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The Supreme Court has effectively limited the parole conditions that can be imposed on an offender.
The case was tested recently with an appeal by child sex offender Brett David Grinder, who was sentenced to preventative detention in 2003 for sex offences against 13 young victims between 1976 and 2001.
When his prison term ended the parole conditions placed on him included a ban on loitering near any place where children might congregate such as schools, parks and swimming pools.
He disputed whether these conditions were proportionate to the risk he posed, and the appeal reached the Supreme Court in October 2024.
The Court agreed that imposing conditions not proportionate to the risk, is a breach of the Bill of Rights Act. Julie-Ann Kincade is the Vice President of the Law Association of New Zealand.
