concurring.
The majority opinion concludes that any error in revoking defendant’s probation was not plain because the *85revocation authority of the trial court under OAR 213-010-0001 is not apparent and could be disputed. 221 Or App at 84. In my view, the rule indisputably confines the authority of the trial court to revoke probation to circumstances not present in this case. However, despite the trial court’s error in exceeding its authority under the rule, the court should not exercise its discretion to reverse the probation revocation judgment. Defendant’s failure to object to the state’s motion to revoke probation because “the defendant is not benefitting from probation,” likely affected the nature of the charges and the evidence presented at the probation violation hearing. It would not be just to allow defendant to contest the sanction or revocation because the proceedings were narrowed by his omission. Because of that, I would conclude that this is not a case in which the court properly should exercise its discretion to consider the plain error and, therefore, concur in affirming the judgment.
On February 11, 2004, defendant was sentenced to 60 months’ probation for his conviction of two counts of attempted sexual abuse in the first degree, ORS 163.427. His conditions of probation, among other restrictions, required defendant to take polygraph examinations “early in his intervention to properly plan his treatment regimen.” The conditions also forbade defendant from having “contact with male or female persons under the age of 14” and from engaging “in activities that will bring him in close contact with children.” More particularly, Condition 21 required:
“The offender will not frequent places where children or large numbers of people congregate, i.e., parks, playgrounds, schools, etc., until his actual range of deviant interest can be ascertained. This may be altered following the completion of the full disclosure polygraph procedure.”
Defendant was sanctioned with 60 days in jail in October 2004 because of an admitted violation of the conditions on associating with minors and his probation was continued.
The current proceedings arose from claimed associations with children by defendant at the Salem transit mall. The state moved to show cause why defendant’s probation should not be revoked because defendant “had contact with minors” and was “not benefitting from probation.” There was *86indirect evidence at the hearing that defendant met with children. There was, however, uncontroverted evidence that defendant had not taken the polygraph examination required by his conditions of probation. Following presentation of the evidence, defendant’s counsel argued that the “contact with minors” charge was not proved and that defendant was employed and in a position to comply with his probation conditions. The trial court revoked the probation and stated:
“[W]hat bothers me the most is it appears to me [defendant’s] attitude that he’s always going to ask after the fact. If he had taken a full disclosure polygraph * * * he could have then asked, ‘Can I work at the State Fair?’ ‘Can I go to the transit mall?’ ‘Can I ride the buses?’ ‘Can I be around 14-year-olds?’ But you didn’t do that.
“And so my finding today is going to be, I’m going to find that — based upon the fact that it is hearsay within hearsay, I’m going to find that the State has not proven the contact with the minors, but I am going to find that [defendant] is not benefitting from his probation, based upon a preponderance of the evidence and the testimony here today, and the evidence in the file. Therefore, I’m going to find him in violation of his probation on one count.”
Defendant argues in his appeal that the trial court erred in revoking his probation because of its finding that he was not benefitting from probation. Defendant contends that the trial court’s authority to revoke probation is limited by OAR 213-010-0001, which provides:
“The decision to revoke probation is discretionary and may be exercised upon a finding that the offender has violated one or more of the conditions of probation, or that the offender has participated in new criminal activity.”
Defendant reads the rule to state the only circumstances in which the court may exercise its discretion to revoke probation and not to include the circumstance of defendant’s lack of benefitting from probation.
The state contends that this issue was not preserved under ORAP 5.45(1), which provides that “[n]o matter claimed as error will be considered on appeal unless the claimed error was preserved in the lower court * * *, provided *87that the appellate court may consider an error of law apparent on the face of the record.” Defendant failed to object to the state’s motion to revoke probation on the ground that he was not benefitting from probation and admits that the issue was not preserved. However, defendant contends that the error is apparent on the face of the record.
