Minister: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services
Agency: Queensland Health
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Queensland Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Queensland Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Contents Part 1
1 3 4
4A 5 5A
6 7 8
8A Part 2 9
10 11 12
12A 13 13A
13B 14 15
15A Part 2A 15AA
Page Preliminary Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 20 Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20 Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 21 Meaning of authorised corrective
services officer . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Meaning of penalty unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Prescribed value of particular
penalty unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Application to
children and
certain courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sentences under this Act are sentences
for purposes
of the
Criminal Code, ch 67 . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 34 Construction of references to court
that made order . . . . . . . . . . 34
Delegation of powers by proper
officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 34 Governing principles
Sentencing guidelines . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Court’s reasons to be stated and recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Matters to be considered in
determining offender’s character . .
42
Court to consider whether or not to record conviction
. . . . . . . . . 42
Convictions for
offences relating to domestic violence . . . . . . . .
45
Guilty plea to be
taken into
account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Cooperation with
law enforcement authorities to
be taken
into account— undertaking to
cooperate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 47 Cooperation with law enforcement
authorities to be taken into account— cooperation
given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Preference must
be given
to compensation for
victims .
. . . . . . . 52
Information or
submissions for sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Audiovisual link
or audio
link may
be used
to sentence . . . . . . . 53
Guideline judgments Definitions for
pt 2A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Contents 15AB
15AC 15AD 15AE
15AF 15AG 15AH
15AI 15AJ 15AK
15AL Part 3 Division 1
Subdivision 1 15B
15C 15D 15E
15F Subdivision 2 16 17
18 19 20
21 Division 2 22
23 24 25
26 Powers of court to give or review
guideline judgments . . . . . . . . 55
Limitations for guideline judgments . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Guideline judgments on own initiative . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Guideline judgments on application
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Right of appearance in a guideline
proceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Powers of Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions
. .
58
Relevant considerations before giving
or reviewing
guideline judgment 58
Procedural requirements if court decides to
give or review guideline judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Discretion of court preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Use
of evidence in giving or reviewing guideline
judgments .
. . . 59
Relationship between guideline
judgments and
other sentencing matters 60
Releases, restitution and compensation Orders to
release certain offenders Interpretation Definitions for
div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Meaning of eligible drug
offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Meaning of eligible drug
offence .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62
Meaning of
disqualifying offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Meaning of
approved provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Orders Court may make
order under
this division
if it
does not
record conviction 65
Making of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Matters to which court must have
regard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65 Order of court . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 65 Contravention of order . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67 Termination
of recognisance .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recognisances for
property related offences Court may make
order under
this division
if it
does not
record conviction 68
When
court may act under this division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 68 Adjournment and release of offender if
recognisance entered into 68 Offender may be
called on to do certain things . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69 Offender may be called on for sentence
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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2
27 28 Division 3
29 30 31
32 33 33A
Division 3AA 33AA
33AB 33AC 33AD
33AE 33AF Division
3A 33B 33C Division 4
34 35 36
37 38 39
39A 40 41
42 43 Part 3A
43A 43B 43C
43D Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents Offender failing
to appear under recognisance or when called . . 69
Termination of recognisance . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Release on entering into recognisance
Court may act under this division whether or
not it records conviction 70 Recognisance—conviction on indictment
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recognisance—summary conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recognisance instead of imposing any other sentence
. . . . . . .
71
Termination
of recognisance .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Failing to obey condition of recognisance .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Offenders failing to enter into recognisances
before leaving court
Application of
division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Proper officer of
court may
give offender
notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Court may issue warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Orders for offender appearing before
court .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Orders for
particular offender failing to appear before
court .
. . . 74
Evidentiary provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Provisions relating to forfeited recognisances Order for
payment of amount under forfeited recognisance . . . .
77
Variation or revocation of
order forfeiting recognisance . . . . . . . 77
Orders for restitution and
compensation Court may act
under this
division whether or not it records conviction
79 Order for restitution or compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
What
order may state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Limit on imprisonment under s 36(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Extension of
time .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Directions for enforcing order
of imprisonment .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Other orders available on failure to comply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Failing to appear as directed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Instalments—failing to pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Payment of restitution or
compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Division does not
limit operation of other provisions
. . . . . . . . . .
82
Non-contact orders Court may make order whether
or not
it records
conviction . . . .
82
Making non-contact order
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Requirements of
non-contact
order .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Amending or revoking non-contact order
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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43F Part 3B 43G
43H 43I 43J
43K 43L 43M
43N 43O Part 4
Division 1 44
45 46 47
48 49 50
51 Division 2 52
53 54 55
56A 57 58
59 60 61
62 Order to be given to interested
persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87 Contravention of non-contact order . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Banning orders Definitions for
pt 3B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 89 Record of conviction not
required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 89 What is a banning order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Making a banning order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Banning order
to be
explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Amending or revoking banning
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Banning order to
be given
to interested
persons .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
95
Commissioner of
police service may give copy of banning order to
particular persons . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
95 Contravention of banning order . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Fines General
Court may impose fine whether or not
conviction recorded . . . . 97
Power to fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97
Fine
limitations of certain courts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98
Lesser fine than
provided may
be imposed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Exercise of
power to
fine .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98
Single fine for 2
or more
offences .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instalment order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Payment of fine
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100
Fine
option orders Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100
Application for
order if
offender before court
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101
If
offender not before court written
notice of
right to
apply for
fine option order to be given . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102 Application for order generally . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Offender may apply to proper officer for
fine option order . . . . . . 103
Matters to be considered on
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103 Proper officer must reconsider
offender’s financial position . . . .
105 Determination of
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
106
Application may
be granted
or refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
106
Making of order by proper officer of the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Effect of fine option order
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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66 67 68
69 70 71
72 73 74
76 78 79
80 81 82
83 84 85
86 88 89
Part
5 Division 1 90
91 92 93
94 95 96
97 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents No liability if
warrant executed in good faith and without negligence 109
Order to be in writing . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Release from custody when order is made . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Requirements of fine option orders . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Directions under fine option order . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Period mentioned in s 66(2) may be extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
Maximum number of hours
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Fine
reduced proportionate to imprisonment
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112
Community service to be performed
cumulatively . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Performance of
community service to be credited
against fine . . 113
Payments and application of
payments .
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. 113 Failing to comply with a requirement of
an order . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Proper officer to determine
hours of
community service . . . . . . .
115
Effect of revoking order under
s 74
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. 115 Revocation of fine option order
other than
under s
74 . . . . . . . .
116
Offender may be
re-sentenced on
revocation of order under s 79 116
Application for
revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
117
Imprisonment to
be reduced
proportionate to amount of fine paid or
community service performed . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Court to notify court that imposed fine
option order . . . . . . . . . . 121
Certificates . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 121 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122 Hearing and determination of
appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 122 Termination of
fine option
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Original order terminated .
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123
Intermediate orders Probation orders Court may make
probation order whether
or not
conviction recorded 124
Making of an order . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124 Effect of order . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 124 General requirements of probation
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
125 Additional requirements of probation
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Probation
order to
be explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Offender to agree to making or amending of
order .
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127
Multiple offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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Division 2 Subdivision
1 100 101 102
103 105 106
107 108 Subdivision
2 108A
108B 108C 108D
Division 3 109
110 Part 5A 110A
110B 110C 110D
110E 110F 110G
110H 110I Part 6
111 112 113
114 Application of s 32 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127 Termination of probation order
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Community service orders General
Court may make order whether or not
conviction recorded . . . . 128
Making of an order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
128
Effect of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
General
requirements of community service
order .
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128
Community
service order to be explained
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129
Offender to agree to making or amending of
order .
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130
Multiple offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Termination of
community service order
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. 131 Community service orders
mandatory for particular
offences Definitions for
sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
When
community service order must be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Effect if offender is also subject to other orders
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Effect if offender is detained
on remand
or imprisoned .
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. .
. 133 General Court may make
probation order and community service
order for
an offender . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 133 Appeal against probation order or
community service order . . . . 134
Graffiti removal orders Making of an
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Effect of
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
General requirements of
graffiti removal order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Graffiti removal order to be explained
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. 136 Multiple
orders for single graffiti
offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Multiple orders for multiple
offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137
Successive orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Unpaid service to be performed cumulatively .
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139
Termination of
graffiti removal order
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140
Intensive correction orders Court may make order only if it records conviction
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. 140 Making of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
Effect of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
General requirements of intensive
correction order . . . . . . . . . . 141
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118 119 Part 7
Division 1 120
120A 121 122
Division 2 123
124 125 126
126A 127 128
129 130 131
132 Division 3 133
134 135 136
137 138 139
140 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents Additional
requirements of intensive correction order . . . . . . . . .
142 Intensive correction order to be
explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142 Offender to agree to making or
amending of order . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Multiple offences . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Termination of intensive correction
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
144 Other provisions relating to
community based orders
Amendment and
revocation of orders
Amendment and
revocation of community
based orders generally 144 Amendment and revocation
of s
108B community service
order or
graffiti removal
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Offender may be re-sentenced on revocation
of order . . . . . . . . 145
Application for amendment or
revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146 Contravention of orders
Offence to contravene requirement of
community based orders 146 Proceeding for
offence may
be brought
in any
Magistrates Court 147
Powers of Magistrates Court that convicts offender
of offence
against s 123(1) . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 147 Powers of Supreme Court or District
Court to deal with offender 149
Particular provision for driver licence
disqualifications . . . . . . . . 151
Additional power of courts in relation to an
intensive correction order 151 Summons or
warrant for
contravention of single community based
order 152 Summons or warrant for
contravention of multiple
orders made
by courts of different jurisdictions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Discharge of multiple community
based orders where
contravention taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Contravention of
requirements of order—judge to determine .
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154
Proceedings
after end
of period
of order
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. 155 General Authorised
corrective services officers subject to direction of court
155 Requirements of
order have
effect despite appeal . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Directions under community based
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Notifications following making
of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Facilitation of
proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Application of
Justices Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Court may order summons or warrant for
offender’s
appearance 158 Power of Magistrates Court under
s 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2)
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Part
8 143 144 145
146 146A 147
148 149 150
151A Part 8A Division 1
151B 151C Division 2
151D 151E 151F
151G 151H Division 3
Subdivision 1 151I
151J 151K 151L
Subdivision 2 151M Subdivision
3 151N
151O Page 8 Community
service under intensive correction order cumulative with any
other community service . . . . . . . . . .
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Offence against this part—complainant
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Orders of suspended imprisonment
Court not to act without recording a
conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Sentence of imprisonment may be suspended .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Effect of suspended imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Consequences of
committing offence during
operational period 160
Summons or warrant for
offender whose sentence
of imprisonment has been suspended . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162 Power of court mentioned in s
146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 163 Imprisonment to be served
immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166 Reasons not stated—order still valid .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Bail
Act applies if offender not dealt with immediately
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and parole
for suspended sentences . . . . . 166
Drug
and alcohol treatment orders Preliminary Definitions for
part .
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. 167 Purpose of part and treatment
orders .
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169
When
treatment orders may be made Court may
make treatment order only if it records conviction
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. 169 When
treatment order may be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
When
treatment order can not be made
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Particular matters for offences
involving violence against
another person 171 Multiple
offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 172 Making treatment orders
Preliminary steps Explaining
treatment order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 173 Offender
to agree
to making
of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
174
Adjournment for
obtaining suitability assessment report
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. 174 Requirements for
suitability assessment report . . . . . . . . . . . . .
174
Content of
treatment orders Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175
Custodial part Custodial part
of treatment order
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. 175 Orders if offender commits offence
for which
imprisonment may be
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151P Subdivision 4 151Q
151R 151S Division 4
151T 151U 151V
151W Division 5 151X
151Y 151Z Division 6
151ZA 151ZB
151ZC 151ZD
Part
9 Division 1 152
152A 153 153A
Division 2 154
155 156 156A
158A 159 imposed . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 176 Considerations for taking action under
s 151O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Rehabilitation part Rehabilitation
part of treatment order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 178 Core conditions . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179 Treatment
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Administering treatment orders Review
team obligations and requirement
for court
to consult . .
180
Court may cancel rehabilitation part
of treatment order
on early completion of treatment program
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Court may amend rehabilitation part of
treatment order . . . . . . . 181
Failure to comply with rehabilitation part
of treatment order . . . . 182 Ending treatment
orders Court may revoke treatment order
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Requirements
for revocation .
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. 184 Termination of treatment
orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Miscellaneous Immunity from prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Arrest warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Court may remand offender in
custody .
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. 186 No appeal against particular decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Imprisonment Liability
Court must record conviction
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187
Proper officer to give chief executive
(corrective
services) record of order of imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188 Imprisonment—liability to
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188 Term of imprisonment if none
prescribed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188 Calculation Calculation of
term of imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 189 Imprisonment to
be served
concurrently unless otherwise
ordered 189 Cumulative orders of imprisonment .
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189
Cumulative order
of imprisonment must
be made
in particular circumstances .
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. . . . 190 Term of imprisonment does not run if
offender on bail awaiting appeal 191
Term
of imprisonment does not run while prisoner
at large . . . . 191
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160 160A 160AA
160B 160C 160D
160E 160F 160G
160H Part 9A 161A
161B 161C Part 9B
161D 161E Part 9C
Division 1 161F
Division 2 161G
161H 161I 161J
161K 161L 161M
Part
9D Division 1 Page 10
Time
held in presentence custody to be deducted . . . . . . . .
. . . 191 Parole Definitions for
div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Application of
ss 160B–160D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 195 Reduction of minimum period of
imprisonment for particular offenders 196
Sentence of 3 years or less and not a
serious violent offence or sexual offence . . . .
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. 197 Sentence of more than 3 years and not a serious violent offence
or sexual offence
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. 199 Sentence for a serious violent offence
or sexual
offence . . . . . .
199
Automatic
cancellation of parole release or eligibility dates . . . . 200
Significance of
an offender’s period of imprisonment . . . . . . . . . 201
Court may fix any day of sentence as parole
release date . . . . . 201 Series of sentences involving
terms of
imprisonment . . . . . . . . . 203
Convictions of
serious violent offences When an offender
is convicted of
a serious
violent offence . . . .
204
Declaration of
conviction of serious violent offence . . . . . . . . . .
204
Calculation of
number of
years of
imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Repeat serious child sex offences Meaning of serious
child sex
offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Mandatory sentence for repeat serious child
sex offence
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207
Serious drug offences Interpretation Meaning of category
A offence,
category B
offence and
category C offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208 Issue of serious drug offence
certificates Issue of serious drug offence
certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208 Content of serious drug offence
certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
210 Amendment of certificate by court to
include related offence for which offender is
sentenced later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Amendment of certificate by proper officer
to correct minor error 211 Amendment by
proper officer, or cancellation, of certificate on quashing
of
conviction or appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Effect of amendment of certificate
on date
of issue . . . . . . . . . . 213
Process for issuing or amending certificate .
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213
Serious and organised crime
Preliminary
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161O 161P 161Q
Division 2 161R
161S Division 3 Subdivision
1 161T
161U 161V 161W
161X 161Y 161Z
161ZA 161ZB
161ZC Subdivision
2 161ZD
161ZE 161ZF
161ZG Subdivision
3 161ZH Subdivision
4 161ZI 161ZJ
161ZK 161ZL
161ZM Definitions for
part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 214 Meaning of criminal organisation . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Meaning of participant . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Meaning of serious organised crime
circumstance of aggravation 218
Term
of imprisonment for particular offenders Court must
impose term
of imprisonment .
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. 218 Cooperation with law enforcement agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Control orders Making of
orders Court may make
control order whether
or not
conviction recorded or
other order made . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
221 When court must make order
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223 When court may make order—offender who
was participant in criminal organisation .
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224
When
court may make order—offender convicted
of habitual
consorting 224 When court may make order—offender
convicted of contravening
order 225
Control order to
be explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Offender
subject to
existing control order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Duration . . .
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. 226 Effect if offender is detained on
remand or imprisoned . . . . . . . . 227
Amendment
and revocation of
orders Application
for amendment or
revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
227
Court may amend order or remit application
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229
Court may revoke order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Order amending or revoking
control order to be given to interested persons
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. . . . . . . . 230 Restrictions on use of particular
information Restrictions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 231 Enforcement Contravention of
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 231 Initial
power to
search and
seize particular things
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234
Things seized within
the first
24 hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Police powers for preventing
contravention of control order . . . . 236
Authorised
corrective services officer may
give direction . . . . . .
237
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161ZO 161ZP
161ZQ 161ZR
161ZS 161ZT
161ZU Subdivision
5 161ZV 161ZW
161ZX 161ZY
161ZZ 161ZZA
161ZZB 161ZZC
161ZZD Subdivision
6 161ZZE
Part
10 162 163 164
165 166 166A
166B 166C 167
168 169 170
171 Proceeding after order no longer in
force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
237 Charge must be heard and decided
summarily on prosecution election 238
Constitution of Magistrates Court
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When
Magistrates Court must abstain from jurisdiction
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. . . . . 238 Charge may be heard and decided where
defendant arrested or served 238
Time
for prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Maximum penalty for offence dealt with
summarily . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Appeals against decision to decide charge
summarily . . . . . . . . 239
Corresponding control orders
Definitions
for subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
240
Regulation may prescribe orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Application for
registration of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Registration of
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
241
Referral of
order to court for adaptation or
modification . . . . . . . 241
Action by the registrar and
commissioner after registration
of order 243
Effect of
amended order if respondent
not notified of
amendment 243 Amendment or cancellation
of registered order . . . . . . . . . . . . .
244
Operation of order not affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Miscellaneous Order not affected by appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
245
Indefinite
sentences Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
245
Indefinite
sentence—imposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Counsel for
prosecution to inform court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
247
Attorney-General’s
consent .
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247
Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
247
Reports about offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
248
Distribution of
reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Use
of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Court to give reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Onus
of proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Standard of proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
Review—periodic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
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172 172A 172B
172C 172D 173
174 174A 174B
174C 176 177
178 179 Part 10A
179A 179C 179D
179E 179F 179G
179H Part 10B 179I
179J 179K 179L
179M 179N Part 11
180 180A 181
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imprisoned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
252 Distribution of reports
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. 252 Disputed report . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
253 Review hearing . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
253 Court not to have regard to possible
order under Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual
Offenders) Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 253 Indefinite sentence discharged
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Parole application if finite sentence
imposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
254 When parole order must be made . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Provisions for parole orders under part . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parole provisions on
cancellation of parole order . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Registrar of court to give report
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257
Appeals—general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
258
Appeals—Attorney-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
258
Hearings—offender to be present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Offender levy Purpose of pt
10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
260
Imposition of offender levy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
260
Subsequent sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
261
Payment of offender levy
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. 261 Enforcement of
offender levy by registration .
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. 262 Amounts to be satisfied
before satisfying offender
levy . . . . . . . 263
Effect of appeal against relevant
convictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Victim impact statements Definitions for
part .
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. 264 Application of part
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Giving details of impact of crime on victim during sentencing
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. 265 Preparation of victim impact statement
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266
Reading aloud
of victim
impact statement during
sentencing . . . 267
Special arrangements for reading
aloud of
victim impact statement during
sentencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
General Effect of
alterations in sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 269 Meaning of certain sentence
provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269 Corporations entitled to aggrieved
party payments . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Corporations
to be
fined if
imprisonment is the only penalty
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270
Corporation
fines under
penalty provision .
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182 182A 183
184 185 185A
185B 185C 186
187 188 189
190 191 192
193 194 195
195A 195B 195C
195D 196 197
Part
12 Division 1 198
199 200 Division 2
201 Corporation fines under provision
authorising subordinate legislation 271
Enforcement of order for penalty for an
offender dealt with on indictment 271
Court may make order for default payment of
penalty . . . . . . . . 272
Imprisonment unless penalty paid . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Imprisonment unless act done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Scale of imprisonment for non-payment of
penalty . . . . . . . . . . . 274
If offender does
not pay
penalty under s 182A or 185 . . . . . . . . 275
Power of proper officer to postpone warrant
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275
Power of proper officer to recall warrant
and issue
new warrant
on part payment of penalty . . . . . . . .
