sentenced to two years’ probation with conditions as to receiving
psychiatric or psychological examination and treatment as directed. The respondent
was 28 years of age at the time of the offences. The victims were two brothers aged
11 and 12 years. The respondent became a close friend of the victims’ family. The
offences occurred whilst the children stayed at the respondent’s house for the night.
Each of the offences was constituted by the respondent briefly masturbating the
child.
9 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.27(1).
10 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.27A (1).
11 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19 (1) (a) (iii).
12 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19(1) (a) (ii), (aa), (b).
13 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 474.19(a) (a) (iii).
14 Some of the psychiatrist’s reports may have erroneously assumed that one or more of the children
was located in Townsville.
15 Criminal Code (Qld), s 210.
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[13] On 9 December 1992, the respondent was convicted in the District Court of Western
Australia of an offence of indecent dealing with a child under 13 years of age16 on
14 August 1992. He was sentenced to a 12 month probation order with conditions
not to have unsupervised contact with children and to attend and complete a
community based sex offender’s program or other treatment program as directed.
The respondent was 32 years of age at the time of the offence. Following a
gymnastics class in which the respondent was an instructor, he was to drop the nine
year old victim home in his car. Before leaving the gymnasium building, he asked
the victim to kiss him. The victim refused. The respondent put his arm around his
shoulders and started to stroke his hair. The victim broke away. The respondent
then drove him home.
[14] On 24 September 1999, the respondent was convicted in the District Court of
Western Australia on one count of sexual penetration of a child under 13 years of
age17 and four counts of indecent dealing of a child under 13 years of age18 on 21
May 1999. The respondent was 39 years of age at the time of the offences. The
victim was a 12 year old boy. The respondent was staying overnight with the
victim’s family. The respondent went inside the victim’s bedroom and placed his
hand inside the victim’s pyjamas and touched his penis, before leaving the room.
The following morning, the respondent took the victim to his bedroom and again
touched the victim’s penis with his hand and performed fellatio on the victim. The
respondent then held and used the victim’s hand to masturbate himself until he
ejaculated. The respondent was sentenced to a period of imprisonment of three
years and six months for the offence of penetration and concurrent lesser terms of
imprisonment in each of the indecent dealing offences.
Psychiatric reports and risk assessments
[15] The respondent has been examined by three psychiatrists who prepared reports that
were tendered at the hearing of the application. Each of the psychiatrists also gave
oral evidence. The report by Dr Sundin was prepared for the purpose of the
preliminary hearing19 upon the application for an order under section 8 of the Act to
set a date for the hearing of this application.20 By that order, the respondent was
ordered to undergo examination by two psychiatrists who were to prepare
independent reports.21 The reports by Drs Beech and Simpson were risk assessment
reports22 prepared under section 11 of the Act, for the purposes of this hearing as a
result of those ordered examinations.
[16] Each of the psychiatrists opined that the respondent suffers from a paedophilic
disorder. In both Dr Sundin and Dr Simpson’s opinions, he meets the DSM-V
criteria for paedophilic disorder, non-exclusive type, sexually attracted to males, not
limited to incest. In Dr Beech’s opinion, he has paedophilia with an attraction to
16 Criminal Code (WA), s 320(4).
17 Criminal Code (WA), s 320(2).
18 Criminal Code (WA), s 320(4).
19 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 5(3).
20 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 8(1).
21 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 8(2).
22 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 11(1).
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young male children and the child exploitation material may point to other fetishes
and paraphilia, but this is not clear.
[17] A number of the orders made at the times when the respondent was sentenced in the
past indicated or provided for treatment or sexual offender programs. It appears that
he may have undertaken a sex offender treatment program in Western Australia in
or after October 2000.
[18] Following release from prison in November 2012, from January 2013, the
respondent attended the Getting Started: Preparatory Program for sex offenders in
this State. He undertook 21 hours of that program and was considered to have
participated to a satisfactory level. From February to June 2013, the respondent
undertook a Medium Intensity Sexual Offenders Program at the Cairns probation
and parole office over 32 sessions. He was considered to have developed greater
insight and to be taking greater responsibility over the course of the program. At
that time he had also engaged with a private psychologist to address his sexual
deviancy.
[19] On 16 February 2016, the respondent was assaulted by another prisoner. His throat
was cut. At least for the last few years, he has been in protective custody in prison.
[20] On 17 March 2017, the respondent was interviewed with a view to participating in a
further sexual offenders program. He did not wish to participate in a further
program as he did not see the point having completed the medium intensity sexual
offenders program.
[21] In February and July 2019, the respondent confirmed that he did not wish to
participate in a further sexual offenders program in prison.
[22] On 15 November 2019, the respondent consulted Robert Walkley, psychologist, for
individual therapy by one-on-one counselling sessions. By 28 January 2020, they
had completed ten sessions.
[23] Each of the psychiatrists expressed opinions as to that psychiatrist’s assessment of
the level of risk that the respondent would commit another sexual offence if
released from custody without a supervision order. Dr Sundin opines that he poses a
higher unmodified risk to the community for future sexual recidivism. Dr Beech
opines that the risk of further offending is in the high range. Dr Simpson opines
that Mr Carter is at a high risk of future sexual recidivism.