The majority correctly recites the test for plain error under State v. Brown, 310 Or 347, 355, 800 P2d 259 (1990): (1) the error must be one “of law”; (2) it must be “not reasonably in dispute”; and (3) it must appear on the face of the record. 221 Or App at 80-81. The trial court’s error in failing to apply OAR 213-010-0001 is apparent from the record on review. But the majority concludes that the meaning of OAR 213-010-0001 is reasonably in dispute and, thus, that defendant is not aided by the plain error doctrine. The majority reasons that, because the rule does not “expressly indicate that the two grounds listed in the rule are the only grounds for revocation,” it could mean that the grounds are permissive rather than exclusive in nature. 221 Or App at 82. Moreover, the majority cites case law upholding probation revocation for lack of benefit from probation, albeit under different statutes and rules. Those arguments create, according to the majority, a reasonable dispute about the meaning of the rule. 221 Or App at 83.
I disagree with that conclusion. The meaning of the rule is plain — the only bases for revocation of probation are (1) a violation of the stated conditions of probation or (2) participation in new criminal activity. The court’s past authority under superseded statutes and rules is irrelevant to our understanding of the meaning of the rule.
The rule’s effect is obvious from its text and context, as well as from statutes that authorize the rule and otherwise frame a trial judge’s authority regarding probation decisions. Again, the text of OAR 213-010-0001 provides:
“The decision to revoke probation is discretionary and may be exercised upon a finding that the offender has violated one or more of the conditions of probation, or that the offender has participated in new criminal activity.”
*88The sentence in the rule contains a single subject (“the decision to revoke probation”) and two predicates (“is discretionary” and “may be exercised upon a finding”). Both predicates describe the decision to revoke probation. It is apparent, then, that a decision to revoke probation may be exercised only when a finding is made.
The state argues that the rule does not limit the discretion of the judge in the revocation of probation at all, but only states examples of the types of reasons that would justify that sanction. In other words, the state construes the rule as open-ended, allowing probation revocation for any reason, including the two reasons specified in the rule. That construction is plainly inconsistent with the text of the rule. Why require a finding in order to revoke probation if any determination will suffice? The requirement that a finding be made necessarily implies that something is to be determined. The only reasonable reading of the rule is that the necessary determinations are those stated in the rule itself.
Moreover, the reasons for revocation that are stated in the rule are not particular, but are very broad categories of reasons — failure to comply with any condition of probation and commission of any new crime. The rule does not state discrete justifications for revocation of probation as examples of an open-ended grouping, such as failure to remain in the state or possessing a firearm.1 The breadth of the categories of revocation justifications stated in the rule necessarily implies that those categories are intended to be exclusive in nature.
A reading of the rule as close-ended and confining of judicial discretion is consistent with statutes that authorize and limit judicial decisions about sentencing and probation. Both ORS 137.010(1) and ORS 137.120(2) confine judicial discretion to pass or impose sentence for a conviction of a felony “in accordance with rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.” OAR 213-010-0001 was adopted together with *89OAR 213-010-0002 to regulate judicial discretion in the making of probation revocation decisions.2 In State v. Hoffmeister, 164 Or App 192, 196-97, 990 P2d 910 (1999), we concluded that OAR 213-010-0002 limits the authority of a sentencing court to impose sanctions on offenders when probation is revoked, while also describing OAR 213-010-0001 as a limitation on judicial discretion:
“The trial court retains the discretionary authority to revoke a probationary sentence for cause. OAR 213-010-0001. Similarly, the trial court retains limited authority to impose sanctions on offenders when probation is revoked. OAR 213-010-0002.”
We similarly described OAR 213-010-0001 as a limitation on judicial discretion to revoke probation in State v. Buehler, 206 Or App 167, 136 P3d 64 (2006). As noted by the majority, Buehler did not decide the issue in this case — whether OAR 213-010-0001 confines judicial discretion to revoke probation to just the circumstances described in the rule. Buehler did decide, however, that OAR 213-010-0001 was a restriction on judicial discretion and that the rule narrowed revocation authority to be exercised based on “the existence of facts that, *90by their nature, can occur only after the offender has already been sentenced to probation.” Id. at 171 (emphasis in original). That view of OAR 213-010-0001 differs from the reading of the rule advanced by the state, that the rule codifies the unfettered discretionary authority of a trial court to revoke probation for any reason and on any set of facts.