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276 Reduction of imprisonment
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
276 Disqualification from holding
Queensland driver licence . . . . . . . 277
Court may reopen sentencing proceedings . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Outstanding offences may be taken into
account in imposing sentence 280
Magistrates Court may release offender . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Effect of order under s 190
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
282 Magistrates Court to assess value of
property . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
283 Payment of value or amount assessed
under s 192 . . . . . . . . . . 283
Restoration
of property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Passport orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
285
Failure to perform community service
in a
satisfactory way . . . . 286
Access to court files by representative of
community justice group
in offender’s
community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 287 Confidentiality . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 288 Protection from liability
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288 Regulation-making power
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289 Forms . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 289 Queensland
Sentencing Advisory Council Establishment
and functions Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Functions of council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
289
Powers of council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
290
Membership Appointment of
members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
290
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202 203 203A
203B 203C Division 3
203D 203E 203F
203G 203H Division 4
203I 203J Part 13
204 205 Part 14
Division 1 206
207 208 209
210 211 212
213 214 215
216 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents Chairperson and
deputy chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 292 Term of appointment . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
292 Conditions of appointment . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Vacancy in office . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Council decision not invalidated by defect
in appointment or vacancy 293 Proceedings Conduct of
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Quorum . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 294 Presiding at meetings
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. 294 Conduct
of meetings
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Minutes
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295
Other matters Council may
engage persons to help in performing functions .
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295
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
295
Miscellaneous General
transitional provisions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Penalty Units
Act 1985
references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Transitional provisions Transitional
provisions before Criminal
Law Amendment Act
2012 Transitional provisions for
Penalties and Sentences
(Serious
Violent Offences)
Amendment Act 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 297 Transitional provisions for State
Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 297
Transitional provisions for Criminal Law
Amendment Act 2000 . 298 Transitional
provision for Penalties and Sentences (Non-contact Orders)
Amendment
Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Transitional provisions for
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 2002 .
299
Transitional provision for the Sexual
Offences (Protection of Children) Amendment
Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300
Transitional provisions for
the 2004
amendments—approved forms
and serious violent
offences .
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. 300 Transitional provision for
s 157
(Eligibility for
post-prison
community based release)
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. 301 Transitional provision for
pt 9,
div 3
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. 302 Transitional provision for
State Penalties Enforcement and
Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Code and
Other Acts
Amendment Act 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
303
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only 217 218
219 220 Division 2
221 Division 3 223
Division 4 224
Division 5 226
Division 6 227
228 229 230
231 Division 7 232
Division 8 233
Division 9 234
Division 10 235
Division 11 236
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16 Transitional provision for Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 303 Transitional
provision for Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and
Modernisation Amendment Act 2010
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Transitional provision for the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010
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. . . . . . . 304 Transitional provision for
Liquor and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Transitional provisions for
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 2012 Transitional provision for
s 171
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305
Transitional provision for
Criminal Law (Two Strike Child Sex
Offenders)
Amendment Act 2012
Transitional provision for
s 161E
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. 306 Transitional provisions for Penalties
and Sentences and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2012 Retrospective
application of s 179C in particular circumstances 306 Transitional provision for
Criminal Proceeds Confiscation (Unexplained
Wealth and
Serious Drug Offender
Confiscation Order) Amendment
Act 2013 Retrospective application of
pt 9C
in particular circumstances .
. 307 Transitional provisions for
expiry of
Drug Court
Act 2000 Definitions for div 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
Application
of div
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Continuation
of warrants
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. 308 Dealing with offences after
enforcement of warrant
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Sentencing
an offender
after enforcement of
warrant .
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309
Transitional provision for
Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2013 Transitional provision for sch 1
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Transitional provision for Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations Disruption) and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2013 Application
of amended
s 15A
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. 310 Transitional provision for
Youth Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2014 Sentencing
guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Transitional
provisions for Criminal
Law Amendment Act
2014 Application of s
13B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 311 Transitional provisions for Safe Night
Out Legislation Amendment Act
2014 Sentencing guidelines . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents Not authorised —indicative only
237 238 Division
12 239 Division 13 240
Division 14 241
Division 15 242
Division 16 Subdivision
1 243
244 245 246
247 248 Subdivision
2 249
250 251 Division
17 252 Division 18 253
Division 19 254
Banning orders . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
311 Community service orders required
under s 108B . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Transitional provision for Tackling
Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2016
Imposition of DAAR condition
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
312 Transitional provision for Criminal
Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act 2016
Sentencing submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Transitional
provision for Youth Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
(No.
1) 2016 Sentencing guidelines .
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313
Transitional
provision for Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016
Offence of a sexual nature
taken to
include references to
Criminal Code, ss
208 and 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Transitional
provisions for Serious
and Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act
2016 Transitional provisions for
repeal of
Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013
Definitions for subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
314
Application
of subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
314
Application
to Supreme
Court to
reopen sentencing proceedings 314 Supreme Court may reopen sentencing
proceedings . . . . . . . . . 315
Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
316
No
cause of action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
316
Other transitional provisions Making of
control order for offender
convicted of committing
indictable offence before
commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 317 Application of amended s 187 . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Application of s 161Q to particular
prescribed offences . . . . . . . 317
Transitional provision for Criminal Law
Amendment Act 2017 Warrant for arrest of offender failing to
enter into recognisance under order made
before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
318
Transitional provision for Victims of Crime
Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2017 Victim impact
statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
318
Transitional
provision for Liquor and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Banning orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Contents Schedule 1
Schedule 1A Schedule
1B Schedule 1C Schedule 2
Serious violent offences . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serious child
sex offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . Serious drug offences . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed
offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . Qualifying offences
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328 333 Not
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
[s
] An Act to consolidate and amend the law
relating to sentencing of offenders and to impose a levy on
offenders on sentence Not authorised
—indicative only
Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
19
Not authorised —indicative
only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part 1
Preliminary [s 1] Preamble 1
Society is entitled to protect itself and
its members from harm. 2 The criminal law
and the power of courts to impose sentences on
offenders represent
important ways
in which society
protects itself and its members from
harm. 3 Society may limit the liberty of
members of society only to prevent harm to itself or other
members of society. 4 Society is entitled to recover from
offenders funds to help pay for the cost of
law enforcement and administration. Part 1
Preliminary 1
Short
title This Act
may be cited
as the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 .
3 Purposes The purposes of
this Act include— (a) collecting into a single Act general
powers of courts to sentence offenders; and (b)
providing for
a sufficient range
of sentences for
the appropriate punishment and
rehabilitation of offenders, and,
in appropriate circumstances, ensuring
that protection of
the Queensland community is a paramount consideration;
and (c) encouraging particular offenders to
cooperate with law enforcement agencies
in proceedings or
investigations about major
criminal offences; and (d) promoting
consistency of approach in the sentencing of offenders;
and (e) providing fair procedures—
Page
20 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
1 Preliminary [s 4] (i)
for
imposing sentences; and (ii) for
dealing with
offenders who
contravene the
conditions of their sentence; and
(f) providing sentencing principles that
are to be applied by courts; and (g)
making provision so that offenders are not
imprisoned for non-payment of
fines without
the opportunity of
obtaining a fine option order; and
(h) promoting public understanding of
sentencing practices and procedures; and
(i) generally reforming the sentencing
laws of Queensland; and (j) providing for
the imposition of an offender levy. 4
Definitions In this
Act— approved form means a form
approved by the chief executive for the relevant
purpose. approved provider , for part 3,
division 1, see section 15F. attend
,
for part 3, division 1, see section 15B. Attorney-General , for part 2A,
see section 15AA. authorised corrective services
officer see section 4A. authorised
officer , for part 9C, means the director of
public prosecutions, a
deputy director
of public prosecutions, or
a lawyer appointed to assist the
director of public prosecutions in the
performance of the functions of the director of public
prosecutions under part 9C.
banning order , for part 3B,
see section 43I. benefit , for part 9D,
see section 161N. board guidelines means
guidelines under
the Corrective Services Act
2006 , section 242E. Current as at
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Part 1
Preliminary [s 4] Not authorised
—indicative only
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22 category A offence see section
161F. category B offence see section
161F. category C offence see section
161F. chief executive officer of Legal Aid
Queensland , for part 2A, see section
15AA. commissioner , for part 9D,
see section 161N. community based order means any
community service order, graffiti removal order, intensive
correction order or probation order.
community justice group , for an
offender, means— (a) a community
justice group
established under
the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander Communities (Justice,
Land and
Other Matters)
Act 1984 ,
part 4,
division 1, for the offender’s community;
or (b) a group
of persons within
the offender’s community, other than a
department of government, that is involved in the provision
of any of the following— (i) information to a
court about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
offenders; (ii) diversionary, interventionist or
rehabilitation activities relating
to Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander offenders; (iii)
other activities relating to local justice
issues; or (c) a group of persons made up of elders
or other respected persons of the offender’s community.
community service has the same
meaning as in the Corrective Services Act
2006 . community service order
means a community service order in
force under part 5, division 2.
control order , for part 9D,
see section 161N. conviction means
a finding of
guilt, or
the acceptance of
a plea of guilty, by a court.
Current as at [Not applicable]
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
1 Preliminary [s 4] Not
authorised —indicative only
core
conditions , of the rehabilitation part of a treatment
order, see section 151R(1). corrective services
facility see
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 , schedule
4. corresponding control order
,
for part 9D, see section 161N. council
means the Queensland Sentencing Advisory
Council established under section 198.
court —
(a) for part 2A—see section 15AA;
or (b) for part 8A—see section 151B;
or (c) for part
9D, division 3,
subdivision 5—see
section 161ZV.
criminal organisation see section
161O. Crown prosecutor includes—
(a) the Attorney-General; and
(b) the director of public prosecutions;
and (c) another person, other than a police
officer, appearing for the State. current
parole eligibility date
, for part
9, division 3,
see section 160. current parole
release date , for part 9, division 3, see section
160. custodial
part , of a treatment order, see section
151N(2). DAAR condition , for part 3,
division 1, see section 19(2B). dangerous
prisoners application means an application under
the Dangerous Prisoners
(Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 for a
continuing detention
order, interim
detention order,
supervision order or interim supervision
order. director of
public prosecutions ,
for part 2A,
see section 15AA.
disqualifying offence , for part 3,
division 1, see section 15E. Current as at
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Part 1
Preliminary [s 4] Not authorised
—indicative only
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24 domestic violence offence
see
the Criminal Code, section 1. drug
and alcohol treatment
order ,
for part 8A,
see section 151B.
drug
assessment and education session , for part 3,
division 1, see section 15B. drug
diversion condition
, for part
3, division 1,
see section 19(2A). drug diversion
court , for part 3, division 1, see section
15B. eligible drug offence , for part 3,
division 1, see section 15D. eligible drug
offender , for part 3, division 1, see section
15C. eligible offence , for part 8A,
see section 151B. fine , for part 4,
division 2, see section 52. fine option
order means a fine option order made under
part 4, division 2. finite
sentence , for part 10, see section 173(1)(b).
finite term , for a
provision about a finite sentence, means the term of the
sentence. graffiti offence means—
(a) an offence against the Criminal Code,
section 469 that is punishable under section 469, clause 9;
or (b) an offence
against the
Summary Offences
Act 2005 ,
section 17(1). graffiti removal
order means a graffiti removal order in
force under part 5A. graffiti removal
service means— (a)
the
removal of graffiti; or (b) work
related or
incidental to
the work mentioned
in paragraph (a); or (c)
other work
related to
or incidental to
the clean up
of public places whether or not it
relates to the removal of graffiti. Current as at
[Not applicable]
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
1 Preliminary [s 4] Not
authorised —indicative only
guideline judgment means a judgment
that— (a) is declared to be a guideline judgment
by the Court of Appeal; and (b)
contains guidelines to be taken into account
by courts in sentencing offenders, being guidelines
applying— (i) generally; or (ii)
to a
particular court or class of court; or (iii)
to a particular offence,
or class of
offence, including under
a Commonwealth Act; or (iv) to a particular
penalty or class of penalty; or (v)
to a
particular class of offender. guideline
judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth Act
,
for part 2A, see section 15AA. guideline
proceeding , for part 2A, see section 15AA.
harm , for part 10B,
see section 179I. honorary member , of an
organisation, for part 9D, see section 161N.
impose , a term of
imprisonment on an offender for an offence, for part 9,
division 3, see section 160. indefinite
sentence , for part 10, see section 162.
intensive correction order
means an
intensive correction order in force
under part 6. licence , for part 3B,
see section 43G. licensed premises , for part 3B,
see section 43G. licensee , for part 3B,
see section 43G. major criminal offence see section
161S(5). most serious related offence
see
section 161G. nominal sentence , for part 10,
see section 162. non-contact order means a
non-contact order in force under part 3A.
Current as at [Not applicable]
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25
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part 1
Preliminary [s 4] offender
means a
person who
is convicted of
an offence, whether or not a
conviction is recorded. offender levy see section
179C. offender’s community
means the
offender’s Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander community, whether it
is— (a) an urban community; or
(b) a rural community; or
(c) a community
on DOGIT land
under the
Aboriginal Land
Act 1991 or the
Torres Strait
Islander Land
Act 1991 .
office holder
, of an
organisation, for
part 9D,
see section 161N.
operational period —
(a) for a
term of
imprisonment suspended
under section
144(1)—means the period stated under section
144(5) in relation to the term; or (b)
for the custodial
part of
a treatment order
under part
8A—see section 151B. original
order — (a) for part 3,
division 3AA—see section 33AA(a); or (b)
for
part 4, division 2—see section 52. parole
means parole under a parole order granted
under the Corrective Services Act 2006
. parole eligibility date
,
for an offender, for part 9, division 3, see section
160. parole release date , for an
offender, for part 9, division 3, see section
160. participant , in a criminal
organisation, see section 161P. penalty
includes any fine, compensation, restitution
or other amount of money but does not include an
offender levy. Page 26 Current as at
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Part
1 Preliminary [s 4] Not
authorised —indicative only
period of
imprisonment means
the unbroken duration
of imprisonment that an offender is to
serve for 2 or more terms of imprisonment, whether—
(a) ordered to be served concurrently or
cumulatively; or (b) imposed at the same time or different
times; and includes a term of imprisonment.
police banning notice , for part 3B,
see section 43G. prescribed offence —
(a) for part 5, division 2, subdivision
2—see section 108A; or (b) for part 9D—see
section 161N. prison means a prison
within the meaning of the Corrective Services Act
2006 . probation order means a
probation order in force under part 5, division
1. proper officer means—
(a) for an order made or certificate
issued by the Supreme Court—the sheriff; or
(b) for an
order made
or certificate issued
by the District
Court—any registrar; or (c)
for
an order made or certificate issued by a Magistrates
Court—any clerk of the court.
proper officer of the court
,
for an offender levy, for part 10A, see section
179B. property includes
electricity. prosecutor ,
for section 12A and
parts 3A,
3B and 9D,
means— (a)
in
the context of a proceeding before, or an application
to, a Magistrates Court—a
police officer
or Crown prosecutor;
or (b) otherwise—a Crown prosecutor.
Current as at [Not applicable]
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—indicative only
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28 prospective member
, of an
organisation, for
part 9D,
see section 161N. public
place — (a) for part 3B, see
section 43G; or (b) for part 5, division 2, subdivision 2,
see section 108A. qualifying offence , for part 10,
see section 162. Queensland board
means the
Parole Board
Queensland established
under the Corrective Services Act 2006
. Queensland driver
licence see
the Transport Operations (Road Use
Management) Act 1995 , schedule 4. registered corresponding control
order ,
for part 9D,
see section 161N. registrar
,
for part 9D, division 3, subdivision 5, see section
161ZV. rehabilitation
part , of a treatment order, see section
151Q(2). re-integration program
means a
program under
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 that
is designed to
assist an
offender to
re-integrate into
the community, and
includes parole.
related offences see section
161G. remove , in relation to
graffiti, includes the following— (a)
repair; (b)
conceal; (c)
cover; (d)
attempt to remove. Example—
painting over graffiti respondent , for part 9D,
division 3, subdivision 5, see section 161ZY(1)(b). review
, a
guideline judgment, for part 2A, see section 15AA.
review team , for part 8A,
see section 151B. Current as at [Not applicable]
Not authorised —indicative only
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
1 Preliminary [s 4] senior police
officer , for part 9D, see section 161N.
sentence —
(a) means a penalty or imprisonment
ordered to be paid or served, or
another order
made, by
a court after
an offender is
convicted, whether
or not a
conviction is
recorded; and (b)
for
part 10A—includes an order made by a court to deal
with the
offender for
an offence instead
of passing sentence.
serious child sex offence
see
section 161D. serious criminal activity
,
for part 9D, see section 161N. serious drug
offence means a category A offence, category
B offence or category C offence.
serious drug offence certificate
see
section 161G. serious harm means any
detrimental effect of a serious nature on a person’s
emotional, physical or psychological wellbeing, whether
temporary or permanent. serious organised
crime circumstance of
aggravation see
section 161Q. serious
violent offence
means a
serious violent
offence of
which an offender is convicted under section
161A. severe substance use disorder
,
for part 8A, see section 151B. sexual
offence , for part 9, division 3, see section
160. SPE Act means the
State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
. SPER means
the State Penalties
Enforcement Registry
established under the SPE Act.
suitability assessment report
,
for part 8A, see section 151B. term
of imprisonment means
the duration of
imprisonment imposed for a
single offence and includes— (a)
the
imprisonment an offender is serving, or is liable to
serve— Current as at
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for
default in payment of a single fine; or (ii)
for
failing to comply with a single order of a court;
and (b) for
an offender on
whom a
finite sentence
has been imposed,
any extension under
section 174B(6) of
the offender’s finite term.
treatment order , for part 8A,
see section 151B. treatment order agency , for part 8A,
see section 151B. treatment program , for part 8A,
see section 151B. unpaid service means—
(a) community service
required to
be performed under
a community service order; or
(b) graffiti removal service required to
be performed under a graffiti removal order.
unperformed graffiti removal service
,
for an offender, means graffiti removal service that the
offender— (a) is required
to perform under
a graffiti removal
order; and
(b) has not performed. unperformed
unpaid service , for an offender, means unpaid
service that the offender—
(a) is required to perform under a
community service order or a graffiti removal order;
and (b) has not performed. victim
,
for part 10B, see section 179I. victim impact
statement , for part 10B, see section 179I.
4A Meaning of authorised
corrective services officer (1)
An authorised corrective services
officer means
a person who—
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a
corrective services officer under the Corrective Services Act
2006 ; or (ii)
an employee of
a person or
body engaged
under that Act,
section 272; and (b) is authorised by the chief executive
(corrective services) for the relevant purpose.
(2) In this section— chief
executive (corrective services)
does not
include an
engaged service
provider under
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 .