[24] There is acceptable cogent evidence of sufficient weight to justify the decision that
to a high degree of probability there is an unacceptable risk that the respondent will
commit a serious sexual offence if released from custody without a supervision
order being made and is a serious danger to the community in the absence of a
division 3 order.23
23 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13(1)-(3).
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[25] Further, each of the psychiatrists considered the effect on risk of a supervision
order. The ways in which they did so varied. Dr Sundin expressed the initial view
in her report that:
“I see little benefit in him participating in a further sexual offenders’
treatment program given his capacity to be deceptive and the
inability of those programs to address individual sexual deviance.
However, I would recommend that he should complete at least six
months of intensive counselling with a skilled forensic psychologist
to address the issue of his paraphilia prior to his release into the
community.
Thereafter, he could continue in the community under a strict
supervision order with continued attendance with the same
psychologist. He would need to have a number of disclosure and
non-contact clauses in his supervision order. Less attention needs to
be paid to issues pertaining to substance abuse. He would benefit
from assistance with furthering his educational goals and in engaging
in employment.”
[26] Dr Sundin’s reference to “capacity to be deceptive” was not, in my view, supported
by the evidence of facts contained in her report. It appears to be a reference to her
earlier opinion that the respondent was “superficial and deceptive during his
participation in the Medium Intensity Sexual Program”. The basis for that opinion
was not explained but I infer it may be that the respondent participated in the
MISOP from February to June 2013, yet further offended in December 2014. I do
not agree that those facts support the inference that the respondent was deceptive
during the MISOP.
[27] Although Dr Sundin’s report was prepared for the purposes of the preliminary
hearing,24 the applicant sought to supplement that evidence by obtaining further
written and oral evidence as to Dr Sundin’s opinions for the hearing of this
application. Although it amounts to additional evidence to that provided for by the
Act, and although a respondent to an application like the present has almost no
practical opportunity or means to obtain responsive evidence, the court is still
required to permit the applicant to tender it.25
[28] On 30 June 2020, having reviewed Mr Walkley’s affidavit and treatment session
summary and updated prison file material, Dr Sundin expressed the view that she
had not changed the opinion expressed in her report.
[29] On 3 July 2020, having been provided with the reports of Drs Beech and Simpson,
she expressed the further views that:
“There are several features that strike me in the material:
24 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 5(3).
25 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 45(2).
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1. Mr Carter’s continued refusal to participate in the HISOP,
indicating a clear reluctance to address his sexual offending
and reflecting his avoidant pattern of coping.
2. His lack of an internal locus of control.
3. Mr Carter’s continued engagement in sexually deviant
fantasies while incarcerated.
4. The concerns expressed by myself and my colleagues with
regard to his deceptiveness.
5. The psychologist’s report of 15 November 2019 wherein he
expressed his concern that it was unclear how committed Mr
Carter was to challenging his sexually deviant cognitions ‘in
real life situations’.
6. The psychology sessions appear to have not made any major
inroads into his sexual deviance as yet and have in part, been
addressing life outside of prison, presumably with the hope of
reducing potential risk scenarios.
Having considered all this material, I consider the ideal approach to
reducing this man’s risk of sexual recidivism would be for him to
undertake the HISOP in tandem with one on one psychological
counselling that addresses his sexual deviancy.”
[30] Having carefully reviewed the reports of Drs Beech and Simpson as well as the
additional material referred to that was provided to Dr Sundin, the shift between the
view expressed in her report that “I see little benefit in him participating in a further
sexual offenders treatment program” and the view expressed in the last paragraph of
her 3 July 2020 addendum report is not, in my view, adequately explained or
supported by the reasons given. Nor, in my opinion, did Dr Sundin’s oral evidence
do so. Mr Carter’s refusal to participate in a HISOP was not new or considered to
be a decisive factor against a supervision order in her report. Neither Dr Beech nor
Dr Simpson expressed concerns as to the respondent’s deceptiveness in their
reports. The psychologist’s (Mr Walkley) report of 15 November 2019 had been
taken into account in her views expressed on 30 June 2020 and was available before
her initial report.
[31] Dr Simpson opined as to the questions of risk and a supervision order as follows:
“Mr Carter has sought to minimise his offending and place blame on
external circumstances: not having a partner, not being occupied in
employment etc. He has been noted to hold attitudes that seek to
condone or excuse his behaviours. He has repeatedly sought out
opportunities to engage with children by volunteering in Scouts,
gymnastics etc, and befriending/grooming victims. It seems unlikely
that further courses in custody will act to reduce his ongoing risk of
further sexual offending.
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A supervision order will however, act to provide more oversight of
his activities and monitor his relationships and restrict access to
future victims. I would support ongoing engagement with a
psychologist if he is released into the community to assist with both
adaptive coping skills and problem solving as well as addressing
sexual deviant attitudes. Access to social media and internet should
be restricted and available for monitoring and review. He should be
restricted from accessing minors (male). Given his comments about
not having enough to do previously, encouraging and supporting him
to find ongoing employment would be beneficial, as would
broadening his social network and support among appropriate pro-
social communities.”
[32] Despite those views, in oral evidence Dr Simpson appeared to change position in
evidence in chief. In answer to a question from the applicant’s counsel she said:
“I might also add that as I am new to this arena of the DPSOA
legislation, I perhaps have not considered that [a] HISOP cannot be
completed in the community. So I was considering that maybe he
would attend that under a supervision order in the community. But I
now, having reflected on the further material, I understand that it can
only be completed in custody… and I do think that would be of
benefit in terms of addressing general offending risks...”