The Legislative Assembly expressly made certain judicial decisions about probation discretionary and not contingent on predicate facts or determinations. A period of probation “may, in the discretion of the court, be continued or extended.” ORS 137.545(1)(a). ORS 137.545(l)(b) allows discharge from probation by a court without any qualification of that authority. ORS 137.540(7) provides that the “court may at any time modify the conditions of probation.” By contrast, ORS 137.540(6) makes revocation of probation a consequence of “[f]ailure to abide by all general and special conditions imposed by the court.” That statutory context makes it more likely that OAR 213-010-0001 was intended to limit judicial discretion to revoke probation. That statutory context is different from the older and superseded statutes that provided bases for the court’s conclusion in Barker v. Ireland, 238 Or 1, 4, 392 P2d 769 (1964), that probation may be revoked if the trial judge is satisfied that “the purposes of probation are not being served.”
Based on the text and context of the rule, I conclude that OAR 213-010-0001 plainly limits the exercise of judicial discretion in revoking probation and confines that discretion to the prerequisites stated in the rule. The trial court erred in revoking defendant’s probation for a reason other than one allowed under OAR 213-010-0001. That error of law appears from the record and is not reasonably in dispute under ORAP 5.45. That conclusion, however, does not end the inquiry. Our consideration of plain error is itself discretionary and depends on, among other factors,
“the competing interests of the parties; the nature of the case; the gravity of the error; the ends of justice in the particular case; how the error came to the court’s attention; and whether the policies behind the general rule requiring preservation of error have been served in the case in *91another way, i.e., whether the trial court was, in some manner, presented with both sides of the issue and given an opportunity to correct any error.”
Ailes v. Portland Meadows, Inc., 312 Or 376, 382 n 6, 823 P2d 956 (1991).
The ends of justice would not be served in this case by reversal and remand for further revocation proceedings. The undisputed evidence below was that defendant had not complied with a condition of probation that he submit to polygraph examinations “early in his intervention to properly plan his treatment regimen.” That violation had continued for 18 months by the time of the revocation hearing. The failure to take a polygraph examination prompted the trial court to conclude that the purposes of probation were not being served and to revoke probation. Were the court to consider the question again, that violation of probation would almost certainly prompt the same result. It does not serve the ends of justice to remand for an unnecessary hearing. State v. Ramirez, 343 Or 505, 514, 173 P3d 817 (2007) (Ailes discretion should not be exercised to provide unnecessary hearing on remand). Moreover, had defendant objected to the state’s motion to revoke probation because the purposes of probation were not being served, the violation of the polygraph condition could have been asserted as a basis for revocation of probation. Where defendant’s own failure to object likely affected the scope of the proceedings and the record, it would not be just to allow defendant to avoid probation revocation because of deficiencies in the charges or the evidence to justify probation revocation.
For those reasons, I concur in affirming the judgment under review.
ORS 137.540(1) lists a number of mandatory conditions of probation that are imposed unless specifically deleted by the court, including requirements that the probationer “[r]emain in the State of Oregon until written permission to leave is granted” and “[n]ot possess weapons, firearms or dangerous animals.” ORS 137.540(1)(e), (L).
OAR 213-010-0001 and OAR 213-010-0002 (former OAR 253-10-001 and former OAR 253-10-002) were adopted in 1988 by the State Sentencing Guidelines Board, a predecessor to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, as part of a package of rules on the implementation of the sentencing guidelines. The rules were approved by the Legislative Assembly. Or Laws 1989, ch 790. OAR 213-010-0002 provides:
“Revocation Sanctions
“(1) For those offenders whose presumptive sentence was probation, the sentence upon revocation shall be to the supervisory authority for a term up to a maximum of six months.
“(2) For those offenders whose probationary sentence was either a departure from a presumptive prison sentence or a sentence imposed pursuant to OAR 213-005-0006, the sentence upon revocation shall be a prison term up to the maximum presumptive prison term which could have been imposed initially, if the presumptive prison term exceeds 12 months. For those presumptive prison terms 12 months or less, the sentence upon revocation shall be to the supervisory authority, up to the maximum presumptive prison term.
“(3) Notwithstanding (2) of this rule, if a probation sentence is revoked under ORS 137.712(5), the court shall impose the presumptive prison term.
“(4) When imposing a revocation sanction, the sentencingjudge shall also set a term of post-prison supervision in accordance with OAR 213-005-0002.
“(5) No revocation sanction may exceed the limitations established by this rule.”