5 Meaning of penalty unit
(1) The value of a penalty unit is—
(a) for the SPE Act or an infringement
notice, other than an infringement notice
for an offence
against a
law mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or
(d)— (i) the amount prescribed under section
5A; or (ii) if no amount is
prescribed—$110; or (b) for a local law, or an infringement
notice for an offence against a
local law,
made by
a local government prescribed under
a regulation—$75; or (c) for a local law,
or an infringement notice for an offence against a local
law made by a local government to which paragraph (b)
does not apply or made under clause 35 of the Alcan
agreement— (i) the amount prescribed under section
5A; or (ii) if no amount is
prescribed—$110; or (d) for the Work Health and
Safety Act 2011 , the Electrical Safety
Act 2002 ,
the Safety in
Recreational Water
Activities Act
2011 or
an infringement notice
for an offence against
any of those Acts—$100; or (e) in any other
case, for this Act or another Act— Current as at
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the
amount prescribed under section 5A; or (ii)
if
no amount is prescribed—$110. (2)
If an Act
expresses a
penalty or
other matter
as a number
(whether whole or fractional) of penalty
units, the monetary value of the penalty or other matter is the
number of dollars obtained by
multiplying the
value of
a penalty unit
by the number of
penalty units. (2A) However, if the
monetary value of the penalty obtained under subsection (2)
for an infringement notice is not a multiple of $1, the amount
is rounded down to the nearest multiple of $1. Example—
If
the prescribed amount of a penalty unit under subsection (1)(a)(i)
is $115.25 and an infringement notice
prescribes a fine of 3 penalty units, the monetary
value of the fine is $345, rounded down from $345.75.
(3) If an order of a court expresses a
penalty or other matter as a monetary
value, the
number of
penalty units
is to be
calculated by dividing the monetary value by
the value of a penalty unit as at the time the order is
made. (4) For the purposes of this or another
Act a reference to a penalty of a specified
number of penalty units is a reference to a fine
of
that number of penalty units. Example—
‘Maximum penalty—10 penalty units’ means the
offender is liable to a maximum fine of 10 penalty
units. (5) In this section— Alcan
agreement means the agreement made under the
Alcan Queensland Pty.
Limited Agreement Act 1965 . infringement
notice means an infringement notice under
the SPE Act. 5A
Prescribed value of particular penalty
unit (1) A regulation may
prescribe the
same monetary
value of
a penalty unit for section 5(1)(a)(i),
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The
amount prescribed must not be more than the amount last
prescribed under this section increased
by— (a) if, on
or before 31
March in
a year in
which the
regulation is
made, the
Treasurer publishes
in the gazette
a percentage change
to the amount
last prescribed—that
percentage; or (b) otherwise—3.5%. Examples—
1 On 31 March 2015, the Treasurer
publishes a 3% change in the value of a
penalty unit. On 30 June 2015 the amount of the penalty
unit
is $115. The amount prescribed by regulation on 1 July 2015
may
be $118.45. 2 The Treasurer has not, on or before 31
March 2015, published a percentage change in the value of a
penalty unit. On 30 June 2015, the amount of
the penalty unit is $115. The amount prescribed by
regulation on 1 July 2015 may be
$119. (3) If the
amount worked
out under subsection
(2) is not a
multiple of 5 cents, the amount must be
rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(4) For subsection (2), if an amount has
not been prescribed under this section, the amount last
prescribed is taken to be $110. (5)
A
regulation may only prescribe 1 increase for an amount for
a
financial year. 6 Application to children and certain
courts This Act does not apply to—
(a) a child; or (b)
a
Childrens Court; except to the extent allowed by the
Youth Justice Act 1992 .
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this Act are sentences for purposes of the Criminal
Code, ch 67 For the purposes of the Criminal Code,
chapter 67, a sentence under this Act is taken to be a
sentence imposed on conviction whether or not a
conviction is recorded. 8 Construction of
references to court that made order (1)
A
reference in this Act to the court that made a community
based order or fine option order or an
original order within the meaning of section 52 includes—
(a) if the
order was
made by
the Supreme Court—any
sittings of the Supreme Court in its
criminal jurisdiction at any place in Queensland; or
(b) if the order was made by a District
Court—any sittings of a District
Court in
its criminal jurisdiction at
any place in Queensland; or
(c) if the
order was
made by
a Magistrates Court—any
Magistrates Court sitting at any place in
Queensland; or (d) if the
order was
made by
a Wardens Court—any
Wardens Court sitting at any place in
Queensland. (2) Subsection (1) applies
even though
the judge, magistrate, warden
or justices constituting the
court did
not make the
order in the first place.
8A Delegation of powers by proper
officer (1) A proper
officer may
delegate the
proper officer’s
powers under this Act
to an officer of the public service (an officer
) mentioned in subsection (2) if the
officer is a justice. (2) If the proper
officer is— (a) the sheriff—the powers may be
delegated to an officer employed in
the sheriff’s office
or Magistrates Court
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the
registrar—the powers may be delegated to an officer
employed in
the District Court
registry or
Magistrates Court registry;
or (c) the clerk of the court—the powers may
be delegated to an officer employed in the Magistrates Court
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Sentencing guidelines (1)
The
only purposes for which sentences may be imposed on an
offender are— (a)
to
punish the offender to an extent or in a way that is just
in
all the circumstances; or (b) to provide
conditions in the court’s order that the court considers will
help the offender to be rehabilitated; or (c)
to
deter the offender or other persons from committing
the
same or a similar offence; or (d)
to
make it clear that the community, acting through the
court, denounces
the sort of
conduct in
which the
offender was involved; or
(e) to protect the Queensland community
from the offender; or (f) a combination of
2 or more of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs
(a) to (e). (2) In sentencing an offender, a court
must have regard to— (a) principles
that— (i) a sentence
of imprisonment should
only be
imposed as a last resort; and
(ii) a sentence that
allows the offender to stay in the community is
preferable; and (b) the maximum and any minimum penalty
prescribed for the offence; and Current as at
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only Page 36 (c)
the nature of
the offence and
how serious the
offence was,
including— (i) any physical, mental or emotional harm
done to a victim, including
harm mentioned
in information relating
to the victim
given to
the court under
section 179K; and (ii)
the effect of
the offence on
any child under
16 years who may have been directly
exposed to, or a witness to, the offence; and
(d) the extent
to which the
offender is
to blame for
the offence; and (e)
any
damage, injury or loss caused by the offender; and
(f) the offender’s character, age
and intellectual capacity;
and (g) the
presence of
any aggravating or
mitigating factor
concerning the offender; and
(ga) without
limiting paragraph
(g), whether
the offender was a
participant in a criminal organisation— (i)
at
the time the offence was committed; or (ii)
at
any time during the course of the commission of the offence;
and (h) the prevalence of the offence;
and (i) how much
assistance the
offender gave
to law enforcement
agencies in the investigation of the offence or other
offences; and (j) time spent
in custody by
the offender for
the offence before being
sentenced; and (k) sentences imposed
on, and served
by, the offender
in another State or a Territory for an
offence committed at, or about the same time, as the offence
with which the court is dealing; and (l)
sentences already imposed on the offender
that have not been served; and Current as at
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(m) sentences that the offender is liable
to serve because of the revocation of orders made under this or
another Act for contraventions of conditions by the
offender; and (n) if the
offender is
the subject of
a community based
order—the offender’s compliance with
the order as
disclosed in
an oral or
written report
given by
an authorised corrective services
officer; and (o) if the
offender is
on bail and
is required under
the offender’s undertaking to
attend a
rehabilitation, treatment or
other intervention program or course—the offender’s successful completion of
the program or
course; and (p)
if
the offender is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
person—any submissions made
by a representative of
the community justice
group in
the offender’s community that
are relevant to sentencing the offender, including, for
example— (i) the offender’s relationship to
the offender’s community;
or (ii) any cultural
considerations; or (iii) any
considerations relating
to programs and
services established for
offenders in
which the
community justice group participates;
and (q) anything else prescribed by this Act
to which the court must have regard; and (r)
any
other relevant circumstance. (2A)
However, the principles mentioned in
subsection (2)(a) do not apply to the sentencing of an offender
for any offence— (a) that involved the use of, or
counselling or procuring the use
of, or attempting or
conspiring to
use, violence
against another person; or
(b) that resulted in physical harm to
another person. (3) In sentencing an offender to whom
subsection (2A) applies, the court must have regard primarily
to the following— Current as at [Not applicable]
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the risk of
physical harm
to any members
of the community if a
custodial sentence were not imposed; (b)
the
need to protect any members of the community from
that
risk; (c) the personal circumstances of any
victim of the offence; (d) the
circumstances of the offence, including the death of
or
any injury to a member of the public or any loss or
damage resulting from the offence;
(e) the nature or extent of the violence
used, or intended to be used, in the commission of the
offence; (f) any disregard by the offender for the
interests of public safety; (g)
the
past record of the offender, including any attempted
rehabilitation and
the number of
previous offences
of any type committed;
(h) the antecedents, age and character of
the offender; (i) any remorse or lack of remorse of the
offender; (j) any medical, psychiatric, prison or
other relevant report in relation to the offender;
(k) anything else
about the
safety of
members of
the community that the sentencing court
considers relevant. (4) Also, in sentencing an offender for
any offence of a sexual nature committed in relation to a
child under 16 years— (a) the
principles mentioned
in subsection (2)(a)
do not apply;
and (b) the offender must serve an actual term
of imprisonment, unless there are exceptional
circumstances. (5) For subsection
(4)(b), in deciding whether
there are
exceptional circumstances, a
court may
have regard
to the closeness in age
between the offender and the child. (6)
In
sentencing an offender to whom subsection (4) applies, the
court must have regard primarily to—
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(a) the effect of the offence on the
child; and (b) the age of the child; and
(c) the nature
of the offence,
including, for
example, any
physical harm or the threat of physical harm
to the child or another; and (d)
the
need to protect the child, or other children, from the
risk
of the offender reoffending; and (e)
the
need to deter similar behaviour by other offenders to
protect children; and (f)
the
prospects of rehabilitation including the availability
of any medical
or psychiatric treatment
to cause the
offender to
behave in
a way acceptable to
the community; and (g)
the
offender’s antecedents, age and character; and (h)
any
remorse or lack of remorse of the offender; and (i)
any
medical, psychiatric, prison or other relevant report
relating to the offender; and
(j) anything else about the safety of
children under 16 the sentencing court considers
relevant. (6A) Also,
the principles mentioned
in subsection (2)(a)
do not apply
to the sentencing of
an offender for
the following offences—
(a) an offence
against the
Classification of
Computer Games
and Images Act
1995 ,
section 28
if the objectionable
computer game is a child abuse computer game under the
Act; (b) an offence against any of the
following provisions of the Classification
of Films Act 1991 — (i) section 41(3) or
42(3) or (4); (ii) section 43 if
the offence involves a child abuse film under the
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section 14; (ii)
section 12, 13, 15, 16 or 17 if the offence
involves a child abuse publication under the
Act; (d) an offence
against the
Criminal Code,
section 228A,
228B, 228C, 228D, 228DA, 228DB or
228DC. (7) In sentencing an offender to whom
subsection (6A) applies, the court must have regard primarily
to— (a) the nature
of any image
of a child
that the
offence involved,
including the apparent age of the child and the activity shown;
and (b) the need to deter similar behaviour by
other offenders to protect children; and (c)
the
prospects of rehabilitation including the availability
of any medical
or psychiatric treatment
to cause the
offender to
behave in
a way acceptable to
the community; and (d)
the
offender’s antecedents, age and character; and (e)
any
remorse or lack of remorse of the offender; and (f)
any
medical, psychiatric, prison or other relevant report
relating to the offender; and
(g) anything else about the safety of
children under 16 the sentencing court considers
relevant. (7A) Also,
the principles mentioned
in subsection (2)(a)
do not apply to the
sentencing of an offender under part 9D, division
2. (8) If
required by
the court for
subsection (2)(p), the
representative must advise the court
whether— (a) any member
of the community
justice group
that is
responsible for the submission is related to
the offender or the victim; or (b)
there are any circumstances that give rise
to a conflict of interest between any member of the community
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group that
is responsible for
the submission and
the offender or victim.
(9) In sentencing an offender, a court
must not have regard to the following— (a)
the
offender levy imposed under section 179C; (b)
whether or not the offender—
(i) may become,
or is, the
subject of
a dangerous prisoners
application; or (ii) may
become subject
to an order
because of
a dangerous prisoners
application. (9A) Voluntary
intoxication of an offender by alcohol or drugs is
not a mitigating factor
for a court
to have regard
to in sentencing the
offender. (10) In determining
the appropriate sentence for an offender who has 1 or more
previous convictions, the court must treat each previous
conviction as
an aggravating factor
if the court
considers that
it can reasonably be
treated as
such having
regard to— (a)
the
nature of the previous conviction and its relevance to
the
current offence; and (b) the time that
has elapsed since the conviction. (10A)
In determining the
appropriate sentence
for an offender
convicted of a domestic violence offence,
the court must treat the fact that it is a domestic
violence offence as an aggravating factor, unless
the court considers it is not reasonable because
of
the exceptional circumstances of the case. Examples of
exceptional circumstances— 1 the
victim of
the offence has
previously committed
an act of
serious domestic violence, or several acts
of domestic violence, against the offender
2 the offence is manslaughter under the
Criminal Code, section 304B (11)
Despite subsection
(10), the sentence imposed
must not
be disproportionate to the gravity of the
current offence. (12) In this
section— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Governing principles [s 10] actual term of
imprisonment means a term of imprisonment
served wholly or partly in a corrective
services facility. Not authorised —indicative
only 10 Court’s reasons
to be stated and recorded (1) If
a court imposes
a sentence of
imprisonment, including
a suspended sentence of imprisonment, it
must— (a) state in open court its reasons for
the sentence; and (b) cause the reasons to be—
(i) recorded in the transcript that is to
be kept in the registry with the indictment; or
(ii) recorded
in writing and
kept in
the office of
the clerk of the court with the charge
sheet; and (c) cause a copy of the reasons to be
forwarded to the chief executive (corrective
services). (2) A sentence is not invalid merely
because of the failure of the court to state
its reasons as required by subsection (1)(a), but
its
failure to do so may be considered by an appeal court if an
appeal against sentence is made.
11 Matters to be considered in
determining offender’s character In
determining the
character of
an offender, a
court may
consider— (a)
the
number, seriousness, date, relevance and nature of
any
previous convictions of the offender; and (b)
any
significant contributions made to the community by
the
offender; and (c) such other matters as the court
considers are relevant. 12 Court to consider
whether or not to record conviction (1)
A
court may exercise a discretion to record or not record a
conviction as provided by this Act.
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(2) In considering whether or not to
record a conviction, a court must have regard
to all circumstances of the case, including— (a)
the
nature of the offence; and (b) the offender’s
character and age; and (c) the impact that
recording a conviction will have on the offender’s— (i)
economic or social wellbeing; or
(ii) chances of
finding employment. (3) Except as
otherwise expressly
provided by
this or
another Act—
(a) a conviction without recording the
conviction is taken not to be a conviction for any purpose;
and (b) the conviction must
not be entered
in any records
except— (i)
in the records
of the court
before which
the offender was convicted; and
(ii) in the
offender’s criminal history but only for the purposes of
subsection (4)(b). (3A) Despite
subsection (3)(b), the conviction may be entered in a
record kept
by a department, a
prosecuting authority
or the offender’s legal
representative if
it is necessary
for the legitimate performance of
the functions of
the department, prosecuting
authority or legal representative. (4)
A
conviction without the recording of a conviction—
(a) does not stop a court from making any
other order that it may make under
this or
another Act
because of
the conviction; and (b)
has
the same result as if a conviction had been recorded
for
the purposes of— (i) appeals against sentence; and
(ii) proceedings for
variation or
contravention of
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proceedings against the offender for a
subsequent offence; and (iv)
subsequent proceedings against
the offender for
the
same offence. (5) If the offender is convicted of a
subsequent offence, the court sentencing the
offender may disregard a conviction that was ordered
not to be
recorded but
which, under
subsection (3)(b)(ii), is
entered in
the offender’s criminal
history. (6)
If— (a) a court—
(i) convicts an offender of an offence;
and (ii) does not record
a conviction; and (iii) makes
a probation order
or community service
order for the offender; and
(b) the offender is subsequently dealt
with by a court for the same offence in any way in which it
could deal with the offender if the offender had just been
convicted by or before it of the offence;
the
conviction for the offence must be recorded by the second
court. (7)
Despite subsection
(6), the second court
is not required
to record the conviction for the offence
if— (a) the offender is the subject of a
community service order or probation order; and
(b) the reason the court is dealing with
the offender for the same offence is because the offender
has applied for a revocation of the community service order or
probation order; and (c)
the offender has
not breached the
community service
order or probation order.
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12A Convictions for offences relating to
domestic violence (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply
if— (a) a complaint or an indictment for a
charge for an offence states the offence is also a domestic
violence offence; and (b) the offender is
convicted of the offence. (2) If a conviction
is recorded in relation to the offence, it must also
be recorded as
a conviction for
a domestic violence
offence. (3)
If no conviction is
recorded in
relation to
the offence, the
offence must be entered in the offender’s
criminal history as a domestic violence offence.
(4) However, a
matter must
not be recorded
or entered under
subsection (2)
or (3) in
relation to
the offence if
the court makes an order
to the effect it is not satisfied the offence is
also
a domestic violence offence. Note—
See the Evidence
Act 1977 ,
section 132C,
which provides
for the sentencing judge
or magistrate in
any sentencing procedure
in a criminal
proceeding to act on allegations of fact. (5)
If a court
convicts an
offender of
an offence for
which a
matter must be recorded or entered under
subsection (2) or (3) or of
an offence against
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , part 7, the
prosecution may apply to the court for an
order that an offence, stated in the application, of
which the offender has previously been
convicted (a previous offence
)— (a) for
a previous offence
for which a
conviction was
recorded—also be
recorded as
a conviction for
a domestic violence offence; or
(b) otherwise—be entered in the offender’s
criminal history as a domestic violence offence.
(6) The application— (a)
may
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Governing principles [s 13] (b)
must
include enough information to allow the court to
make
a decision about whether it is appropriate to make
the
order. (7) The court may ask the prosecutor for
further information for it to decide whether to make an order
under subsection (8). (8) If,
after considering the
application, the
court is
satisfied a
previous offence
is a domestic
violence offence,
the court must order that
the offence— (a) for a
previous offence
for which a
conviction was
recorded—also be
recorded as
a conviction for
a domestic violence offence; or
(b) otherwise—be entered in the offender’s
criminal history as a domestic violence offence.
(9) A person
against whom
the domestic violence
offence was
committed is
not compellable as
a witness in
proceedings before the court
to decide the application. (10) If a court is
satisfied an error has been made in recording or
entering an offence as a domestic violence
offence, the court may, on an application or its own
initiative, correct the error. (11)
For
this section, proof that an offence is a domestic violence
offence lies on the prosecutor.
(12) To remove any
doubt, it is declared that this section does not
require a
matter to
be recorded or
entered in
an offender’s traffic
history under
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
. 13 Guilty plea to be
taken into account (1) In imposing a sentence on an offender
who has pleaded guilty to an offence, a court—
(a) must take the guilty plea into
account; and (b) may reduce the sentence that it would
have imposed had the offender not pleaded guilty.
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A reduction under
subsection (1)(b) may
be made having
regard to the time at which the
offender— (a) pleaded guilty; or (b)
informed the relevant law enforcement agency
of his or her intention to plead guilty.
(3) When imposing
the sentence, the
court must
state in
open court that it
took account of the guilty plea in determining the
sentence imposed. (4)
A court that
does not,
under subsection
(2), reduce the
sentence imposed
on an offender
who pleaded guilty
must state in open
court— (a) that fact; and (b)
its
reasons for not reducing the sentence. (5)
A
sentence is not invalid merely because of the failure of the
court to make the statement mentioned in
subsection (4), but its failure to do so may be considered by an
appeal court if an appeal against sentence is made.