[33] That evidence was not consistent with the opinion in Dr Simpson’s report that “it
seems unlikely that further courses in custody will act to reduce his ongoing risk of
further sexual offending”. In my view, the change in opinion was not satisfactorily
explained.
[34] Dr Beech expressed the following views as to risk and a supervision order in his
report:
“I think Mr Carter remains untreated. The appropriate treatment
would consist of both participating in a high intensity sexual offender
program to address those factors around his offending generally,
combined with individual counselling that specifically addresses the
sexual deviance. Mr Carter has not undertaken the group program,
and I think that the 10 sessions with Mr Walkley simply is
inadequate. Certainly, Mr Carter does not seem to have taken on
board any strategies to manage the fantasies present. Another option
would be medication, but he simply eschews this.
The supervision order would reduce the risk by reducing his access
to children through monitoring and surveillance and proscriptions on
his movements. Presumably there would be an embargo on internet
access, but it is difficult to know to what extent Mr Carter would
adhere to that, and the extent that his facility with the internet might
allow him to avoid detection. It is difficult to know to what extent
the risk would be reduced by a supervision order given the lack of
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treatment response, the lack of appropriate treatment for the
paraphilia, Mr Carter’s quick resumption of offending on release in
the past and the few, if any, avenues to meet those risk factors in the
community.”
[35] In oral evidence, I asked Dr Beech whether the lack of any offending by physical
contact with a child for 21 years indicated some sense of self-regulation by the
respondent. Dr Beech did not think so and referred to the circumstances that as the
respondent got older, his opportunities for physical contact were diminished, but the
opportunity to engage children online via technology had increased. I further asked
Dr Beech about the concern expressed in his report as to the respondent avoiding
detection of prohibited online activity and as to his expertise in that field. He said
that he had no relevant expertise.
[36] In my view, the way the reports were prepared and the evidence given in this case is
a matter of some concern. It can be seen from the extracts set out above that none
of the reports specifically addressed the level of risk of the respondent committing a
serious sexual offence if subject to a supervision order in the terms that are
proposed by the applicant if a continuing detention order is not made. The terms of
that order are the Schedule to these reasons.
[37] The applicant’s evidence was adduced in that form in circumstances where the
applicant’s primary submission, emphasised in bold type in the written outline, is
that “the issue in this case is whether the respondent should be required to complete
relevant sex offender programs, or individual treatment, before released to the
community under a supervision order. He is currently a recidivist, high risk,
inadequately treated sex offender with a diagnosis of paedophilia.”
[38] With all respect, as I pointed out at the beginning of the hearing to the applicant’s
counsel, once the court is satisfied that the respondent is a serious danger to the
community in the absence of a division 3 order, leaving aside an exceptional case
where it is possible that no order will be made,26 the court must make either a
continuing detention order or a supervision order. In deciding whether to make one
or the other of those orders, the paramount consideration is the need to ensure
adequate protection of the community, but the court must consider whether
adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and practicably managed
by a supervision order, having regard also to whether the requirements under s 16
can be reasonably and practicably managed by corrective services officers.27
[39] In other words, if adequate protection can be reasonably and practicably managed
by a supervision order, that is the order which should be made, not a continuing
detention order.28
[40] Against that clear statutory background, both the applicant’s submissions and the
risk assessment reports of Drs Beech and Simpson, and the further views of Dr
Sundin, did not clearly engage upon the question of the level of risk that the
26 Attorney General v Francis [2007] 1 Qd R 396.
27 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13(5)-(6).
28 Attorney General v Francis [2007] 1 Qd R 396, 405 [39].
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respondent will commit another serious sexual offence if released from custody
with a supervision order. Instead, they deflected to whether the respondent “should
be required” or “should complete” or it would be “appropriate treatment” or that it
is “the ideal approach” for the respondent to participate in a High Intensity Sexual
Offender Program, which he could only do in prison and individual counselling that
specifically addresses his sexual deviance in a way that is greater than his
counselling sessions with Mr Walkely.
[41] On applications like this one, the evidence adduced by the applicant from
independent expert witnesses is given by individual psychiatrists selected from a
small stable of practitioners who often prepare numerous reports for the applicant,
paid for by the applicant, although the court orders the prisoner to undergo the
examinations by those psychiatrists. Over time, the risk of some structural bias in
the opinions obtained in that way should not be overlooked. The task of a reporting
psychiatrist in producing a risk assessment report, as required by s 11 of the Act,
necessarily must be informed by matters that are both within professional expertise
and some matters for which professional expertise provides no special skill. They
are not easily separated. The task is difficult enough. It should not be added to by
the applicant encouraging or seeking the production of expert opinion that does not
squarely address the relevant statutory questions.
[42] In this regard, the question whether adequate protection of the community can be
reasonably and practicably managed by a supervision order should be informed by
risk assessment reports that indicate the psychiatrist’s assessment of the level of risk
that the prisoner will commit another serious sexual offence if released from
custody with a supervision order.29 It is not a reporting psychiatrist’s function to
decide that a continuing detention order should be made or is preferable and,
because of that view, not to indicate the level of risk with a supervision order in the
report.
