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SENTENCING AMENDMENT (SENTENCING STANDARDS) ACT 2017 (NO. 34 OF 2017) - SECT 40

Content of guideline judgment

    (1)     Before section 6AC(f) of the Sentencing Act 1991 insert

    "(eb)     guidelines as to the appropriate level or range of sentences for a particular offence or class of offence;".

    (2)     At the end of section 6AC of the Sentencing Act 1991 insert

    "(2)     Counsel for the prosecution or the defence may make a submission to a court considering the sentence for an offence, on the level or range of sentences that could be imposed for it, if that level or range has been set out in a guideline judgment.

    (3)     Subsections (1)(eb) and (2) have effect despite any rule of law or practice to the contrary and any such rule is abolished.".



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