13A Cooperation with law enforcement
authorities to be taken into account—undertaking to
cooperate (1) This section applies for a sentence
that is to be reduced by the sentencing court
because the
offender has
undertaken to
cooperate with
law enforcement agencies
in a proceeding about an
offence, including a confiscation proceeding. (2)
Before the
sentencing proceeding starts,
a party to
the proceeding— (a)
must
advise the relevant officer— (i)
that
the offender has undertaken to cooperate with law enforcement
agencies; and (ii) that written or
oral submissions or evidence will be made or brought
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may
give to the relevant officer copies of any proposed
written submissions mentioned in paragraph
(a)(ii). (3) After the offender is invited to
address the court— (a) the offender’s written undertaking to
cooperate with law enforcement agencies must be handed up to
the court; and (b) any party may
hand up to the court written submissions relevant to the
reduction of sentence. (4) The undertaking
must be in an unsealed envelope addressed to the sentencing
judge or magistrate. (5) If
oral submissions are
to be made
to, or evidence
is to be
brought before, the court relevant to the
reduction of sentence, the court must be closed for that
purpose. (6) The penalty imposed on the offender
must be stated in open court. (7)
After the imposition of the penalty, the
sentencing judge or magistrate must— (a)
close the court; and (b)
state in closed court— (i)
that the
sentence is
being reduced
under this
section; and (ii)
the
sentence it would otherwise have imposed; and (c)
cause the following to be sealed and placed
on the court file with an order that it may be opened
only by an order of the court, including on an application to
reopen the sentencing proceedings under section
188(2)— (i) the written undertaking;
(ii) a record of
evidence or submissions made relevant to
the reduction of
sentence and
the sentencing remarks made
under paragraph (b). (8) The
sentencing judge
or magistrate may
make an
order prohibiting
publication of all or part of the proceeding or the
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of any witness on his or her own initiative or on
application. (9) In deciding
whether to
make an
order under
subsection (8), the judge or
magistrate may have regard to— (a)
the
safety of any person; and (b) the extent to
which the detection of offences of a similar nature may be
affected; and (c) the need to guarantee the
confidentiality of information given by an
informer. (10) A person who
contravenes an order made under subsection (8) commits an
offence. Maximum penalty— (a)
for
an order made by a judge—5 years imprisonment; or
(b) for an
order made
by a magistrate—3 years
imprisonment. (11)
In
this section— relevant officer means—
(a) for a proceeding before the Supreme or
District Court— the sentencing judge’s associate; or
(b) for a
proceeding before
a Magistrates Court—the
relevant clerk of the court.
13B Cooperation with law enforcement
authorities to be taken into account—cooperation given
(1) This section applies for a sentence
if— (a) the sentence
is to be
reduced by
the sentencing court
because the offender has significantly
cooperated with a law enforcement agency
in its investigations about
an offence or a confiscation proceeding;
and (b) section 13A does not apply for the
sentence. (2) For subsection
(1), an offender has
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a law enforcement agency
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about an offence only because the offender has admitted guilt
for the offence. (3) Before the
sentencing proceeding starts,
a party to
the proceeding— (a)
must
advise the relevant officer— (i)
that
the offender has significantly cooperated with a law
enforcement agency; and (ii) that written or
oral submissions or evidence will be made or brought
before the court relevant on that account to the
reduction of sentence; and (b) may
give the
relevant officer
copies of
any proposed written
submissions mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii). (4)
After the offender is invited to address the
court— (a) an affidavit, provided by a person
representing the law enforcement agency,
must be
handed up
to the court;
and (b) any party may
hand up to the court written submissions relevant to the
reduction of sentence. (5) The affidavit
must— (a) state the nature, extent and
usefulness of the cooperation given
to the law
enforcement agency
by the offender;
and (b) be in an
unsealed envelope addressed to the sentencing judge or
magistrate. (6) If oral
submissions are
to be made
to, or evidence
is to be
brought before,
the court about
the cooperation or
the reduction of
sentence, the
court must
be closed for
that purpose.
(7) The penalty imposed on the offender
must be stated in open court. (8)
After the imposition of the penalty, the
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file with an order that it may be opened only by
an
order of the court— (a) the affidavit; (b)
a
record of evidence or submissions made relevant to the
reduction of sentence; (c)
a record of
the sentencing remarks
relevant to
the reduction of
sentence, as
opposed to
the sentence imposed.
(9) The sentencing judge
or magistrate may
make an
order prohibiting
publication of all or part of the proceeding or the
name
and address of any witness on his or her own initiative
or
on application. (10) In
deciding whether
to make an
order under
subsection (9), the judge or
magistrate may have regard to— (a)
the
safety of any person; and (b) the extent to
which the detection of offences of a similar nature may be
affected; and (c) the need to guarantee the
confidentiality of information given by an
informer. (11) A person who
contravenes an order made under subsection (9) commits an
offence. Maximum penalty— (a)
for
an order made by a judge—5 years imprisonment; or
(b) for an
order made
by a magistrate—3 years
imprisonment. (12)
In
this section— relevant officer means—
(a) for a proceeding before the Supreme or
District Court— the sentencing judge’s associate; or
(b) for a
proceeding before
a Magistrates Court—the
relevant clerk of the court.
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Preference must be given to compensation for
victims If a court considers— (a)
that
it is appropriate— (i) to make an order for compensation
(whether under this or another Act); and
(ii) to impose a fine
or make another order for payment of an amount of
money; and (b) that the offender can not pay both the
compensation and the fine or amount; the
court must
give preference to
making an
order for
compensation, but may also impose a sentence
other than that of imprisonment. 15
Information or submissions for
sentence (1) In imposing a sentence on an offender,
a court may receive any information, including
a report mentioned
in the Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 344, or
a sentencing submission made
by a party
to the proceedings, that
it considers appropriate to
enable it
to impose the
proper sentence.
(1A) Also, without
limiting subsection (1), in imposing a sentence on
an offender, a
court may
receive any
information, or
a sentencing submission made
by a party
to the proceedings, that the court
considers appropriate to enable it to decide— (a)
whether it
may make a
control order
for the offender
under part 9D, division 3; or
(b) the appropriate conditions of a
control order it must, or may, make for the offender under part
9D, division 3. (2) An authorised corrective services
officer must
not, in
any information or report, recommend that
a fine option order or community based order should not be
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(3) In this section— sentencing
submission , made by a party, means a submission
stating the sentence, or range of sentences,
the party considers appropriate for the court to impose.
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15A Audiovisual link or audio link may be
used to sentence (1) The court may allow anything that must
or may be done in relation to the sentencing of an offender to
be done over an audiovisual link or audio link, if the court
considers use of the link is in the interests of
justice. (2) However, the
court may
not make an
order under
subsection (1) if facilities mentioned in
subsection (5)(a) are not available at the court or the
place where the offender is present.
(3) For subsection (1), in deciding
whether use of an audio link is in the interests
of justice, the court must have regard to the desirability of
sentencing an offender over an audiovisual link,
rather than an audio link, if an audiovisual
link is available. (4) For sections
10(1) and 13(3) or
(4), anything
done, for
an offender’s sentencing, over an
audiovisual link or audio link between
the offender and
the court sitting
in open court
is taken to be done in open court.
(5) If an offender is sentenced over an
audiovisual link or audio link and the offender’s representative
in the proceeding is at the place where the court is
sitting— (a) the court
and the place
where the
offender is
present must
make facilities available
for private communication
between the offender and the offender’s representative;
and (b) a communication between
the offender and
the offender’s representative is
as confidential and
inadmissible in any proceeding as it would
be if it took place between
the offender and
the offender’s representative
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2A Guideline judgments [s 15AA] (6)
Subsection (5)(b) does not limit any other
protection applying to the communication. (7)
The
provisions of the Evidence Act 1977 relating to the
use of an audiovisual link
or audio link
in criminal proceedings apply for, and
are not limited by, subsection (1). Not
authorised —indicative
only Part 2A Guideline
judgments 15AA Definitions for pt 2A
In
this part— Attorney-General includes
the nominee of
the Attorney-General. chief executive
officer of Legal Aid Queensland includes
the nominee of
the chief executive
officer of
Legal Aid
Queensland. court
means the Court of Appeal.
director of public prosecutions
includes the nominee of the
director of public prosecutions.
guideline judgment for an offence under a
Commonwealth Act means a guideline judgment to the
extent it relates to an offence under a Commonwealth
Act. guideline proceeding means—
(a) that part of a proceeding relating to
the giving or review of a guideline judgment under section
15AD; or (b) a proceeding, or
part of
a proceeding, under
section 15AE on an application for the
giving or review of a guideline judgment under that
section. review , a guideline
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new guideline judgment
for the guideline
judgment. 15AB
Powers of court to give or review guideline
judgments (1) The court may give or review a
guideline judgment— (a) on its own initiative under section
15AD; or (b) on an application under section
15AE. (2) However— (a)
a guideline judgment
for an offence
under a
Commonwealth Act may be given or reviewed
only in a proceeding where
the guideline judgment
relates to
a matter in the proceeding; and
(b) the court must comply with section
15AC. 15AC Limitations for guideline
judgments (1) A guideline judgment, other than a
guideline judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth Act, must
be consistent with Queensland law. (2)
A
guideline judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth
Act
must— (a) be consistent with Commonwealth law;
and (b) set out
non-binding considerations to
guide the
future exercise of
discretion and not purport to establish a rule of binding
effect; and (c) articulate principles to underpin the
determination of a particular sentence and not state the
expected decisions in a future proceeding. 15AD
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give or
review a
guideline judgment,
other than
a guideline judgment
for an offence
under a
Commonwealth Act, in a proceeding and
whether or not the court considers
giving or
reviewing the
guideline judgment
is necessary for
the purpose of
determining the proceeding;
and (b) pronounce the
guideline judgment
separately or
by inclusion in
any judgment the
court considers
appropriate. (2)
The
court may, on its own initiative— (a)
give or
review a
guideline judgment
for an offence
under a Commonwealth Act in a proceeding and
only if the court considers
giving or
reviewing the
guideline judgment
is necessary for
the purpose of
determining the proceeding;
and (b) pronounce the guideline judgment only
by inclusion in the judgment for the proceeding.
15AE Guideline judgments on
application (1) The following persons may apply to the
court for a guideline judgment to be given or
reviewed— (a) the Attorney-General;
(b) the director of public
prosecutions; (c) the chief executive officer of Legal
Aid Queensland. (2) For subsection
(1), the application is
not required to
be an application in a
proceeding. (3) Also, on an appeal after a person is
convicted, the person may apply to the court for review of a
guideline judgment to the extent it
contains a
guideline that
is relevant in
the circumstances. (4)
The application may
include submissions in
support of
the application. (5)
The
court may, on an application under this section—
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2A Guideline judgments [s 15AF] (a)
give or
review a
guideline judgment,
other than
a guideline judgment
for an offence
under a
Commonwealth Act, whether or not this is
necessary for the purpose of determining a proceeding;
and (b) pronounce the
guideline judgment
separately or
by inclusion in
any judgment the
court considers
appropriate. (6)
The
court may, on an application under this section—
(a) give or
review a
guideline judgment
for an offence
under a Commonwealth Act only if the court
considers giving or reviewing the guideline judgment
is necessary for the purpose of determining a proceeding
in relation to the offence; and (b)
pronounce the guideline judgment only by
inclusion in the judgment for the proceeding.
15AF Right of appearance in a guideline
proceeding (1) The following
persons may
appear in
a guideline proceeding— (a)
the
Attorney-General; (b) the director of public
prosecutions; (c) the chief executive officer of Legal
Aid Queensland. (2) Also, for a guideline proceeding in
which the court is giving or reviewing a guideline judgment
relevant to an appeal before the
court against
the sentence of
a convicted person,
the convicted person may appear in the
guideline proceeding. (3) Without
limiting subsection
(1) or (2), a
person who
may appear under subsection (1) or (2)
may— (a) oppose or
support the
giving or
reviewing of
the guideline judgment by the court;
and (b) make submissions in
relation to
the framing of
the guidelines to
be contained in
the guideline judgment;
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2A Guideline judgments [s 15AG] (c)
inform the court of any relevant pending
appeal against sentence; and (d)
assist the court in relation to any relevant
matter. Not authorised —indicative
only 15AG Powers of
Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions (1)
Nothing in the Director
of Public Prosecutions Act
1984 or
any
Act or law prevents, or in any way limits, the exercise of a
power conferred on the director of public
prosecutions under section 15AE or 15AF. (2)
Without limiting
subsection (1), in
exercising a
power conferred
on the director
of public prosecutions under
this section,
the director is
not, despite
the Director of
Public Prosecutions Act
1984 , section 10, responsible to, or
subject to the direction of, the
Attorney-General. (3) Nothing in any Act or law prevents, or
in any way limits, the performance of a function conferred on
the Attorney-General under section 15AE or 15AF.
15AH Relevant considerations before giving
or reviewing guideline judgment If
the court is
considering giving
or reviewing a
guideline judgment, the
court must consider— (a) the
need to
promote consistency of
approach in
sentencing offenders; and
(b) the need to promote public confidence
in the criminal justice system. 15AI
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give or review guideline judgment
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proceeding—notify the
following persons of their
right to appear before the court in the guideline
proceeding— (i) the Attorney-General;
(ii) the director of
public prosecutions; (iii) the
chief executive
officer of
Legal Aid
Queensland; and (b)
if
the court is giving or reviewing a guideline judgment
relevant to
an appeal before
the court against
the sentence of
a convicted person—notify the
convicted person.
15AJ Discretion of court preserved
(1) Nothing in this part—
(a) limits any power or jurisdiction of
the court to give or review a
judgment providing
guidance on
matters relating to
sentencing that the court has apart from this part; or
(b) requires the court to give or review a
guideline judgment if it considers giving or reviewing a
guideline judgment inappropriate. (2)
If, on an
application under
section 15AE, the
court decides
not to give
or review a
guideline judgment,
the court must
give
reasons for its decision. 15AK Use of evidence
in giving or reviewing guideline judgments
Nothing in
the Criminal Code,
section 671B limits
the evidence or
other matters
the court may
take into
consideration in giving or reviewing a
guideline judgment and the court may inform itself in the way
it considers appropriate. Example of matter court may
consider— any written views of the council about
giving or reviewing a guideline judgment
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15AL Relationship between guideline
judgments and other sentencing matters A guideline in a
guideline judgment— (a) is additional to anything else
required under part 2; and (b) does not limit
or otherwise affect any requirement under that
part. Part 3 Releases,
restitution and compensation Division 1
Orders to release certain offenders
Subdivision 1 Interpretation 15B
Definitions for div 1 In this
division— approved provider see section
15F. attend , for a drug
assessment and education session, means attend all of
the session. DAAR condition see section
19(2B). disqualifying offence see section
15E. drug assessment and
education session
, for an
offender, means
a single session
provided by
an approved provider
involving assessment of
the offender’s drug
use, drug
education and
identification of
any appropriate treatment
options for the offender.
drug
diversion condition see section 19(2A). drug
diversion court
means a
court prescribed under
a regulation for this definition.
eligible drug offence see section
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15C. Not authorised —indicative only
15C Meaning of eligible drug
offender (1) An eligible drug
offender is a person charged with an eligible
drug
offence who has pleaded guilty to the offence. (2)
The
person is not an eligible drug offender if—
(a) a charge against the person for a
disqualifying offence is pending in a court; or
(b) the person
has, at
any time, been
convicted of
a disqualifying offence; or
(c) 2 diversion alternatives have
previously been given to the person. (3)
For
subsection (2)(b), a conviction of a disqualifying offence
does not
include a
conviction in
relation to
which the
rehabilitation period has expired, and not
been revived, under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of
Offenders) Act 1986 . (4) For subsection
(2)(c)— (a) a diversion alternative has been given
to the person if— (i) a court has made an order in relation
to the person under section
19(1)(b) that includes
a drug diversion
condition; or (ii) the
offender has,
at any time,
agreed under
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 379 to
participate in
a drug diversion
assessment program; or (iii)
the person has
been given
a prescribed diversion
alternative under
a law of
another State
or the Commonwealth;
and (b) for counting the number of diversion
alternatives given to the person, a diversion
alternative— (i) is counted
even if
it was given
for an offence
committed before the diversion alternative
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(ii) is not counted
if it was given on the same day as the
diversion alternative counted
as the first
diversion alternative was given.
(5) In this section— conviction see the
Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of
Offenders) Act 1986 , section
3. prescribed diversion
alternative means
circumstances prescribed under
a regulation for
this definition that
are similar to the circumstances mentioned
in subsection (4)(a)(i) or (ii). rehabilitation
period see the Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , section
3. revived see
the Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of
Offenders) Act 1986
,
section 3. 15D Meaning of eligible drug
offence (1) An eligible drug
offence is— (a) an
offence by
a person against
the Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 9 of
unlawfully having
possession of
a dangerous drug if— (i)
each
dangerous drug mentioned in the charge for the offence is a
prescribed dangerous drug; and (ii)
for
each dangerous drug mentioned in the charge, the
total quantity
of the substances, preparations, solutions
and admixtures in
the person’s possession containing the
dangerous drug
is not more than the
prescribed quantity in relation to the dangerous drug;
and Example— Assume the
charge mentioned prescribed drugs X and Y. The prescribed
quantity in relation to X is 1.0g and the prescribed
quantity in relation to Y is 0.2g. The person had—
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• 0.7g of a preparation containing X;
and • 0.1g of an admixture containing
Y. The total quantity
of the preparations in
the person’s possession
containing X is 0.9g (0.2 + 0.7) which is not more than the
prescribed quantity in relation to X (1.0g). The total
quantity of the preparation and admixture in the
person’s possession containing Y is 0.3g
(0.2 + 0.1) which is more than
the prescribed quantity
in relation to
Y (0.2g). Subsection
(1)(a)(ii) is not satisfied. (iii)
the
court considers each dangerous drug mentioned in the charge
was for the person’s personal use; or (b)
an offence against
the Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 10(1), if
the court considers
the possession of
each thing
mentioned in
the charge was
related to
its personal use
by the person
in connection with
the commission of the offence; or
(c) an offence
against the
Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 10(2), (4) or (4A).
(2) In this section— dangerous
drug see the Drugs Misuse Act
1986 , section 4. prescribed dangerous
drug means
a dangerous drug
prescribed under a regulation for this
definition. prescribed quantity
means a
quantity prescribed under
a regulation for this definition.
15E Meaning of disqualifying
offence (1) A disqualifying
offence is— (a) an offence of a
sexual nature; or (b) an offence
against the
Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 5, 6, 8 or 9, other than an offence
dealt with, or to be dealt with, summarily; or
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(c) an indictable offence involving
violence against another person, other than an offence charged
under any of the following provisions of the Criminal
Code— • section 335 •
section 340(1)(a), but
only if
the offence is
the assault of another with intent to
resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of the person
or of any other person •
section 340(1)(b). Note—
Under the Acts
Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1— indictable offence
includes an
act or omission
committed outside
Queensland that would be an indictable offence if it were
committed in Queensland. (2)
A
reference to a provision in subsection (1) or (4) includes a
reference to a law of another State or the
Commonwealth that corresponds to the provision.
(3) A reference
in subsection (1)(c) to
an indictable offence
includes a
reference to
an indictable offence
dealt with
summarily. (4)
In
this section— offence of a sexual nature
means an offence defined in the
Criminal Code,
section 210, 213,
215, 216,
217, 218,
219, 221, 222, 227,
228, 229B, 323A, 323B, 363A or chapter 32. 15F
Meaning of approved
provider (1) An approved
provider is
an entity approved
by the chief
executive (health)
by gazette notice
to provide drug
assessment and education sessions.