Statutory scheme
[43] As previously explained, by the terms of section 13(6) of the Act, the court must
consider whether adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and
practicably managed by a supervision order. The court must also consider whether
the requirements under section 16 (the requirements a supervision must contain and
those that the court considers appropriate) can be reasonably and practicably
managed by corrective services officers.
[44] The court’s findings upon those questions is to be informed by the risk assessment
reports prepared under section 11 of the Act. Also as previously explained, each
such report must indicate the psychiatrist’s assessment of the level of the risk that
the prisoner will commit another serious sexual offence if released from custody
without a supervision order being made.30 That requires the psychiatrist to address
the question of level of the risk having regard to the requirements of a hypothetical
supervision order.
29 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 45(2).
30 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 11(2).
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[45] Some of those requirements are set out in section 16 of the Act, but other sections
are also relevant. First, the period that a supervision order is to have effect cannot
end before five years after the end of the period of imprisonment for the index
offences.31
[46] As to the requirements under section 16, section 16(1) provides that a supervision
order must contain requirements as follows:
“(1) … that the prisoner
(a) report to a corrective services officer at the place, and
within the time, stated in the order and advise the officer
of the prisoner’s current name and address; and
(b) report to, and receive visits from, a corrective services
officer as directed by the court or a relevant appeal
court; and
(c) notify a corrective services officer of every change of
the prisoner’s name, place of residence or employment
at least 2 business days before the change happens; and
(d) be under the supervision of a corrective services officer;
and
(da) comply with a curfew direction or monitoring direction;
and
(daa) comply with any reasonable direction
under section 16B given to the prisoner; and
(db) comply with every reasonable direction of a corrective
services officer that is not directly inconsistent with a
requirement of the order; and
Examples of direct inconsistency—
If the only requirement under subsection (2) contained in a particular order
is that the released prisoner must live at least 1km from any school—
1 A proposed direction to the prisoner would be directly inconsistent if
it requires the released prisoner to live at least 2km from any school.
2 A proposed direction to the prisoner would not be directly
inconsistent if it requires the released prisoner to live at least a stated
distance from something else, including, for example, children’s
playgrounds, public parks, education and care service premises or
QEC service premises.
3 A proposed direction to the prisoner would not be directly
inconsistent if it requires the released prisoner not to live anywhere
unless that place has been approved by a corrective services officer.
31 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13A(3).
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(e) not leave or stay out of Queensland without the
permission of a corrective services officer; and
(f) not commit an offence of a sexual nature during the
period of the order.”
[47] Section 16B, referred to in section 16(1)(daa) above, provides:
“(1) A corrective services officer may give a released prisoner a
reasonable direction about—
(a) the prisoner’s accommodation; or
Example—
a direction that the released prisoner may only reside at a place of residence
approved by a corrective services officer
(b) the released prisoner’s rehabilitation or care or
treatment; or
Example—
a direction that the released prisoner participate in stated treatment programs
(c) drug or alcohol use by the released prisoner.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) may relate to a matter even
though the relevant order imposes a requirement about the
matter, either generally or specifically.
(3) However, the direction must not be directly inconsistent with a
requirement of the order.”
[48] Under section 16A of the Act, corrective services officers have other powers in
relation to a prisoner released on a supervision order that do not depend on the
requirements of the supervision order except that they may not be exercised
inconsistently as follows:
“(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the movements of a
released prisoner to be restricted and to enable the location of
the released prisoner to be monitored.
(2) A corrective services officer may give 1 or both of the
following directions to the released prisoner—
(a) a direction to remain at a stated place for stated periods
(“curfew direction”);
Example—
a direction to remain at the released prisoner’s place of residence from
2.30p.m. to 7.00 p.m. on school days, if the prisoner is not required to be at
a place of employment during these hours
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(b) a direction to do 1 or both of the following (“monitoring
direction”)—
(i) wear a stated device;
(ii) permit the installation of any device or equipment
at the place where the released prisoner resides.
(3) A corrective services officer may give any reasonable
directions to a released prisoner that are necessary for the
proper administration of a curfew direction or monitoring
direction.
(4) A direction under this section must not be directly inconsistent
with a requirement of the relevant order for the released
prisoner.”
[49] Accordingly, a reporting psychiatrist’s assessment of the level of risk of another
serious sexual offence with a supervision order must be made assuming the
requirements for a supervision order as set out above and having regard to the
additional powers of corrective services officers as set out above.
[50] In addition to that, the supervision order that might be made is one that may contain
any other requirement that the court considers appropriate as provided for by section
16(2) as follows:
“(2) The order may contain any other requirement the court or a
relevant appeal court considers appropriate—
(a) to ensure adequate protection of the community; or
Examples for paragraph (a)—
• a requirement that the prisoner must not knowingly reside with a
convicted sexual offender
• a requirement that the prisoner must not, without reasonable excuse,
be within 200m of a school
• a requirement that the prisoner must wear a device for monitoring the
prisoner’s location
(b) for the prisoner’s rehabilitation or care or treatment.”
[51] On the hearing of an application for a division 3 order under section 13(5) of the
Act, the applicant may contend for a continuing detention order. However, it is
common, perhaps universal, that the applicant will submit in the alternative that any
supervision order should contain particular requirements additional to the
mandatory requirements under section 16(1) as set out above.