(2) In this section— chief
executive (health)
means the
chief executive
of the department
within which the Health Act 1937 is
administered. Page 64 Current as at
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Sentences Act 1992 Part 3 Releases, restitution and
compensation [s 16] Orders
Not authorised —indicative only
16 Court may make order under this
division if it does not record conviction Subject
to section 20(2), if
a court makes
an order under
section 19, it must not record a
conviction. 17 Making of order (1)
If a
court considers that it is appropriate that no punishment or
only
a nominal punishment should be imposed on an offender,
the
court may make an order under section 19. (2)
Despite subsection (1), a drug diversion
court may make an order under
section 19(1)(b) that
includes a
drug diversion
condition if the matters mentioned in
section 19(2A)(b) and (c) are satisfied. 18
Matters to which court must have
regard Before making an order under section 19, the
court must have regard to— (a)
the offender’s character, age,
health and
mental condition;
and (b) the nature of the offence; and
(c) circumstances (if
any) under
which the
offence was
committed that make the offence less serious
than what it would be
if it had
been committed
under other
circumstances; and (d)
anything else to which the court considers
it proper to have regard. 19
Order
of court (1) The court may make an order—
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(b) that the offender be released if the
offender enters into a recognisance, with or without
sureties, in such amount as the court considers appropriate, on
the conditions that the offender must— (i)
be
of good behaviour; and (ii) appear for
conviction and sentence if called on at any
time during
such period
(not longer
than 3
years) as is stated in the order.
(2) In making
an order under
subsection (1)(b), the
court may
impose any additional conditions that it
considers appropriate. (2A) Without
limiting subsection
(2), the court may
impose a
condition that
the offender must
participate in
a drug assessment and
education session
by a stated
date (a
drug diversion
condition ) if— (a)
the
court is a drug diversion court; and (b)
the
offender is an eligible drug offender; and (c)
the offender consents
to participating in
a drug assessment and
education session. (2B) Also, without
limiting subsection (2) or (2A), if the offender
consents to completing a DAAR course, the
court may impose a condition (a DAAR
condition ) that the offender complete a
DAAR
course by a stated day. (3) If a court makes
an order under subsection (1), the court may also
make any
other order
for payment of
compensation or
restitution that
the court could
have made
had the offender
been
convicted. (4) In this section— DAAR
course see the Bail Act
1980 , section 11AB(6). Note—
DAAR
stands for Drug and Alcohol Assessment Referral. See the
Bail Act 1980
,
section 11AB(6), definition DAAR
. Page 66 Current as at
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20 Contravention of order
(1) If a
court that
makes an
order under
section 19(1)(b), or
a court of
like jurisdiction, is
satisfied that
the offender has
contravened a
condition of
the offender’s recognisance, the
court may— (a)
forfeit the recognisance; and
(b) issue a
warrant directed
to all police
officers to
arrest and bring the
offender before the court. (1A) Also,
without limiting
subsection (1), if
the offender contravenes a
relevant condition
of the offender’s recognisance, the
proper officer
of the court
may bring the
offender back before the court by giving
notice to the offender that the proceeding for the offence is
to be heard by the court on a stated day. (2)
When the
offender appears
before the
court, whether
under the warrant
issued under subsection (1)(b) or under a notice
given under subsection (1A), the court
may— (a) record a
conviction and
sentence the
offender for
the offence with which the offender was
originally charged; or (b) make any other
order that the court could have made; as if the
offender had not been released on recognisance. (3)
In
this section— relevant condition means—
(a) a drug diversion condition; or
(b) a DAAR condition. 21
Termination of recognisance
A recognisance entered
into under
this division
is terminated— (a)
at
the end of its period; or (b) if it is
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(c) if the
offender appears
before the
court under
section 20(2); or (d)
if a
court orders that it is terminated; whichever is the
first to happen. Division 2 Recognisances
for property related offences 22
Court
may make order under this division if it does not
record conviction Subject to
section 27(2), if a court acts under this division, it
must
not record a conviction. 23 When court may
act under this division If an offender is convicted of an
offence relating to property and the court
considers it appropriate to do so, the court may
act
under this division. 24 Adjournment and release of offender if
recognisance entered into (1)
A
court may— (a) adjourn the
sentencing of
the offender to
a time and
place ordered by the court; and
(b) release the
offender if
the offender enters
into a
recognisance, with or without sureties, in
such amount as the court considers appropriate, on the
condition that the offender must appear before the
court— (i) to be sentenced at the time and place
ordered by the court; or (ii)
if
called on before the time ordered by the court for
the
purposes of section 25. Page 68 Current as at
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(2) The adjournment under subsection
(1)(a) must not be longer than 6 months after the offender is
convicted. 25 Offender may be called on to do
certain things The offender may be called on
with
a view to the offender taking steps to— (a)
restore property,
to which the
offence relates,
to the person aggrieved
by the offence; or (b) reinstate property to the satisfaction
of the court or the person aggrieved by the offence; or
(c) compensate the
person aggrieved
by the offence
for damage caused to the person’s
property; or (d) comply in
all respects with
any other order
the court may make.
26 Offender may be called on for
sentence (1) If it is made to appear to the court
that convicted the offender, or
a court of
like jurisdiction, that
the offender should
be called on to appear and be sentenced
for the relevant offence before the time ordered under section
24(1)(a), the court may direct that the offender be called on
to appear to be sentenced at a time and place ordered by the
court. (2) In sentencing the
offender, the
court may
have regard
to whether the
offender has
taken the
steps mentioned
in section 25 that are appropriate to the
offender’s case. 27 Offender failing to appear under
recognisance or when called (1)
If
the offender— (a) fails to
appear at
the time and
place ordered
under section
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(b) is called on under section
24(1)(b)(ii) or 26(1) and fails to appear at the
time and place called on or ordered by the
court; the court, or a court of like jurisdiction,
may— (c) forfeit the recognisance; and
(d) issue a
warrant directed
to all police
officers to
arrest and bring the
offender before the court. (2) When
the offender appears
before the
court that
issued the
warrant under subsection (1)(d), the court
may— (a) record a
conviction and
sentence the
offender for
the offence for which the offender was
originally charged; or (b) make any other
order that the court could have made; as if the
offender had not been released on recognisance. 28
Termination of recognisance
A
recognisance entered into under this division is terminated
if
the offender— (a) appears at
the time and
place ordered
under section
24(1)(a); or (b) is called on under section
24(1)(b)(ii) or 26(1); whichever is the first to
happen. Division 3 Release on
entering into recognisance 29
Court
may act under this division whether or not it records
conviction A court may act under this division whether
or not it records a conviction. Page 70
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30 Recognisance—conviction on
indictment (1) An offender convicted on indictment
may, in addition to, or instead of,
any sentence to
which the
offender is
liable, be
ordered— (a)
to
be released if the offender enters into a recognisance,
with or
without sureties,
in such amount
as the court
considers appropriate, conditioned that
the offender keep the peace
and be of good behaviour for a period fixed by the
court; and (b) to be
imprisoned until
the recognisance mentioned
in paragraph (a) is entered into.
(2) Imprisonment ordered under subsection
(1)(b)— (a) must not be longer than 1 year;
and (b) together with any other imprisonment
that is ordered for the offence, must not be longer than the
longest term of imprisonment for
which the
offender might
be sentenced to be imprisoned without
fine. 31 Recognisance—summary conviction
An offender convicted
summarily may,
instead of
being sentenced
to punishment to
which the
offender is
liable, be
released if
the offender enters
into a
recognisance, with
or without sureties,
in such amount
as the court
considers appropriate, on
the conditions that the offender keep the peace and be of good
behaviour for a period (not longer than 1 year) fixed by the
court. 32 Recognisance instead of imposing any
other sentence (1) Subject to
section 98, if
an offender is
convicted, the
court may,
instead of
imposing another
sentence, release
the offender if
the offender enters
into a
recognisance, with
or without sureties,
in such amount
as the court
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(a) the offender
must appear
before the
court to
be sentenced at a future sittings of the
court or if called on within a period stated by the court;
and (b) the offender must in the meantime keep
the peace and be of good behaviour. (2)
In making an
order under
subsection (1), the
court may
impose any additional conditions that it
considers appropriate. 33 Termination of
recognisance A recognisance entered
into under
this division
is terminated— (a)
at
the end of its period; or (b) if the offender
keeps the peace and is of good behaviour for the period
fixed by the court; or (c) if required by
the recognisance, the offender appears as required by the
recognisance to be sentenced; or (d)
if the offender
fails to
appear as
required by
section 32(1)(a). 33A
Failing to obey condition of
recognisance (1) If the court is satisfied that the
offender has failed to obey a condition
of the recognisance, the
court may
forfeit the
recognisance and issue a warrant to arrest
the offender. (2) The warrant is to be directed to all
police officers to arrest and bring
the offender before
the court or
a court of
like jurisdiction. (3)
The
court before which the offender is brought may— (a)
sentence the
offender for
the offence with
which the
offender was originally charged; or
(b) make another order that the court
could lawfully have made if
the offender had
not been released
on recognisance. Page 72
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compensation [s 33AA] Offenders
failing to enter into recognisances before leaving
court Not authorised —indicative only
33AA Application of division
This
division applies if— (a) a court makes an
order under section 19(1)(b), 24(1)(b), 30(1)(a), 31 or
32(1) that an offender be released if the offender enters
into a recognisance (the original order );
and (b) the
offender leaves
the precincts of
the court without
entering into the recognisance.
33AB Proper officer of court may give
offender notice (1) The proper officer of the court may
give the offender a written notice
that— (a) requires the
offender, by
a stated date,
to attend the
registry of the court at a stated place to
enter into the recognisance; and (b)
informs the offender that, if the offender
fails to comply with the requirement, a warrant may be
issued to arrest the offender and bring the offender before
the court to be dealt with according to law.
(2) The notice must be given to the
offender— (a) personally; or (b)
by
post to the address of the offender last known to the
proper officer of the court; or
(c) electronically, including, for
example, by email. 33AC Court may issue warrant
(1) This section applies if the court is
satisfied— (a) the offender
has been given
a notice under
section 33AB; and
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(b) the offender has failed to comply with
the notice. (2) The court may issue a warrant directed
to all police officers to arrest the offender and bring the
offender before the court, or a court of like
jurisdiction, to be dealt with according to law.
Not authorised —indicative
only 33AD Orders for
offender appearing before court (1)
This
section applies if the offender is arrested under a warrant
issued under
section 33AC
and either of
the following applies—
(a) the offender is brought before a court
under the warrant or a warrant issued under another
Act; (b) the offender
is granted bail
under the
Bail Act
1980 ,
section 7 and appears before a court in
accordance with the bail. (2)
The
court may— (a) confirm the original order; or
(b) revoke the original order and sentence
the offender for the offence with
which the
offender was
originally charged.
(3) If the court revokes the original
order under subsection (2)(b) and
a conviction has
not previously been
recorded for
the offence mentioned
in that subsection, the
court may
also record a
conviction for the offence. 33AE Orders for
particular offender failing to appear before court
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the original order is made on the
hearing of a complaint of a simple offence under the
Justices Act 1886 ; and
(b) the offender— (i)
is arrested under
a warrant issued
under section
33AC; and Page 74
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(ii) is granted bail
under the Bail Act 1980 , section
7; and (iii) fails
to appear before a
court in
accordance with
the
bail. (2) The court
may, in
the absence of
the offender, revoke
the original order and sentence the
offender for the offence with which the
offender was originally charged. (3)
If
the court revokes the original order under subsection (2)
and a conviction has not previously been
recorded for the offence mentioned in
that subsection, the
court may
also record
a conviction for the offence.
(4) In sentencing the offender under
subsection (2), the court may not—
(a) impose a term of imprisonment on the
offender; or (b) order that any licence, registration,
certificate, permit or other authority held by the offender
under any Act be cancelled or suspended; or
(c) order that the offender be
disqualified from holding or obtaining any
licence, registration, certificate, permit or other authority
under any Act. 33AF Evidentiary provision
(1) For section 33AC(1)(a), a document
purporting to be a copy of a
notice given
to the offender
under section
33AB and
endorsed with
a certificate purporting to
be signed by
a relevant officer stating the matters
mentioned in subsection (2) is
evidence— (a) that the notice was given to the
offender as stated in the certificate; and (b)
if the notice
was given to
the offender in
the way mentioned
in section 33AB(2)(b)—that the
address appearing
on the notice
is the address
of the offender
last
known to the proper officer of the court. (2)
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(a) the document is a copy of a notice
given to the offender under section 33AB; and
(b) the notice
was given to
the offender in
a stated way
mentioned in section 33AB(2); and
(c) if the
notice was
given to
the offender in
a way mentioned
in section 33AB(2)(a) or
(c)—the date
the notice was given to the offender;
and (d) if the
notice was
given to
the offender in
the way mentioned in
section 33AB(2)(b)— (i) the document was posted to the address
appearing on the notice,
which was
the address of
the offender last
known to
the proper officer
of the court;
and (ii) in the ordinary
course of post, the notice would be delivered on the
date stated in the endorsement. (3)
For
section 33AC(1)(b), a certificate purporting to be signed
by
the proper officer of the court stating that the offender
has not complied with a notice given to the
offender under section 33AB is
evidence the
offender has
not complied with
the notice. (4)
In
this section— relevant officer , in relation to
a notice given to an offender under section
33AB, means— (a) if the
notice was
given to
the offender in
the way mentioned
in section 33AB(2)(a)—the person
who served the notice personally on the
offender; or (b) otherwise—the proper officer of the
court. Page 76 Current as at
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Sentences Act 1992 Part 3 Releases, restitution and
compensation [s 33B] Provisions
relating to forfeited recognisances Not
authorised —indicative only
33B Order for payment of amount under
forfeited recognisance (1)
A
court must, on the forfeiture of a recognisance, order—
(a) that the offender or surety liable to
pay an amount stated in the recognisance pay the amount to
the proper officer of the court
immediately or
within the
time or
by the instalments
stated in the order; or (b) that the proper
officer of the court is, under the SPE Act, section 34, to
give particulars of the amount undertaken by
the surety to
be paid on
the forfeiture of
the recognisance to
SPER for
registration under
that section.
(2) If the court makes an order under
subsection (1)(a), the court may also order
that the offender or surety be imprisoned for the term, of not
more than 2 years, stated in the order if the offender or
surety defaults in paying the amount. 33C
Variation or revocation of order forfeiting
recognisance (1) If a
court orders
an offender or
a surety to
pay an amount
under section
33B, the offender or
surety may
apply in
the approved form
to the court
that made
the order or,
for a Magistrates Court,
any magistrate for
an order revoking
or varying the order. (2)
The
application— (a) may only be made on the ground that
having regard to all the circumstances it would be against
the interests of justice to require the person to pay the
amount ordered to be paid; and (b)
must be
made within
28 days after
the relevant recognisance is
forfeited or
the longer time
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(c) must briefly state the circumstances
relied on; and (d) must be
filed with
the proper officer
of the court
and served, at
least 14
days before
the date set
for the hearing of the
application on the complainant or, for a recognisance entered
into after
an indictment is
presented, whoever of the following is
relevant— (i) the State crown solicitor;
(ii) for an offence
against a law of the Commonwealth, the
Australian Government Solicitor
in Queensland. (3)
Despite subsection (2)(b), if the
recognisance was forfeited in the
absence of
an offender, the
application must
be made within
28 days after
the order comes
to the notice
of the applicant. (4)
At
any time after the application is filed, the applicant may
apply to
the court for
a stay of
proceedings to
which the
application relates. (5)
The
court may grant the stay and do any of the following—
(a) direct the return of any unenforced
warrant; (b) postpone the issue of a
warrant; (c) stay the enforcement of any warrant
until the application is decided. (6)
Also, the court may hear the application
earlier than 14 days after service
of the application if
the parties consent
to the earlier
hearing. (7) The court must decide the application
and may— (a) vary the order; or (b)
revoke the order; or (c)
refuse the application. Page 78
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compensation [s 34] Orders for
restitution and compensation Not
authorised —indicative only
34 Court may act under this division
whether or not it records conviction A court may act
under this division whether or not it records a conviction. 35
Order
for restitution or compensation (1)
The
court may order that the offender— (a)
make
restitution of property— (i) in relation to
which the offence was committed; or (ii)
taken in the course of, or in connection
with, the commission of the offence; and
(b) pay compensation to a person for any
loss or destruction of, damage caused
to, or unlawful
interference with,
property— (i)
in
relation to which the offence was committed; or (ii)
in the course
of, or in
connection with,
the commission of the offence; and
(c) pay compensation for
personal injury
suffered by
a person (whether or not the person is
the victim against whom the
offence was
committed) because
of the commission of
the offence. (2) An order may be made under subsection
(1) in addition to any other sentence to which the offender
is liable. (3) If an
offence is
taken into
account under
section 189 in
imposing sentence
on an offender
for another offence,
the court may make an order under
subsection (1). (4) If a
court makes
an order under
subsection (1) because
of subsection (3), then, despite section
189(8), the offender has the same
right of
appeal as
if the court
had convicted the
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offender of
the offence in
relation to
which the
order was
made. Not
authorised —indicative
only 36 What order may
state (1) An order made under section 35(1) may
state— (a) the amount
to be paid
by way of
restitution or
compensation; and (b)
the
person to whom the restitution is to be made or the
compensation is to be paid; and
(c) the time within which the restitution
is to be made or the compensation is
to be paid
or, alternatively, that
the proper officer
of the court
is, under the
SPE Act, section
34, to give particulars of
the amount of
the restitution or
compensation to
SPER for
registration under that
section; and (d) if the order states the time within
which the restitution is to be made or the compensation is to
be paid—the way in which the
restitution is
to be made
or the compensation is
to be paid. (2) When making
an order under
section 35(1), the
court may
also
order that the offender is to be imprisoned if the offender
fails to comply with the order.
37 Limit on imprisonment under s
36(2) Imprisonment ordered under section 36(2)
must not be longer than— (a)
if
the order is made on indictment—1 year; or (b)
if
the order is made on summary conviction—6 months.
38 Extension of time (1)
The
time stated in an order made under section 35(1) within
which the restitution is to be made, or the
compensation is to be paid, may be extended by—
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(a) the court that made the order;
or (b) a court of like jurisdiction.
(2) The court that grants an extension
under subsection (1) may further extend the time.
(3) Application for an extension under
subsection (1), or further extension under subsection (2), must
be in writing. 39 Directions for enforcing order of
imprisonment (1) In making an order under section
36(2), the court may give such directions as it considers
appropriate for the enforcement of the order of
imprisonment. (2) A direction
mentioned in
subsection (1) may
include a
direction that the offender must
appear— (a) before the court, or a court of like
jurisdiction, at a time and place stated in the direction;
or (b) if called on by notice given to the
offender; to show cause why the imprisonment should
not be enforced because of the failure to comply with the
order. 39A Other orders available on failure to
comply On an appearance by an offender under
section 39(2), if the court considers
the order of
imprisonment should
not be enforced against
the offender, the court may— (a)
accept payment of the amount ordered in
full; or (b) if the
offender has
not been paying
the amount by
instalments, order
that the
unpaid amount
be paid by
instalments; or (c)
cause the
proper officer
to register the
prescribed particulars of
the unpaid amount under the SPE Act. Current as at
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Failing to appear as directed
If the offender
fails to
appear as
required by
a direction mentioned
in section 39(2), the
court may
issue a
warrant directed to all
police officers to arrest and bring the offender
before the court, or a court of like
jurisdiction, to show cause as required by
the direction. 41 Instalments—failing to pay
If an amount
is ordered to
be paid by
instalments and
an instalment is not paid, the same
proceedings may be taken as if the original
order had directed that the unpaid instalments be paid in a
single amount and the amount had not been paid. 42
Payment of restitution or
compensation A court may order that restitution or
compensation must be made, directly or indirectly, to the
proper officer of the court. 43
Division does not limit operation of other
provisions This division does not limit the operation
of another provision of this Act that provides for the
making of restitution or the payment of
compensation. Part 3A Non-contact
orders 43A Court may make order whether or not it
records conviction A
court may
make a
non-contact order
whether or
not it records a
conviction. Page 82 Current as at
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3A Non-contact orders [s 43B] 43B
Making non-contact order (1)
If a
court convicts an offender of a personal offence, whether
on indictment or
summarily, the
court may
make a
non-contact order for the offender.