[52] The potential effect of any additional requirements to be imposed under s 16(2) of
the Act on a reporting psychiatrist’s assessment of the level of risk is a relevant
matter. But unless the applicant provides the terms of any proposed supervision
order to the reporting psychiatrists before their independent reports are obtained
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under section 11, the reports will not address those proposed requirements.
Nevertheless, there is little or no excuse for any failure by the applicant to raise any
proposed additional requirements well before the hearing of the application for a
division 3 order. Paragraph 9 of the Checklist, required under Practice Direction 6
of 2012, provides that a draft of the order sought by the applicant must be attached
to the checklist. Where the applicant contends for an alternative supervision order,
that alternative order is required to be attached.
[53] In the present case, the applicant stated in the Checklist that the terms of the draft
order were still being finalised. When the applicant’s outline of submissions were
filed they stated that a draft order was still being prepared. When the application
came on for hearing and the parties read their material, the applicant did not hand up
a draft supervision order to enable the court to consider whether adequate protection
of the community can be reasonably and practicably managed by corrective services
officers before the court asked for it.
[54] Another relevant factor as to the terms of a supervision order for a risk assessment
report under s 11 of the Act is that on 11 October 2019 last year the court published
a pro forma supervision order. 32 That pro forma order addresses subject matters
outside the statutory minima, including draft requirements for a prisoner whose risk
of committing another serious sexual offence is against children. The draft
supervision order handed up by the applicant includes all the requirements of the
pro forma order except for the deletion of requirement 10 and that the pro-forma
requirement 26 as to alcohol is limited after six months to keeping a maximum
blood alcohol content below .05 percent.
[55] In assessing the risk of a prisoner committing a serious sexual offence if released
from custody with a supervision order, it is also relevant to take into account what
are the consequences of a contravention or risk of contravention of a supervision
order. If a police officer or corrective services officer reasonably suspects a
released prisoner is likely to contravene, is contravening, or has contravened a
requirement of the supervision order they may apply for a warrant for the arrest of
the released prisoner.33 If the magistrate is satisfied that the officer reasonably
suspects one of those grounds, they must issue the warrant for arrest.34 The warrant
authorises the arrest of the released prisoner and who is brought before the court.35
Unless exceptional circumstances exist that justify an earlier order for release
pending a final decision concerning the alleged contravention,36 the court at that
point must order that the released prisoner be detained in custody until the final
decision.
[56] When the final decision concerning the alleged contravention is made, if the court is
satisfied that the released prisoner is likely to contravene, is contravening, or has
contravened a requirement of the supervision order, the court must rescind the
32 https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0008/628469/proforma-dpsoa-supervision-
order-11-october-2019.docx - 56k - 14 Oct 2019.
33 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 20(1) and (2).
34 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 20(3).
35 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 21(1).
36 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 21(4).
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supervision order and make a continuing detention order,37 unless the released
prisoner satisfies the court that the adequate protection of the community can,
despite the contravention or likely contravention be ensured by the existing
supervision order, as amended under s 22(7) of the Act. In practice, the previously
released prisoner will have been detained in custody for several months before the
final decision is made, unless released under an exceptional circumstances order.
[57] Other features of the operation of a supervision order in relation to the requirements
described above should be noticed. In practice, a prisoner released on a supervision
order will almost always be required to live at an address in a residential precinct
that has been created for sex offenders to reside. There is one in Brisbane and
others in Rockhampton and Townsville. In times past, the precincts operated or
were intended to operate as short term transitional accommodation facilities for a
few months only. That is not the fact of their operation now. The precinct of
residential accommodation operates as an additional locus of control of a released
prisoner by corrective services officers. The location is within easy reach and the
“rules that are made about people who live there” as stated by requirement 10 of the
pro forma supervision order can and do extend to many matters.
[58] Second, any actual contravention by a released prisoner of any requirement of a
supervision order without a reasonable excuse is an offence punishable by a
maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.38 If the offence is committed by
removing or tampering with a monitoring device for the purpose of preventing the
location of the released prisoner to be monitored the minimum penalty is one year’s
imprisonment served wholly in a corrective services facility and a maximum
penalty of five years imprisonment.39
[59] Given the requirements of and operation and effect of a supervision order, it is no
exaggeration to say that the release of a prisoner on a supervision order is made
subject to requirements that are more rigorous and onerous than the terms on which
an offender who is released into the community on parole40 or probation41 serves
their sentence in the community. Of course, a critical difference is that the
requirements of a supervision order are not imposed as a punishment for any
offence. They are and can only be justified as serving the protective purposes of the
Act in a way that necessarily overrides, for a person, who will have already served
the full term of the period of imprisonment they were ordered to serve for the
serious sexual offence constituting the index offence, the human rights to liberty
and freedom of movement, that were recently recognised by statute in this
jurisdiction.42 In particular, the requirements of a supervision order are intended to
fulfil the statutory purposes that the adequate protection of the community can be
reasonably and practicably managed by a supervision order and that the
requirements can be reasonably and practicably managed by corrective services
officers.
37 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 22(2)
38 . Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act) Act 2003 (Qld), s 43AA(1).
39 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act Act 2003 (Qld), s 43AA(2).
40 Corrective Services Act 2003 (Qld), ss 200, 200A and 201-215.
41 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), ss 93, 94 and 120-132.
42 Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld).
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[60] The risk assessment reports by the examining psychiatrists in the present case did
not effectively address or comply with the requirement in section 11(2) of the Act
that the report must indicate the psychiatrist’ assessment of the level of risk that the
respondent will commit another serious sexual offence if released from custody on a
supervision order. The focus of the reports was, either initially or by added
opinions in an addendum report or oral evidence, upon whether the respondent
should be required to complete a HISOP and more one-on-one sessions with a
psychologist before he is released. None of the psychiatrists said, however, that the
respondent’s risk of reoffending without the further treatments was high, if released
on a supervision order as described above.
[61] Further, the psychiatrists assume that the respondent would participate in an HISOP
if he remains in prison. Given that the respondent’s full time release date is 23 July
2020, to require him to participate in an HISOP would require that a continuing
detention order to be made on this application, under which he would be detained in
custody for a period of up to two years before he might be considered again for
release on a supervision order.
[62] A person who is subject to a continuing detention order remains a prisoner.43 There
is no express power in the Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld) to require a prisoner
to participate in a stated sexual offender treatment program. A prisoner must submit
to a medical examination or treatment by a doctor if the doctor considers the
prisoner requires medical treatment and the chief executive may order an
examination to decide certain questions.44 But those powers do not appear to
authorise a direction that requires a prisoner in a correction facility to participate in
a HISOP. The same applies to one-on-one counselling sessions with a psychologist.
[63] In contrast, s 16B(1)(b) of the Act empowers a corrective services officer to require
a released prisoner subject to a supervision order to participate in a stated treatment
program, which could include a sex offenders’ program. The same is true for one-
on-one sessions with a psychologist.
[64] Given that the respondent has not agreed to participate in an HISOP, and there is not
a power to require him to do so if he remains a prisoner, the success of a strategy
that a continuing detention order should be made so that he be required to
participate in an HISOP and further one-on-one sessions with a psychologist
depends on the respondent submitting to those treatments in order to increase the
prospects that he might be released in the future under a supervision order. In
principle, it would be permissible to adopt such a strategy if, and only if, adequate
protection of the community cannot be reasonably and practically managed by a
supervision order (including whether the requirements under section 16 of the Act
cannot reasonably and practicably be managed by corrective services officers). But
that result would follow from a conclusion as to inadequate protection of the
community from the risk that the respondent will commit another serious sexual
offence if now released from custody subject to a supervision order, not because the
proposed treatments are good treatment or even that they might further reduce the
risk of the respondent reoffending.
43 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 43A(2).
44 Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld), s 21.
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[65] Whether participation in a HISOP would reduce the risk of the respondent
reoffending if released from custody with a supervision order is not clearly
established by the evidence. No evidence of the effect of participation in that
course on risk was tendered in the risk assessment reports. In response to my
question as to any objective or evidence-based assessments of the effect of a HISOP
program on risk Dr Beech said that there was overseas data but he did not know of
any Queensland data. The overseas data was that the effect was modest to
moderate, a lessening of offending but by no means curative. I understood that
answer to be directed to the rate of reoffending without a supervision order.
[66] As to the recommended further one-on-one sessions with a psychologist before
release, Dr Beech opined that he could not say that these sessions would likely
reduce the risk of reoffending but sessions should be directed to stopping or
managing the biggest factors of the respondent’s paedophiliac fantasies and
preoccupation. However, in my view, the respondent as a 60 year-old man who has
and has had a paedophilic paraphilia since no later than his early twenties. It was
not suggested that there is a treatment that is likely to reduce his very long term
paraphilia in a way that would reduce risk based on any evidence based science. Dr
Simpson agreed that she was not aware of any objective evidence that this form of
treatment would be likely to have an effect on the extent of the respondent’s
fantasizing. Rather the theory was that the recommended individual therapy would
come up with strategies for dealing with the fantasies and preoccupation and how to
put those strategies into place on release.
[67] It should not be overlooked that the majority of the requirements of a supervision
order are not directed to treatment of a released prisoner so as to reduce the risk of
further serious sexual offences. They are instead directed to reducing the
opportunities for a released prisoner to commit a further offence of that kind.
[68] No release of a prisoner on a supervision order is risk free. Although the critical
provisions of the Act refer to “the need to ensure adequate protection of the
community”45 or that “the adequate protection of the community… can be
ensured”46, the nature of the questions to be answered in a case like the present
under s 13(5) and (6) entail that there can be adequate protection without the
elimination of all risk. Given that reality, as previously explained, the task of a
reporting psychiatrist who prepares a risk assessment report as to the level of risk on
release with a supervision order is not easy. The author of such a report who
overestimates the risk errs on the side of the protection of the community. When
this occurs, the court is not permitted to do the same. The court is required to act in
accordance with the judicial oath of the Judge who constitutes it, according to law,
without fear or favour as between the applicant and the respondent. The risk must
be assessed objectively, on the evidence, so as to answer the statutory questions.
Ultimately, that is the function of the court, not the reporting psychiatrists.
[69] It is apparent from the foregoing that, in my view, the reports of the psychiatrists in
the present case were not well adapted to answer the statutory question whether
adequate protection of the community can be reasonably and practically managed
45 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 13(6).
46 Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), s 22(2).
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by a supervision order, because they did not squarely address or indicate the level of
the risk of the respondent committing a further serious sexual offence if released on
a supervision order or the reasons for such assessment. The psychiatrists are not to
be criticised for that, because the applicant who gave them instructions, briefed
them with relevant materials and to whom the reports were furnished did not clearly
ask for reports in that form.