(2) The order
may be made
in addition to
any other order
the court may make under this or another
Act. (3) However, the court must not make a
non-contact order if an order may be made under the
Domestic and Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section
42. (4) In this section— personal
offence means
an indictable offence
committed against the
person of someone. 43C Requirements of non-contact
order (1) A non-contact order is an order that
contains either or both of the following— (a)
a requirement that
the offender not
contact the
victim against whom the
offence was committed, or someone who
was with the
victim when
the offence was
committed (an associate
),
for a stated time; (b) a requirement that the offender not go
to a stated place, or within a stated distance of a stated
place, for a stated time. (2)
The
time stated in the order must be a period starting when the
order is made and ending no later
than— (a) if the offender is sentenced to a term
of imprisonment for the offence
and the sentence
is not suspended—2 years after the
day on which the term of imprisonment ends; or
(b) otherwise—2 years after the day on
which the order is made. (3)
The
court may make the order if satisfied that, unless the order
is made, there
is an unacceptable risk
that the
offender would—
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injure the victim or associate, including
for example by injuring the victim or associate
psychologically; or (b) harass the victim or associate;
or (c) damage the property of the victim or
associate; or (d) act in a way that could reasonably be
expected to cause a detriment to
the victim or
associate, including
for example by acting in a way
that— (i) makes the victim or associate fear
that he or she may be injured; or (ii)
makes the victim or associate fear that his
or her property may be damaged; or
(iii) hinders
or stops the
victim or
associate doing
something he or she is lawfully entitled to
do; or (iv) makes the victim
or associate do something he or she is lawfully
entitled not to do. Example of subparagraph (iii)—
acting in a way that makes the victim
significantly change the way the victim would ordinarily
travel to work Example of subparagraph (iv)—
acting in a way that makes the victim sell a
property the victim would not otherwise sell
(4) In considering whether to make the
order, the court must have regard to all of the circumstances of
the case, including for example— (a)
the
terms of any other order relating to the offender and
the
victim or associate; and (b) the
viability of
making the
order in
circumstances in
which contact
between the
offender and
the victim or
associate may be unavoidable; and
(c) the offender’s antecedents.
Example of another order under paragraph
(a)— an order under the Family Law Act
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3A Non-contact orders [s 43D] Example of
unavoidable contact under paragraph (b)— Contact may be
unavoidable if the offender and the victim both live in a small
remote community. (5) In this section— contact
the
victim or associate means— (a) intentionally
initiate contact with the victim or associate in any way,
including for example, by phone, mail, fax, email or other
technology; or (b) intentionally follow, loiter near,
watch or approach the victim or associate; or
(c) intentionally loiter
near, watch,
approach or
enter a
place where
the victim or
associate lives,
works or
visits. property
of a
victim or associate means— (a) property in
which the victim or associate has an interest, whether or not
the offender also has an interest in the property;
or (b) property that is otherwise—
(i) in the care or custody of the victim
or associate; or (ii) at
the premises where
the victim or
associate is
living. 43D
Amending or revoking non-contact
order (1) The following persons may apply, in
the approved form, to amend or revoke a non-contact
order— (a) a prosecutor; (b)
the
victim named in the order; (c) any associate
named in the order; (d) the offender. (2)
However, the offender can not apply within 6
months after the order was made. Current as at
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3A Non-contact orders [s 43D] Not
authorised —indicative
only (3) The application
may be made to— (a) a court of equivalent jurisdiction to
the court in which the order was made; or (b)
if the offender
is appearing before
a court of
higher jurisdiction in
relation to
another offence
against the
victim or
associate—the judge
before whom
the offender is appearing.
(4) The applicant must give a copy of the
application to— (a) if the applicant is the offender,
victim or associate—the prosecuting authority; or
(b) if the applicant is a prosecutor—the
offender, the victim and any associate named in the
order. (5) The applicant must give the copy at
least 21 days before the day on which the application is to be
heard. (6) For an application made by the
offender, victim or associate, the prosecuting
authority who received the application under subsection
(4)(a) must take
all reasonable steps
to immediately give a copy of the
application to— (a) if the application is made by the
offender—the victim and any associate named in the order;
or (b) if the application is made by the
victim—the offender and any associate named in the order;
or (c) if the application is made by the
associate—the offender and the victim. (7)
The prosecutor, offender,
victim and
associate are
each entitled to be
heard at the hearing of an application. (8)
A
court may amend or revoke the order only if satisfied there
has been a
material change
in the circumstances of
the offender, the victim or any associate
named in the order that justifies the amendment or
revocation. Example of a material change in the victim’s
circumstances— Because of the relocation of the victim’s
employer’s workplace, the victim starts working in the building
in which the offender works. Page 86
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3A Non-contact orders [s 43E] (9)
In
this section— prosecuting authority means—
(a) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the
non-contact order was made was a police officer—
the commissioner of
the police service
or someone authorised to
accept the
application on
the commissioner’s behalf; or
(b) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the non-contact order
was made was
a Crown prosecutor—the director
of public prosecutions or
someone authorised to
accept the
application on
the director’s behalf. 43E
Order
to be given to interested persons (1)
A
proper officer of the court that makes, amends or revokes a
non-contact order for an offender must
immediately— (a) reduce the order to writing in the
approved form; and (b) give a copy of the order to—
(i) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the non-contact order
was made was
a Crown prosecutor—the director
of public prosecutions or
someone authorised to accept the order on the
director’s behalf; and (ii) the offender;
and (iii) if
the order was
amended or
revoked on
the application of the victim named in the
order—the victim; and (iv)
if the order
was amended or
revoked on
the application of any associate named in
the order— the associate; and (v)
the
chief executive (corrective services); and (c)
give a
copy of
the order to
the commissioner of
the police service,
or someone authorised to
accept the
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commissioner’s behalf, by fax, email or a similar
facility. (2) Failure to comply with subsection (1)
does not invalidate the order. (3)
If the proper
officer is
not required under
subsection (1) to
give a
copy of
the order to
the victim or
associate, the
prosecutor, or someone on the prosecutor’s
behalf, must take all reasonable steps to give a copy of the
order to the victim or associate. 43F
Contravention of non-contact order
(1) An offender
must not
unlawfully contravene a
non-contact order.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (2)
A
Magistrates Court that convicts an offender of an offence
against subsection
(1) may, in
addition to
or instead of
sentencing the offender under subsection
(1)— (a) if the
non-contact order
was made by
a Magistrates Court—amend the
order; or (b) if the
non-contact order
was made by
the Supreme or
District Court
(the sentencing court
)—order the
offender to appear before the sentencing
court. (3) If an order is made under subsection
(2)(b), the Magistrates Court must also make 1 of the
following orders— (a) an order
committing the
offender into
custody to
be brought before the sentencing
court; (b) an order granting the offender bail on
the condition that the offender appear before the sentencing
court. (4) If the
Magistrates Court
sentenced the
offender under
subsection (1), the sentencing court may
amend the order or decide no further action be taken.
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3B Banning orders [s 43G] (5)
If
the Magistrates Court did not sentence the offender under
subsection (1), the sentencing court may do
the following— (a) sentence the offender under subsection
(1); (b) in addition to or instead of
sentencing the offender under subsection (1),
amend the order; (c) decide no further action be
taken. Part 3B Banning
orders 43G Definitions for pt 3B
In
this part— banning order see section
43I. licence see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. licensed premises see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. licensee see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. police banning
notice see
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000
,
section 602B. public place see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
11. 43H Record of conviction not
required A court may make a banning order whether or
not it records a conviction. 43I
What
is a banning order A
banning order is an order that
prohibits an offender, for a stated
period, from
doing, or
attempting to
do, any of
the following— (a)
entering or
remaining in
stated licensed
premises or
a stated class of licensed
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entering or
remaining in,
during stated
hours, a
stated area that is
designated by its distance from, or location in relation to,
the stated licensed premises or stated class of licensed
premises mentioned in an order made under paragraph
(a); Examples of orders for paragraph (b)—
• an order that prohibits a person from
entering or remaining in, between the hours of 10p.m. and
6a.m., an area that is within 10m
of stated licensed
premises mentioned
in an order made under
paragraph (a) • an order that prohibits a person from
entering or remaining in, between the hours of 11p.m. and
5a.m., a stated street, or an area abutting several stated
streets, that is located near stated licensed
premises mentioned in an order made under paragraph
(a) • an order that prohibits a person from
entering or remaining in, between the hours of 11p.m. and
5a.m., the safe night precinct under
the Liquor Act
1992 in
which the
stated licensed
premises mentioned
in an order
made under
paragraph (a) are located
(c) attending or remaining at a stated
event, to be held in a public place,
at which liquor
will be
sold for
consumption. 43J
Making a banning order (1)
A
court may make a banning order for an offender if—
(a) the offender has been convicted
of— (i) an offence that involved the use,
threatened use or attempted use of unlawful violence to a
person or property; or (ii)
an offence against
the Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 5 or 6; and (b)
having regard to the evidence available to
the court, the court is
satisfied that
the offence was
committed in
licensed premises or in a public place in
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(c) the court is satisfied that, unless
the order is made, the offender would pose an unacceptable
risk to— (i) the good
order of
licensed premises
and areas in
the
vicinity of licensed premises; or (ii)
the safety and
welfare of
persons attending
licensed premises
and areas in
the vicinity of
licensed premises. (2)
The order may
be made in
addition to
any other order
the court may make under this or another
Act. (3) In considering whether to make the
order, the court must have regard to all of the circumstances of
the case, including, for example, the following—
(a) whether the offender is, or has been,
subject to another banning order; (b)
whether the offender is, or has been,
subject to— (i) a special condition mentioned in
the Bail Act 1980 ,
section 11(3); or (ii)
a
police banning notice; (c) the offender’s
criminal history; (d) the offender’s personal
circumstances and
the likely effect of the
order on those circumstances; (e)
anything else the court considers
relevant. (4) The court may impose any conditions it
considers necessary on a banning
order, including
a condition that
the offender report
to a police
station within
48 hours after
the banning order is made to
be photographed for an image to distribute to relevant persons
under the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act
2000 , chapter 19, part 5B. (4A)
Subsection (4B) applies if—
(a) the court
has regard to
a police banning
notice when
considering whether to make the order;
and (b) the notice is in effect when the court
considers making the order. Current as at
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3B Banning orders [s 43J] Not
authorised —indicative
only (4B) The
court must
decide whether
the police banning
notice should
be— (a) cancelled; or (b)
amended and how it should be amended.
(4C) The
banning order
must state
the court’s decision
under subsection
(4B). (5) A banning order does not stop the
offender from— (a) entering or remaining in any of the
following— (i) the offender’s residence;
(ii) the offender’s
place of employment; (iii) a place at which
the offender is receiving formal education; (iv)
a mode of
transport required
to be used
by the offender;
(v) any other place that the court
considers necessary in order to prevent undue hardship to the
offender or a member of the offender’s family;
or (b) entering any place that it is
reasonably necessary for the offender
to enter for
the purpose of
entering or
remaining in a place or mode of transport
mentioned in paragraph (a). (6)
If a place
mentioned in
subsection (5) is
located within
the area to
which the
banning order
applies, the
banning order
must— (a)
describe the
place in
sufficient detail
to identify the
place; and (b)
state that the offender is not stopped from
entering or remaining in the place. Example for
subsection (6)— If an offender’s residence
is located within
the area to
which the
banning order applies, the banning order
must state the address of the residence and
state that the offender is not stopped from entering or
remaining in the residence.
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3B Banning orders [s 43K] (7)
If a mode
of transport mentioned
in subsection (5) operates
within an area to which the banning order
applies, the banning order must— (a)
describe the
mode of
transport in
sufficient detail
to identify the mode of transport;
and (b) state that the offender is not stopped
from entering or remaining in the mode of transport.
Example for subsection (7)—
If a
bus route required to be used by the offender operates within
the area to
which the
banning order
applies, the
banning order
must describe the bus
route and state that the offender is not stopped from
entering or remaining in a bus on that
route. (8) The offender bears the onus of proving
the following— (a) for subsection
(5)(a)(i)—that a place is
the offender’s residence; (b)
for subsection (5)(a)(ii)—that a place is
the offender’s place of employment; (c)
for
subsection (5)(a)(iii)—that the offender is receiving
formal education at a place;
(d) for subsection
(5)(a)(iv)—that a mode of
transport is
required to be used by the offender;
(e) for subsection (5)(a)(v)—that undue
hardship would be caused to
the offender or
a member of
the offender’s family
if the offender
was
prevented from entering
or remaining in a place.
43K Banning order to be explained
(1) Before making
a banning order,
the court must
explain, or
cause to be explained, to the
offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) the consequences of contravening the
order; and (c) that the
order may
be amended or
revoked on
the application of the offender or a
prosecutor. Current as at [Not applicable]
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3B Banning orders [s 43L] (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or in a way likely
to
be readily understood by the offender. Not
authorised —indicative
only 43L Amending or
revoking banning order (1) The following
persons may apply to the court, in the approved form, to amend
or revoke a banning order— (a) a
prosecutor; (b) the offender. (2)
However, the offender can not apply until at
least 6 months after the order was made.
(3) The application may
be made to
a court of
equivalent jurisdiction to
the court in which the order was made. (4)
The
applicant must give a copy of the application to—
(a) if the
applicant is
the offender—the prosecuting authority;
or (b) if the applicant is a prosecutor—the
offender. (5) The applicant must give the copy at
least 21 days before the day on which the application is to be
heard. (6) The prosecutor and offender are each
entitled to be heard at the hearing of the application.
(7) A court may amend or revoke the order
only if satisfied there has been
a material change
in the circumstances of
the offender that justifies the amendment
or revocation. (8) In this section— prosecuting
authority means— (a)
if the prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the
banning order was made was a police officer—the commissioner of
the police service
or someone authorised to
accept the
application on
the commissioner’s behalf; or
(b) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
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the
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director of
public prosecutions or
someone authorised to
accept the
application on
the director’s behalf.
Not authorised —indicative only
43M Banning order to be given to
interested persons (1) A proper officer of the court that
makes, amends or revokes a banning order for an offender must
immediately— (a) reduce the order to writing in the
approved form; and (b) give a copy of the order to—
(i) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the banning order
was made was
a Crown prosecutor—the
director of public prosecutions or someone
authorised to
accept the
order on
the director’s behalf; and
(ii) the offender;
and (iii) the chief
executive (corrective services); and (c)
give a
copy of
the order to
the commissioner of
the police service,
or someone authorised to
accept the
order on the commissioner’s behalf, by fax,
email or a similar facility. (2)
Failure to comply with subsection (1) does
not invalidate the order. 43N
Commissioner of police service may give copy
of banning order to particular persons
(1) The commissioner of the police service
may give a copy of a banning order to— (a)
the
licensee of any licensed premises stated in the order;
or (b) the licensee of
any licensed premises within a class of licensed
premises stated in the order; or (c)
the
holder of a licence or permit to sell liquor at an event
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an
approved manager working at the licensed premises
mentioned in
paragraph (a)
or (b) or
the event mentioned in
paragraph (c). (e) the Commissioner for
Liquor and
Gaming under
the Gaming Machine Act 1991
;
or (f) an approved
operator for
an approved ID
scanning system.
(2) In this section— approved
ID scanning system
see the Liquor
Act 1992 ,
section 173EE. approved
manager means a person holding an approval as
an approved manager under the
Liquor Act 1992 .
approved operator see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
173EE. permit see the
Liquor Act 1992 , section
4. 43O Contravention of banning order
(1) A person must not, without reasonable
excuse, contravene a banning order. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (2)
A Magistrates Court
that convicts
a person of
an offence against
subsection (1) may,
in addition to
or instead of
sentencing the person under subsection
(1)— (a) if the banning order was made by a
Magistrates Court— amend the order; or (b)
if the banning
order was
made by
the Supreme or
District Court (the sentencing
court )—order the person to appear before
the sentencing court. (3) If an order is
made under subsection (2)(b), the Magistrates Court must also
make either of the following orders— (a)
an order committing the
person into
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an
order granting the person bail on the condition that
the
person appear before the sentencing court. (4)
If the Magistrates Court
sentenced the
person under
subsection (1), the sentencing court may
amend the order or decide no further action be taken.
(5) If the
Magistrates Court
did not sentence
the person under
subsection (1), the
sentencing court
may do any
of the following— (a)
sentence the person under subsection
(1); (b) in addition to or instead of
sentencing the person under subsection (1),
amend the order; (c) decide no further action be
taken. Part 4 Fines
Division 1 General
44 Court may impose fine whether or not
conviction recorded A
court may
impose a
fine whether
or not it
records a
conviction. 45
Power
to fine (1) An offender may be fined.
(2) The fine
may be in
addition to,
or instead of,
any other sentence to
which the offender is liable. (3)
The
maximum fine that a court may impose is— (a)
the appropriate maximum
applicable to
the offence under a
provision of this or another Act relating to the
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Fines [s 46] (b)
if
there is no such maximum—the maximum mentioned in section
46. (4) This section
has effect subject
to a specific
provision of
another Act relating to the offence.
46 Fine limitations of certain
courts (1) If an Act creates an offence and does
not provide a sentence, the maximum
fine that
a court may
impose for
a single offence
is— (a) if the court is a Magistrates Court
and the offender is— (i) an
individual—165 penalty units; or (ii)
a
corporation—835 penalty units; or (b)
if the court
is a District
Court and
the offender is
an individual—4,175 penalty units.
(2) If an Act creates an offence and does
not provide a sentence, there is no limit on the fine that the
court may impose for a single offence if— (a)
the court is
a District Court
and the offender
is a corporation;
or (b) the court is the Supreme Court.
47 Lesser fine than provided may be
imposed Unless an Act otherwise provides, a court
may impose a lesser fine than the fine stated in the Act.
48 Exercise of power to fine
(1) If a court decides to fine an
offender, then, in determining the amount of the
fine and the way in which it is to be paid, the court must, as
far as practicable, take into account— (a)
the
financial circumstances of the offender; and Page 98
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the
nature of the burden that payment of the fine will be
on
the offender. (2) The court
may fine the
offender even
though it
has been unable
to find out
about the
matters mentioned
in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(3) In considering the financial
circumstances of the offender, the court must take
into account any other order that it or another court has made,
or that it proposes to make— (a)
providing for the confiscation of the
proceeds of crime; or (b) requiring
the offender to
make restitution or
pay compensation. (3A)
In
considering the financial circumstances of the offender, the
court must not take into account the
offender levy imposed under section 179C.
(4) If the court considers that—
(a) it would
be appropriate both
to impose a
fine and
to make a restitution or compensation
order; and (b) the offender has not enough means to
pay both; the court must, in making its order, give
more importance to restitution or compensation, though it may
also impose a fine. (5) In fixing the amount of a fine, the
court may have regard to, among other matters—
(a) any loss
or destruction of,
or damage caused
to, a person’s
property because of the offence; and (b)
the
value of a benefit received by the person because of
the
offence. 49 Single fine for 2 or more
offences (1) If an offender is found guilty
(including being found guilty on a plea of
guilty) of 2 or more offences— (a)
that
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that
form, or are part of, a series of offences of the same
or a
similar kind; the court may impose a single fine for all
the offences. (2) A fine imposed under subsection (1)
must not be more than the total of the maximum fines that
could be imposed for each of the offences. 50
Instalment order If a court fines
an offender, it may order that— (a)
the
fine be paid by instalments; or (b)
the
proper officer give, under the SPE Act, section 34,
particulars of the fine to SPER for
registration under that section. 51
Payment of fine If
a court does
not make an
instalment order
under section 50(a),
it must, at the time of imposing the fine order that—
(a) the offender be allowed time to pay
the fine; or (b) the proper officer give, under the SPE
Act, section 34, particulars of the fine to SPER for
registration under that section. Division 2
Fine
option orders 52 Definitions In this
division— fine includes the fee
payable for lodging a complaint for an offence with a
clerk of the court. original order means an order
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that
imposes a fine on an offender, whether or not it also
requires the payment of another penalty;
and (b) that directs that in default of
payment of the fine or other penalty
either immediately or
within a
fixed time,
the offender is to be imprisoned for a
period ordered by the court. 53
Application for order if offender before
court (1) If an
offender is
before a
court when
the court makes
an original order for the offender, the
court must explain to the offender that he or she may
immediately verbally apply to the court for a fine
option order. (2) If— (a)
the
original order directs that the offender is to pay the
fine— (i)
immediately—the application may be made on
the day on which the order is made; or
(ii) within a fixed
time—the application may be made at any time
before the end of the fixed time; or (b)
the offender is
given a
notice under
section 54—the application may
be made at any time before the end of the time fixed
in the original order. (3) The explanation
mentioned in subsection (1) must be made in language or in a
way likely to be readily understood by the offender.