[70] It is also apparent that I consider that two of the reporting psychiatrists altered the
opinions they gave in ways that were relevant to the question of the risk that the
respondent will commit another serious sexual offence if released from custody
with a supervision order, but without adequately explaining the reasons for those
altered opinions.
[71] On my assessment of the evidence overall, and considering the paramount
consideration of the need to ensure the adequate protection of the community, that
protection can be reasonably and practicably managed by a supervision order on the
requirements contained in the draft order contained in the Schedule to these reasons
and the requirements of that order under section 16 of the Act can be reasonably and
practicably managed by corrective services officers.
[72] It follows that a supervision order should be made in this case.
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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
SCHEDULE TO: Attorney-General (Qld) v Carter [2020] QSC 217
PARTIES: ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF
QUEENSLAND
(applicant)
v
TERANCE GUY CARTER
(respondent)
SCHEDULE
THE COURT is satisfied that Terance Guy Carter is a serious danger to the community.
The rules in this order are made according to the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders)
Act 2003.
THE COURT ORDERS THAT Terance Guy Carter be released from prison and must
follow the rules in this supervision order for 10 years, until 23 July 2030.
Terance Guy Carter:
1. You are being released from prison but only if you obey the rules in this
supervision order.
2. If you break any of the rules in this supervision order, the police or Queensland
Corrective Services have the power to arrest you. Then the Court might order that
you go back to prison.
3. You must obey these rules for the next 10 years.
Reporting
4. On the day you are released from prison, you must report before 4 pm to a
Corrective Services officer at the Community Corrections office closest to where
you will live. You must tell the Corrective Services officer your name and the
address where you will live.
5. A Corrective Services officer will tell you the times and dates when you must
report to them. You must report to them at the times they tell you to report. A
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Corrective Services officer might visit you at your home. You must let the
Corrective Services officer come into your house.
To “report” means to visit a Corrective Services officer and talk to them face to
face.
Supervision
6. A Corrective Services officer will supervise you until this order is finished. This
means you must obey any reasonable direction that a Corrective Services officer
gives you about:
a) where you are allowed to live; and
b) rehabilitation, care or treatment programs; and
c) using drugs and alcohol;
d) who you may not have contact with; and
e) anything else, except for instructions that mean you will break the rules in this
supervision order.
A “reasonable direction” is an instruction about what you must do, or what you
must not do, that is reasonable in that situation.
“Contact” means any type of communication, including things like talking, texting,
sending letters or emails, posting pictures or chatting. You must not do any of
these things in person, by telephone, computer, social media or in any other way.
If you are not sure about a direction, you can ask a Corrective Services officer for
more information, or talk to your lawyer about it.
7. You must answer and tell the truth if a Corrective Services officer asks you about
where you are, what you have been doing or what you are planning to do, and who
you are spending time with.
8. If you change your name, where you live or any employment, you must tell a
Corrective Services officer at least two business days before the change will
happen.
A “business day” is a week day (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday) that is not a public holiday.
No offences
9. You must not break the law by committing a sexual offence.
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Where you must live
10. You must live at a place approved by a Corrective Services officer. You must obey
any rules that are made about people who live there.
11. You must not live at another place. If you want to live at another place, you must
tell a Corrective Services officer the address of the place you want to live. The
Corrective Services officer will decide if you are allowed to live at that place. You
are allowed to change the place you live only when you get written permission
from a Corrective Services officer to live at another place.
This also means you must get written permission from a Corrective Service officer
before you are allowed to stay overnight, or for a few days, or for a few weeks, at
another place.
12. You must not leave Queensland. If you want to leave Queensland, you must ask
for written permission from a Corrective Services officer. You are allowed to leave
Queensland only after you get written permission from a Corrective Services
officer.
Curfew direction
13. A Corrective Services officer has power to tell you to stay at a place (for example,
the place you live) at particular times. This is called a curfew direction. You must
obey a curfew direction.
Monitoring direction
14. A Corrective Services officer has power to tell you to:
a. wear a device that tracks your location; and
b. let them install a device or equipment at the place you live. This will
monitor if you are there.
This is called a monitoring direction. You must obey a monitoring direction.
Employment or study
15. You must get written permission from a Corrective Services officer before you are
allowed to start a job, start studying or start volunteer work.
16. When you ask for permission, you must tell the Corrective Services officer these
things:
a. what the job is;
b. who you will work for;
c. what hours you will work each day;
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d. the place or places where you will work; and
e. (if it is study) where you want to study and what you want to study.
17. If a Corrective Services officer tells you to stop working or studying you must
obey what they tell you.
Motor vehicles
18. You must tell a Corrective Services officer the details (make, model, colour and
registration number) about any vehicle you own, borrow or hire. You must tell the
Corrective Services officer these details immediately (on the same day) you get the
vehicle.
A vehicle includes a car, motorbike, ute or truck.
Mobile phone
19. You are only allowed to own or have (even if you do not own it) one mobile
phone. You must tell a Corrective Services officer the details (make, model, phone
number and service provider) about any mobile phone you own or have within 24
hours of when you get the phone.
20. You must give a Corrective Services officer all passwords and passcodes for any
mobile phone you own or have. You must let a Corrective Services officer look at
the phone and everything on the phone.
Computers and internet
21. You must get written permission from a Corrective Services officer before you are
allowed to use a computer, phone or other device to access the internet.
22. You must give a Corrective Services officer any password or other access code
you know for the computer, phone or other device. You must do this within 24
hours of when you start using the computer, phone or other device. You must let a
Corrective Services officer look at the computer, phone or other device and
everything on it.
23. You must give a Corrective Services officer details (including user names and
passwords) about any email address, instant messaging service, chat rooms, or
social networking sites that you use. You must do this within 24 hours of when
you start using any of these things.
No contact with any victim
24. You must not contact or try to contact any victim(s) of a sexual offence committed
by you. You must not ask someone else to do this for you.
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“Contact” means any type of communication, including things like talking, texting,
sending letters or emails, posting pictures or chatting. You must not do any of
these things in person, by telephone, computer, social media or in any other way.
Rules about alcohol and drugs
25. For the first six (6) months of this order, you are not allowed to drink alcohol.
Thereafter, you must not drink alcohol to a blood alcohol level of more than 0.05.
26. You are not allowed to take (for example, swallow, eat, inject, smoke or sniff) any
illegal drugs. You are also not allowed to have with you or be in control of any
illegal drugs.
27. A Corrective Services officer has the power to tell you to take a drug test or
alcohol test. You must take the drug test or alcohol test when they tell you to. You
must give them some of your breath, spit (saliva), pee (urine) or blood when they
tell you to do this.
28. You are not allowed to go to pubs, clubs, hotels or nightclubs which are licensed to
supply or serve alcohol. If you want to go to one of these places, you must first get
written permission from a Corrective Services officer. If you do not get written
permission, you are not allowed to go.
29. You are not allowed to visit any business that is only licensed to supply alcohol. If
you want to go to one of these places, you must first get written permission from a
Corrective Services officer. If you do not get written permission, you are not
allowed to go.
Rules about medicine
30. You must tell a Corrective Services officer about any medicine that a doctor
prescribes (tells you to buy). You must also tell a Corrective Services officer about
any over the counter medicine that you buy or have with you. You must do this
within 24 hours of seeing the doctor or buying the medicine.
31. You must take prescribed medicine only as directed by a doctor. You must not take
any medicine (other than over the counter medicine) which has not been prescribed
for you by a doctor.
Rules about rehabilitation and counselling
32. You must obey any direction a Corrective Services officer gives you about seeing
a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker or other counsellor.
33. You must obey any direction a Corrective Services officer gives you about
participating in any treatment or rehabilitation program.
34. You must let Corrective Services officers get information about you from any
treatment or from any rehabilitation program.
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Speaking to Corrective Services about what you plan to do
35. You must talk to a Corrective Services officer about what you plan to do each
week. A Corrective Services officer will tell you how and when to do this (for
example, face to face or in writing).
36. You must also tell a Corrective Services officer the name of new persons you have
met.
This includes: people who you spend time with, work with, make friends with, see
or speak to (including by using social media or the internet) regularly.
37. You may need to tell new contacts about your supervision order and offending
history. The Corrective Services officer will instruct you to tell those persons and
the Corrective Services officer may speak to them to make sure you have given
them all the information.
Contact with children
38. You are not allowed to have any contact with children under 16 years of age. If
you want to have supervised or unsupervised contact with a child under 16 years of
age you must first get written permission from a Corrective Services officer. If you
do not get written permission, you are not allowed to have contact with the child.
“Contact” means any type of communication, including things like talking with
them face to face, texting, sending letters or emails, posting pictures or chatting,
using a telephone, computer, social media or in any other way.
“Supervised” means having contact with the child while another person is with you
and the child.
“Unsupervised” means having contact with the child while there is no other person
with you and the child.
39. If you have any repeated contact (that is, more than one time) with a parent,
guardian or carer of a child under the age of 16, you must:
a. Tell the person(s) about this supervision order; and
b. tell a Corrective Services officer the details of the person(s).
You must do this immediately. This means you have to tell the person, and tell a
Corrective Services officer, on the same day you have contact with the person.
40. Queensland Corrective Services has power to give information about you, and
about this supervision order, to any parent, guardian or caregivers that you have
contact with.
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41. Queensland Corrective Services also has power to give information about you, and
about this supervision order, to an external agency (such as the Department of
Child Safety).
42. You must not:
a. attend any school or childcare centre;
b. be in a place where there is a children’s play area or child minding area;
c. go to a public park;
d. go to a shopping centre;
e. join any club or organisation in which children are involved;
f. participate in any club or organisation in which children are involved.
If you want to do any of these things, you must first get written permission from a
Corrective Services officer. If you do not get written permission, you cannot do
any of these things.
Offence specific requirements
43. You must not collect photos/ videos/ magazines which have images of children in
them. If you have any you will be asked to get rid of them by a Corrective Services
officer.
44. You are not to get child exploitation material or images of children on a computer
or phone from the internet.
45. You cannot get pornographic images on a computer or phone from the internet or
magazines without written approval from a Corrective Services officer. Your
treating psychologist will provide advice regarding this approval.
46. You must develop a management plan with your psychologist or psychiatrist to
address any risk of sexual re-offence. You must talk about this with a Corrective
Services officer when asked.
47. You must advise a Corrective Services officer of any personal relationships you
have started.
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Official source: https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QSC/2020/217