(4) The court may adjourn the hearing of
the application for the period that the court considers is
proper to allow the court or offender to
obtain information. (5) If the court refuses the application,
it must note in the records of
the court whether
the refusal was
made because
of section 57(1)(a) or (b).
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If
offender not before court written notice of right to apply
for
fine option order to be given If the offender
is not before the court when the court makes an original order
for the offender, the court must cause written notice to be
given to the offender informing the offender of his
or
her right to apply for a fine option order. 55
Application for order generally
(1) If a court makes an original order for
an offender, the offender may apply to the court for a fine
option order. (2) If— (a)
the
original order directs that the offender is to pay the
fine— (i)
immediately—the application may be made on
the day on which the order is made; or
(ii) within a fixed
time—the application may be made at any time
before the end of the fixed time; or (b)
the offender is
given a
notice under
section 54—the application may
be made at any time before the end of the time fixed
in the original order. (3) The application
must— (a) be in the approved form; and
(b) state the particulars that are
relevant having regard to the matters
of which the
court is
required to
be satisfied under section
58(1); and (c) be signed by the applicant; and
(d) be lodged— (i)
if the court
is the Supreme
Court or
a District Court—in the
registry of that court; or (ii) if the court is
a Magistrates Court—with the clerk of the
court. Page 102 Current as at
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On the lodging
of the application, the
original order
is suspended so far as it requires the
payment of a fine. (5) Section 8 does not apply to this
section. Not authorised —indicative only
56A Offender may apply to proper officer
for fine option order (1) If a court makes
an original order for an offender, the offender may apply to the
proper officer of the court for a fine option order.
(2) The application must—
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) state the
relevant particulars, having
regard to
the matters of
which the
proper officer
must be
satisfied under section
57(1); and (c) be signed by the applicant.
(3) The application can
not be made
after a
warrant of
commitment has been issued on the original
order. (4) The offender can not make an
application under this section if the offender has
made an application under section 53 or 55. (5)
The
application lapses if the offender makes an application to
the
court under section 53 or 55. (6)
Also, if the court decides an application
under section 53 or 55, the proper
officer can
not afterwards consider
an application under this section unless
permitted by section 58. 57 Matters to be
considered on application (1) A court or
proper officer of the court may make a fine option
order for
an offender only
if the court
or proper officer
is satisfied that— (a)
the
offender is unable to pay the fine in accordance with
the
original order or, if the offender were to pay the fine
in
accordance with the original order, the offender or the
offender’s family would suffer economic
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the
offender is a suitable person to perform community
service under a fine option order.
(1A) The fact that an
offender’s only source of income is a social security or
veteran’s pension, benefit or allowance from the
Commonwealth is a ground on which a court
may be satisfied that the
offender or
the offender’s family
would suffer
economic hardship
if the offender
were to
pay the fine
in accordance with the original
order. (1B) In considering
an application for a fine option order, a court or
proper officer of the court must have regard
to the principle that an offender should not be considered to
be unsuitable to perform community service merely because
of— (a) any physical, intellectual or
psychiatric disability of the offender;
or (b) the offender’s sex, educational level
or religious beliefs. (1C) Subsection (1B)
does not limit the matters to which the court or proper
officer of the court may have regard. (2)
A court or
proper officer
of the court
may adjourn the
application for
the purpose of
obtaining any
information, notification or
report from an authorised corrective services
officer for the purposes of subsection
(1). (2A) An
authorised corrective services
officer must
not, in
any information, notification or
report, recommend
that a
fine option order or
community based order should not be made for an offender
merely because of— (a) any physical, intellectual or
psychiatric disability of the offender;
or (b) the offender’s sex, educational level
or religious beliefs. (3) Subject
to section 58, the
proper officer
of the court
may consider an
application for
a fine option
order only
if the offender
has not previously made
an application under
this division in
relation to the original order. Page 104
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Proper officer must reconsider offender’s
financial position (1)
If— (a) an
offender has
previously been
refused a
fine option
order; and (b)
the court records
show that
the refusal was
made because of
section 57(1)(a); and (c) the
proper officer
of the court
is satisfied that
the offender’s financial
position has
become significantly worse since the
refusal; the proper officer must consider a fresh
application, if made, by the offender for a fine option
order. (2) The application must—
(a) be made to the proper officer of the
court that, or the proper officer who, previously refused an
application for a fine option order; and (b)
be
in the approved form; and (c) state how the
offender’s financial position has become significantly
worse; and (d) be signed by the applicant; and
(e) be lodged— (i)
if the court
is the Supreme
Court or
a District Court—in the
registry of the court; or (ii) if the court is
a Magistrates Court—with the clerk of the
court. (3) The offender may make the application
even though a warrant of commitment has been issued or
executed in relation to the original
order. (4) The offender
can not make
more than
1 application under
subsection (1). Current as at
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Determination of application
(1) The court to which an application is
made under section 55, or the proper officer of the court to
whom an application is made under section
58, must cause written notice to be given to the
offender of
the time and
place at
which it
is proposed to
determine the application.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply
if— (a) the offender
is personally before
the court or
proper officer of the
court when the application is made; and (b)
the
application is to be dealt with immediately. (3)
The
offender may appear before the court or proper officer of
the
court at the time and place mentioned in the notice unless
the
applicant is in lawful custody at that time. (4)
If the offender
does not
appear before
the court or
proper officer
of the court
at the time
and place mentioned
in the notice,
the application may
be determined in
the offender’s absence.
(5) In determining whether
to grant or
refuse the
application, consideration
must be given to— (a) the information contained in the
application; and (b) the information relating to the
offender, and the offence to which
the application relates,
that was
before the
court when the original order was
made. 60 Application may be granted or
refused (1) If an application is granted, the
court or proper officer of the court
must— (a) make a fine option order for the
offender; and (b) explain to the offender, in language
or a way likely to be readily understood by the
offender— (i) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (ii) what
may follow if
the offender fails
to comply with the order;
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the offender’s right
under section
73 to pay the
fine, or
any part of
the fine, to
which the
fine option order
relates and how that section requires the payment to
be applied. (2) If a court refuses an application
under section 55— (a) any suspension of
the original order
to which the
application relates ceases to have effect;
and (b) the court must cause written notice to
be given to the applicant— (i)
of the refusal
and whether the
refusal was
made because of
section 57(1)(a) or (b); and (ii)
that
any suspension of the original order has ceased to have
effect. (3) If a proper officer of the court
refuses an application under section 58, the
proper officer must— (a) give written
notice to the applicant of the refusal and the reasons for the
refusal; and (b) give written notice to the court that
made the original order that the application was made and
refused. (4) If a
court or
the proper officer
of the court
refuses an
application, there
must be
noted in
the records of
the court whether the
refusal was made because of section 57(1)(a) or (b).
61 Making of order by proper officer of
the court (1) The proper officer of the court may
make a fine option order, but the offender must not be released
under section 65 if— (a) the original
order requires the payment of a part of the fine
to the complainant, and
directs that
in default of
payment the offender is to be imprisoned for
a period, unless— (i)
that
part of the fine has been paid; or Current as at
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the
offender has served a period of imprisonment that bears to
the default period of imprisonment, as nearly as
possible, the same proportion as that part of the fine
bears to the total fine; or (b)
the
original order requires, in addition to the imposition
of a fine,
the payment of
another penalty,
and directs that
in default of
payment the
offender is
to be imprisoned for a
period, unless— (i) the amount of the penalty has been
paid; or (ii) the offender has
served a period of imprisonment that bears to
the default period of imprisonment, as nearly
as possible, the
same proportion as
the amount of
the penalty bears
to the total
amount required to be
paid by the order. (2) Subject to section 58, the proper
officer of the court may make a
fine option
order only
if the offender
has not previously made
an application under
this division
in relation to
the original order. 62
Effect of fine option order
(1) If a court makes a fine option
order— (a) on an application under section 53 or
on appeal under section 85—it may suspend the original order
so far as it requires the payment of a fine; or
(b) on an application under section 55—the
suspension of the original order so far as it requires the
payment of a fine is continued. (2)
If a
proper officer of the court makes a fine option order under
section 60(1)(a), the
original order
to which it
relates is
suspended so far as it requires the payment
of a fine. (3) If an original order requires the
payment of a fine and another penalty, then,
for the period for which the order is suspended so far as it
requires the payment of the fine, the default period
of imprisonment stated
in the order
is taken to
have been
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same proportion as the amount of the fine bears to the total
amount of the fine and other penalty required to be
paid
by the order. (4) If— (a)
a warrant of
commitment is
issued because
of an offender’s
failure to comply with an original order; and (b)
the warrant has
not been executed
at the time
of the making of a fine
option order under section 60 for the original
order; the warrant, so far as it relates to the
payment of a fine, stops being in force on the making of the
fine option order. 63 No liability if warrant executed in
good faith and without negligence If—
(a) a warrant of commitment stops being in
force because of section 62(4); and (b)
a police officer
in good faith
and without negligence purports to
execute the warrant; liability at law does not attach to
the police officer, the chief executive
(corrective services)
or the State
because of
the purported execution of the
warrant. 64 Order to be in writing
A
court or proper officer of the court that makes a fine
option order for an offender must—
(a) immediately reduce the order to
writing in the approved form; and (b)
give
a copy of the order to the offender; and (c)
give
to the chief executive (corrective services)— (i)
a
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a copy of
the original order
to which the
order relates;
and (iii) details of the
offence for which the original order was made.
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only 65 Release from
custody when order is made If an
offender for
whom a
fine option
order is
made is
in lawful custody when the order is made
merely because of the offender’s failure
to pay the
fine, the
offender must
be released immediately.
66 Requirements of fine option
orders (1) A fine
option order
must contain
requirements that
the offender— (a)
must
report to an authorised corrective services officer
at
the place, and within the time, stated in the order; and
(b) must perform in a satisfactory way
community service directed by an authorised corrective
services officer— (i) for the number of hours stated in the
order; and (ii) at the times
directed by the officer; and (c)
must comply
with every
reasonable direction
of an authorised
corrective services officer; and (d)
must report
to, and receive
visits from,
an authorised corrective
services officer as directed by the officer; and
(e) must notify an authorised corrective
services officer of every change
of the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and (f) must not
leave or
stay out
of Queensland without
the permission of an authorised corrective
services officer. (2) The number
of hours stated
in a fine
option order
under subsection
(1)(b)(i) must be
performed within
1 year, or
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time allowed
in the order,
from the
making of
the order. (3)
A
direction given under subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies to all
fine option orders made for the offender by the
same court on the same day. Not
authorised —indicative only
67 Directions under fine option
order (1) A direction given by an authorised
corrective services officer under
a requirement of
a fine option
order must,
as far as
practicable, avoid— (a)
conflicting with the offender’s religious
beliefs; and (b) interfering with
any times during
which the
offender usually works or
attends a school or other educational or training
establishment; and (c) interfering with the offender’s family
responsibilities. (2) A direction
given under
a fine option
order may
be given orally or in
writing. (3) An offender must not be given a
direction under a fine option order to perform
more than 8 hours community service on any day.
(4) However, if the offender consents and
an authorised corrective services officer approves, the
offender may perform more than 8 hours
community service in a day. (5)
In performing community
service, the
offender must
be allowed reasonable rest and meal
breaks. 68 Period mentioned in s 66(2) may be
extended (1) The 1 year or other time mentioned in
section 66(2) may be extended— (a)
by a
court, or the proper officer of the court, at any time
before the end of the 1 year or other time;
or (b) by the proper officer of the court
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Application for
an extension under
subsection (1) may
be made by an authorised corrective
services officer. (3) The court, or proper officer of the
court, must advise the chief executive
(corrective services)
and the offender
when the
application will be heard.
(4) The application may be heard in the
absence of the offender if the court
or proper officer
is satisfied that
the offender is
unable to be present. (5)
If the 1
year or
other time
is extended, the
court or
proper officer of the
court that makes the extension must notify the chief executive
(corrective services) and the offender of the extension in the
approved form. 69 Maximum number of hours
(1) The number of hours for which an
offender may be required to perform community service under a
requirement of a fine option order must be such number as,
in the opinion of the court or proper officer of the court,
satisfies the justice of the case.
(2) The number
mentioned in
subsection (1) must
not be more
than
5 hours for each penalty unit, or part of a penalty unit,
that
was imposed as a fine under the original order. 70
Fine
reduced proportionate to imprisonment If, when the
fine option order is made for the offender under
section 60, the
offender is
serving a
term of
imprisonment because
of the nonpayment of
the fine to
which the
order relates, the
fine is taken to have been reduced by an amount that
bears to
the fine, as
nearly as
possible, the
same proportion as
the number of days for which the offender has been imprisoned
bears to the term of imprisonment. Page 112
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Community service to be performed
cumulatively (1) All community
service required
to be performed
by an offender
under a
fine option
order is
to be performed
cumulatively with any community service not
performed by the offender that the offender is required
to perform under a community service order or fine option
order. (2) If 2
or more fine
option orders
that require
an offender to
perform community service are in force at
the same time, the community service
is to be
performed in
the same chronological
sequence as the sequence in which the orders were
made. 72 Performance of community service to be
credited against fine (1)
If
an offender performs community service under a fine option
order, the amount of the fine is to be
reduced by an amount that bears to the amount of the fine,
as nearly as possible, the same proportion that
the number of
hours of
community service
performed by the offender under the order bears to the
number of
hours of
community service
that the
offender is
required to perform under the order.
(2) For the purposes of section 186, an
amount credited against the amount
of a fine
under subsection
(1) is taken to
be payment of an amount in part
satisfaction of a court order. 73
Payments and application of payments
(1) Subject to
subsection (3) and
despite a
suspension of
an original order so far as it requires
the payment of a fine, the fine or a part of the fine may be
paid. (2) A fine or part of a fine must be paid,
directly or indirectly, to the proper officer of the court in
which the original order was made.
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payment of part of the amount originally
required to be paid by the original order is made—the
payment must be applied— (i)
firstly, to the amount of a penalty (other
than the fine) required to be paid by the original
order; and (ii) then, to the
amount of the fine; or (b) a payment is
applied to the amount of the fine to which the
fine option
order relates—the number
of hours of
community service
required to
be performed by
an offender under
a requirement of
the order must
be reduced by a number that bears to the
number of hours, as nearly as
possible, the
same proportion that
the amount of the payment bears to the
amount of the fine. 74 Failing to comply with a requirement
of an order (1) This section applies if, while a fine
option order is in force for an
offender, an
authorised corrective service
officer (a
supervisor ),
or a person
authorised for
the purpose of
this section
by the chief
executive (corrective services)
(also a
supervisor ), reasonably
believes the offender has contravened a requirement of
the order. (2) The supervisor may
give the
offender a
notice under
this section
requiring the offender— (a) to stop
contravening the order; or (b) to give the
supervisor a reasonable explanation for the contravention
within a stated time, of at least 5 days but not more than 14
days. (3) The notice must— (a)
be
in the approved form; and (b) state the
particulars of the contravention; and (c)
state that failure to give a reasonable
explanation for the contravention may result in the fine option
order being revoked without notice to the person.
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A notice under
subsection (2) may
relate to
2 or more
fine option
orders. (5) If the
supervisor is
satisfied no
reasonable explanation has
been
given within the stated time, the supervisor may apply to
the
proper officer for an order under subsection (7).
(6) The proper officer may decide the
application in the absence of the offender. (7)
If
satisfied the offender has contravened the fine option order
without reasonable excuse, the proper
officer may, by order— (a) extend
or further extend
the 1 year
or other time
mentioned in section 66(2); or
(b) revoke all fine option orders made for
the offender and issue a warrant for the arrest and
imprisonment of the offender for the term ordered by the court;
or (c) revoke all fine option orders made for
the offender and give to the registrar under the SPE Act, for
registration, the prescribed particulars under that Act of
the unpaid amount of the penalty. (8)
The
proper officer must give notice of the revocation of the
fine
option order to— (a) the offender; and (b)
if
relevant, the court, or the proper officer of the court,
that
made the fine option order. 76 Proper officer to
determine hours of community service If a proper
officer proposes to revoke a fine option order, the
proper officer must determine the number of
hours (if any) for which the offender performed
community service under the
order. 78
Effect of revoking order under s 74
If a proper
officer revokes
a fine option
order under
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the
original order for which the fine option order was
made
is wholly reinstated; and (b) any
time that
was allowed for
the payment of
the amount originally required
to be paid
by the original
order must be disregarded; and
(c) any directions in the original order
that the amount is to be paid by instalments must be
disregarded; and (d) any default
imprisonment mentioned
in the original
order takes
effect immediately and
is to be
reduced under section 82
if that section applies. 79 Revocation of
fine option order other than under s 74 The court that
makes a fine option order may, on application made to it under
section 81, revoke the order if the court is satisfied— (a)
that the
offender is
not able to
comply with
the order because
the offender’s circumstances have
materially altered since
the order was made; or (b) that
the circumstances of
the offender were
wrongly stated or were
not accurately presented to the court; or (c)
that
the offender is no longer willing to comply with the
order. 80
Offender may be re-sentenced on revocation
of order under s 79 (1)
Subject to
subsection (2), if
a fine option
order is
revoked under
section 79, the
court that
made the
original order
must— (a)
confirm the original order; or
(b) vary the original order; or
(c) revoke the
original order
and re-sentence the
offender for the offence
for which the order was made in a way in which
the court could
deal with
the offender if
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just been convicted by or before it of the offence.
(2) In determining how to re-sentence the
offender, the court must take into
account the
extent to
which the
offender had
complied with the order before its
revocation. 81 Application for revocation
(1) An application under section 79 must
be made— (a) by— (i)
the
offender; or (ii) an authorised
corrective services officer; or (iii)
the
director of public prosecutions; and (b)
while the fine option order is in force;
and (c) in the approved form.
(2) Notice of an application made by the
offender must be given by the court to the chief executive
(corrective services) and— (a) if
the court that
made the
fine option
order was
the Supreme Court
or a District
Court—to the
director of
public prosecutions; or (b)
if the court
that made
the fine option
order was
a Magistrates Court—to the prosecutor
before that court. (3) Notice of an application by an
authorised corrective services officer
must be
given to
the court, the
offender and
the director of public
prosecutions. (4) Notice of an application by the
director of public prosecutions must
be given to
the court, the
offender and
the chief executive
(corrective services). (5) If an
application is made under subsection (1) to a court that is
not
the court that made the fine option order, the first court
must
give a copy of the application to the court that made the
fine
option order. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Fines [s 82] (6)
The
court must advise the chief executive (corrective services)
and
the offender when the application will be heard.
(7) The application may be heard in the
absence of the offender if the court is satisfied that the
offender is unable to be present. 82
Imprisonment to be reduced proportionate to
amount of fine paid or community service
performed (1) Subject to
subsection (3), if
an original order
is wholly reinstated under
section 78(a), the
period of
the default imprisonment in
relation to the fine mentioned in the order is the
period calculated in
accordance with
the following formula—
DF = -
AA ---- PF
-- × DP
(2) In subsection (1)— AF
(amount of fine) means the total amount of
the fine under the order. AP
(amount of penalty) means the total amount
of the penalty under the order. DF
(default fine) means the default
imprisonment for failing to pay the whole of the fine mentioned
in the order. DP (default penalty)
means the
default imprisonment for
failing to pay the whole of the penalty
mentioned in the order. Example— Original
order— AF (Fine (Costs of
court $450.00 $50.00
$500.00 Page 118
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AP Penalty $1,000.00
DP Default imprisonment
10
weeks DF = -
AA ---- PF
-- × DP
= 1 ---
5 - ,
- 0 -
0 -- 0
- 0 --
0 - ×
10 = 5 weeks
Note: This is a
hypothetical example only and should not be construed to
imply any relevance of the values
used. (3) Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) the fine mentioned in the original
order has been paid in part; or (b)
the offender has
performed part
of the community
service required
to be performed
by the relevant
fine option
order. (4) If this subsection applies, the period
of default imprisonment is to be the period calculated in
accordance with the following formula—
PDI = DF –
DF ×
- AP ---
P - F
-- +
- H - H
--- C --
P -- S
-- (5)
In
subsection (4)— AF has the meaning given by subsection
(2). DF has the meaning given by subsection
(2) (and is calculated in accordance with subsection
(1)). Current as at [Not applicable]
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Fines [s 82] HCS
(hours of
community service)
means the
number of
hours for
which the
offender is
required to
perform community
service under the fine option order. HP
(hours performed) means the number of hours
for which community service has been performed by the
offender under the fine option order. PDI
(period of default imprisonment) means the
period of the default imprisonment that still has to be
served. PP (part payment) means the amount of the
part of the fine that has been paid. Example—
If a
fine has been converted to a fine option order for 90 hours
(HCS) and the offender has paid $200.00 (PP) and
performed 18 hours of community service (HP)—
PDI = DF
– DF ×
- AP
--- P -
F -- + H
--- H --
C -- P
-- S --
= 5
– 5 ×
2 -
5 --- 00
--- 00 - +
1 - 9
--- 80 -
= 5
– 5 ×
25 -- + -
51 -
= 5 –
5 × 3
- 5 -
= 5 –
= 2 weeks 3
Note: This is a
hypothetical example only and should not be construed to
imply any relevance of the values
used. (6) If the
original order
requires the
payment of
restitution or
compensation, the
default imprisonment that
relates to
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the restitution or compensation is not affected by this
section. (7) Subsection (1) does
not apply so
far as the
original order
makes provision
for default imprisonment if
the whole, or
part, of the fine is not paid.
(8) For the purpose of determining the
results of any calculation made under
this section,
a part of
any hour, day,
week or
month (a unit
) is
to be rounded to the nearest whole number and, in the case
of a half of a unit, the unit is to be rounded up
to
the nearest whole number. 83 Court to notify
court that imposed fine option order If
a court that
revokes an
order under
section 79 is
not the court that
imposed the fine option order, the first court must
notify the
court that
imposed the
fine option
order of
the action taken under section 80.
84 Certificates (1)
A
certificate given by the chief executive (corrective
services) or an authorised corrective services
officer, stating— (a) that the offender named in the
certificate has performed community service
under a
fine option
order for
the number of hours stated; or
(b) that the offender named in the
certificate has failed to perform community service under a fine
option order; or (c) that the
fine, or
part of
the fine, to
which an
original order relates,
has been paid; is evidence of the matters.
(2) When, in
the opinion of
the chief executive
(corrective services), a
fine option order is discharged, it must forward a
certificate stating the opinion, and the
reasons for the opinion, to— (a)
if a clerk
of the court
made the
order—the court
in which the original order was made;
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Fines [s 85] (b)
in
any other case—the court that made the fine option
order. Not
authorised —indicative
only 85 Appeals
(1) An offender
who is aggrieved
by a decision
of the proper
officer of
the court refusing
an application by
the offender under
section 58 may
appeal to
the court that
imposed the
fine. (2)
The
appeal must be instituted— (a) within 1
calendar month after notice of refusal is posted
to
the offender; and (b) by filing a notice of appeal, in the
approved form, with the proper officer of the court.
(3) The proper officer of the court
must— (a) give a copy of the notice of appeal to
the chief executive (corrective services); and
(b) advise the appellant and the chief
executive (corrective services) of
the time and
date for
the hearing of
the appeal. 86
Hearing and determination of appeals
(1) The hearing
of the appeal
is not limited
to the material
on which the decision appealed against
was made. (2) The appellant may appear before the
court— (a) personally or by agent, counsel or
solicitor; or (b) if the
appellant is
in lawful custody
at the time—by
agent, counsel or solicitor only.
(3) In determining the appeal, the court
may— (a) affirm the decision appealed against;
or (b) set aside the decision appealed
against and make a fine option order for the appellant.
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4 Fines [s 88] (4)
The court must
not make a
fine option
order under
subsection (3)(b) unless
it is satisfied
about the
matters mentioned in
section 57(1). 88 Termination of fine option
order (1) A fine option order made for an
offender is terminated if— (a) the offender
finishes performing community service for the number of
hours stated in the order; or (b)
the
fine is paid; or (c) so much of the fine as has not been
notionally paid by the performance by the offender of community
service is paid; or (d)
community service is performed by the
offender for the number of hours left after deducting HP from
HCS; or (e) the order is revoked under section 74
or 79. (2) In subsection (1)— fine
includes the reduced amount of a fine
calculated under section 70. HCS
(hours of
community service)
means the
number of
hours for
which the
offender is
required to
perform community
service under the fine option order. HP
(hours performed) means the number of hours
for which community service
has notionally been
performed by
the offender by payment of part of the
fine. 89 Original order terminated
The
termination of a fine option order under section 88(1)(a)
to
(d) also terminates the original order in relation to which
the fine option
order was
made so
far as the
original order
requires the payment of a fine.
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Intermediate orders [s 90] Part 5
Intermediate orders Not
authorised —indicative
only Division 1 Probation
orders 90 Court may make probation order whether
or not conviction recorded Subject
to section 91, a
court may
make a
probation order
whether or not it records a
conviction. 91 Making of an order If a court
convicts an offender of an
offence punishable by imprisonment or
a regulatory offence, the court may— (a)
whether or
not it records
a conviction—make for
the offender a
probation order
mentioned in
section 92(1)(a); or (b)
if it records
a conviction—make for
the offender a
probation order mentioned in section
92(1)(b). 92 Effect of order (1)
The
effect of a probation order is— (a)
that
the offender is released under the supervision of an
authorised corrective services
officer for
the period stated in the
order; or (b) that the offender— (i)
is sentenced to
a term of
imprisonment for
not longer than 1 year; and
(ii) at the end of
the term of imprisonment the offender is released
under the supervision of an authorised corrective
services officer for the remainder of the period stated in
the order. (2) The period of the probation order
starts on the day the order is made and must
be— Page 124 Current as at
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5 Intermediate orders [s 93] (a)
if the order
is made under
subsection (1)(a)—not less
than
6 months or more than 3 years; or (b)
if the order
is made under
subsection (1)(b)—not less
than
9 months or more than 3 years. (3)
The requirements of
a probation order
made under
subsection (1)(a) start on the day the order
is made. (4) The requirements of
a probation order
made under
subsection (1)(b) start— (a)
immediately the offender is released from
prison; or (b) if the offender is released to a
re-integration program— at the end of the program.
(5) A term
of imprisonment imposed
under subsection
(1)(b)(i) must not be suspended under part 8.
93 General requirements of probation
order (1) The probation
order must
contain requirements that
the offender— (a)
must
not commit another offence during the period of the order;
and (b) must report to an authorised
corrective services officer at the place,
and within the time, stated in the order; and (c)
must report
to, and receive
visits from,
an authorised corrective
services officer as directed by the officer; and
(d) must take
part in
counselling and
satisfactorily attend
other programs as directed by the court or
an authorised corrective services officer during the
period of the order; and (e)
must
notify an authorised corrective services officer of
every change
of the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and Current as at [Not applicable]
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Intermediate orders [s 94] (f)
must not
leave or
stay out
of Queensland without
the permission of an authorised corrective
services officer; and (g) must
comply with
every reasonable direction
of an authorised
corrective services officer. (2)
In
subsection (1)— offence does not include
an offence against section 123(1). 94
Additional requirements of probation
order The probation order
may contain requirements that
the offender— (a)
submit to
medical, psychiatric or
psychological treatment;
and (b) comply, during
the whole or
part of
the period of
the order, with
the conditions that
the court considers
are necessary— (i)
to cause the
offender to
behave in
a way that
is acceptable to the community; or
(ii) to
stop the
offender from
again committing the
offence for which the order was made;
or (iii) to
stop the
offender from
committing other
offences. 95
Probation order to be explained
(1) Before making the probation order, the
court must explain, or cause to be explained, to the
offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) what may
follow if
the offender contravenes the
requirements of the order; and
(c) that the
order may
be amended or
revoked on
application of
the offender, an
authorised corrective services officer
or the director of public prosecutions. Page 126
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5 Intermediate orders [s 96] (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or in a way likely
to
be readily understood by the offender. 96
Offender to agree to making or amending of
order The court may make or amend the probation
order only if the offender agrees to the order being made or
amended and also agrees to comply with the order as made or
amended. 97 Multiple offences (1)
A
court may make 1 or more probation orders for an offender
convicted of 2 or more offences.
(2) The court may include the orders in a
single form of order that specifies each offence for which a
probation order is made. 98 Application of s
32 A court must not deal with an offender under
section 32 if the court is
of the opinion
that it
is appropriate to
release the
offender on probation under this
part. 99 Termination of probation order
A
probation order is terminated— (a)
at
the end of its period; or (b) if the offender
is sentenced or further sentenced for the offence for
which the order was made; or (c)
if
the order is revoked under section 120(1). Current as at
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Intermediate orders [s 100] Division 2
Community service orders Not
authorised —indicative
only Subdivision 1 General
100 Court may make order whether or not
conviction recorded A court may make
a community service order whether or not it records a
conviction. 101 Making of an order If a court
convicts an offender of an
offence punishable by imprisonment or
a regulatory offence, the court may make a community
service order
for the offender
if the court
is satisfied that
the offender is
a suitable person
to perform community
service under the order. 102 Effect of
order The effect of
the order is
that the
offender is
required to
perform unpaid community service for the
number of hours stated in the order. 103
General requirements of community service
order (1) The community service order must
contain requirements that the offender— (a)
must
not commit another offence during the period of the order;
and (b) must report to an authorised
corrective services officer at the place,
and within the time, stated in the order; and (c)
must report
to, and receive
visits from,
an authorised corrective
services officer as directed by the officer; and
(d) must perform in a satisfactory way
community service directed by an authorised corrective
services officer— Page 128 Current as at
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5 Intermediate orders [s 105] (i)
for
the number of hours stated in the order; and (ii)
at
the times directed by the officer; and (e)
must
notify an authorised corrective services officer of
every change
of the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and (f) must not
leave or
stay out
of Queensland without
the permission of an authorised corrective
services officer; and (g) must
comply with
every reasonable direction
of an authorised
corrective services officer. (2)
The
total number of hours stated in the order— (a)
must
not be less than 40 and not more than 240; and (b)
must
be performed within 1 year from the making of the
order or another time allowed by the
court. (2A) A
direction given
under subsection
(1)(d)(ii) applies to
all community service orders made for the
offender by the same court on the same day.
(3) In subsection (1)— offence
does
not include an offence against section 123(1). 105
Community service order to be
explained (1) Before making the community service
order, the court must explain, or cause to be explained, to
the offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) what may
follow if
the offender contravenes the
requirements of the order; and
(c) that the
order may
be amended or
revoked on
application of
the offender, an
authorised corrective services officer
or the director of public prosecutions. (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or in a way likely
to
be readily understood by the offender. Current as at
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Intermediate orders [s 106] 106
Offender to agree to making or amending of
order (1) The court may make or amend the
community service order only if
the offender agrees
to the order
being made
or amended and also agrees to comply with
the order as made or amended. (2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a community
service order required under section 108B.
107 Multiple offences (1)
A
court may make 1 or more community service orders for an
offender convicted of 2 or more
offences. (2) If a
court makes
2 or more
community service
orders, the
number of
hours of
community service
ordered must
not, when added
together, total more than 240. (3)
A court may
make 1
or more further
community service
orders for
an offender who
is subject to
an existing community
service order. (4) The number of hours of community
service that the offender has not performed under the existing
order, and the number of hours of community service ordered to
be served under the orders made
under subsection
(3), must not,
when added
together, total more than 240.
(4A) A court may
make— (a) 1 or more community service orders for
an offender who is subject to an existing graffiti removal
order; or (b) 1 or more community service orders for
an offender who is subject to
an existing graffiti
removal order
and an existing
community service order. (4B) The number of
hours of unperformed unpaid service and the number of hours
of community service ordered to be served under the orders
made under subsection (4A)(a) or (b) must not, when added
together, total more than 240. Page 130
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5 Intermediate orders [s 108] (5)
Subject to subsections (2), (4) and (4B) all
unpaid service to which this
section applies
is to be
performed cumulatively unless the court
orders otherwise. (6) This section applies subject to
section 108C. Not authorised —indicative only
108 Termination of community service
order A community service order is
terminated— (a) when the
offender performs
community service
in accordance with
the requirements of
the order for
the number of hours stated in the order;
or (b) if the offender is sentenced or
further sentenced for the offence for which the order was made;
or (c) if the order is revoked under section
120(1) or 120A. Subdivision 2 Community
service orders mandatory for particular offences
108A Definitions for sdiv 2
In
this subdivision— prescribed offence means an offence
against— (a) any of the following provisions of the
Criminal Code— (i) section 72; (ii)
section 320; (iii)
section 323; (iv)
section 335; (v)
section 339; (vi)
section 340(1)(b) or (2AA); or
(b) the Police
Powers and
Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 790. public
place means— Current as at
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Intermediate orders [s 108B] (a)
a
place, or part of a place, that the public is entitled to
use,
is open to members of the public or is used by the
public, whether or not on payment of money;
or (b) a place, or part of a place, the
occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money,
members of the public to enter. Not
authorised —indicative
only 108B When community
service order must be made (1) It
is a
circumstance of aggravation for
a prescribed offence that
the offender committed
the offence in
a public place
while the offender was adversely affected by
an intoxicating substance. (2)
If a
court convicts an offender of a prescribed offence with the
circumstance of aggravation mentioned in
subsection (1), the court must make a community service order
for the offender whether or not the court also makes another
order under this or another Act. (2A)
However, subsection (2) does not apply if
the court is satisfied that, because
of any physical,
intellectual or
psychiatric disability of
the offender, the
offender is
not capable of
complying with a community service
order. (3) Subsection (2) is
subject to
sections 121(4), 125(8)
and 126(6B). 108C
Effect if offender is also subject to other
orders (1) This section applies if—
(a) under section 108B, a court makes a
community service order (the new order
)
for an offender; and (b) the
offender is
also subject
to 1 or
more other
community service orders or graffiti removal
orders (the existing orders ); and
(c) the total number of hours of
unperformed unpaid service under the new order and the existing
orders is more than 240. Page 132
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5 Intermediate orders [s 108D] (2)
For
subsection (3), the excess amount is the amount by
which the total number
of hours of
unperformed unpaid
service under the new
order and the existing orders is more than 240. (3)
Of
the hours of service ordered to be performed under the new
order, a number of hours equal to the excess
amount must be performed concurrently with
the unperformed community
service under the existing orders.
Example— Under section
108B, a court makes a community service order (the
new order )
requiring an
offender to
perform 50
hours of
service. The
offender is also subject to other community
service orders for which there are 220 hours of unperformed
unpaid service. Of the hours of service to be
performed under the new order, 30 hours are to be served
concurrently with the hours of unperformed
unpaid service under the existing orders. 108D
Effect if offender is detained on remand or
imprisoned (1) This section applies if—
(a) under section 108B, a court makes a
community service order for an offender; and
(b) during the
period mentioned
in section 103(2)(b) (the
period for
performance ),
the offender is
detained in
custody on remand or is serving a term of
imprisonment in a corrective services facility.
(2) The community service order is
suspended for the period the offender is
detained or imprisoned. (3) The
period for
performance is
extended by
the period the
offender is detained or imprisoned.
Division 3 General
109 Court may make probation order and
community service order for an offender (1)
If an offender
is before a
court for
sentence after
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5A Graffiti removal orders [s 110] or a regulatory
offence, the court may make for the offender a probation
order mentioned
in section 92(1)(a) and
also a
community service order. (2)
If a
court makes a probation order and a community service
order under subsection (1), the
court— (a) must make separate orders; and
(b) must not impose an order as a
requirement of the other order. (3)
If
an offender for whom a probation order and a community
service order
are made under
subsection (1) contravenes a
requirement of either order and is dealt
with for the original offence in relation to the order, the
other order is discharged. 110 Appeal against
probation order or community service order
An
offender aggrieved by the making of a probation order or
community service order may appeal under
the Justices Act
1886 or the Criminal
Code, chapter 67. Part 5A Graffiti removal
orders 110A Making of an order (1)
This
section applies if a court convicts an offender of a
graffiti offence, whether on indictment or
summarily. (2) The court must make a graffiti removal
order for the offender whether or not it records a conviction
and whether or not it also makes another order under this or
another Act. (3) However, subsection (2) does not apply
if the court is satisfied that, because
of any physical,
intellectual or
psychiatric disability of
the offender, the
offender is
not capable of
complying with a graffiti removal
order. (4) Subsection (2) is
subject to
sections 121(3), 125(7)
and 126(6A). Page 134
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5A Graffiti removal orders [s 110B] 110B
Effect of order The
effect of
the order is
that the
offender is
required to
perform unpaid
graffiti removal
service for
the number of
hours stated in the order.
Not authorised —indicative only
110C General requirements of graffiti
removal order (1) The graffiti removal order must
contain requirements that the offender—
(a) must not commit another offence during
the period of the order; and (b)
must
report to an authorised corrective services officer
at
the place, and within the time, stated in the order; and
(c) must report
to, and receive
visits from,
an authorised corrective
services officer as directed by the officer; and
(d) must perform
in a satisfactory way
graffiti removal
service directed
by an authorised corrective services
officer— (i)
for
the number of hours stated in the order; and (ii)
at
the times directed by the officer; and (e)
must
notify an authorised corrective services officer of
every change
of the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and (f) must not
leave or
stay out
of Queensland without
the permission of an authorised corrective
services officer; and (g) must
comply with
every reasonable direction
of an authorised
corrective services officer. (2)
The
total number of hours stated in the order— (a)
must
not be more than 40; and (b) subject
to subsection (3), must
be performed within
1 year from
the making of
the order or
another time
allowed by the court. Current as at
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5A Graffiti removal orders [s 110D] (3)
If, during the
period mentioned
in subsection (2)(b), the
offender is detained in custody on remand or
is serving a term of imprisonment in a corrective services
facility— (a) the graffiti removal order is
suspended for the period the offender is
detained or imprisoned; and (b)
the
period mentioned in subsection (2)(b) is extended by
the
period the offender is detained or imprisoned. (4)
A direction given
under subsection
(1)(d)(ii) applies to
all graffiti removal
orders made
for the offender
by the same
court on the same day. (5)
In
this section— another offence
does not
include an
offence against
section 123(1). 110D
Graffiti removal order to be
explained (1) Before making
the graffiti removal
order, the
court must
explain, or cause to be explained, to the
offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) what may
follow if
the offender contravenes the
requirements of the order; and
(c) that the
order may
be amended or
revoked, on
application of
the offender, an
authorised corrective services officer
or the director of public prosecutions, if the
court is
satisfied that,
because of
any physical, intellectual or
psychiatric disability of the offender, the offender is not
capable of complying with the order. (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or in a way likely
to
be readily understood by the offender. 110E
Multiple orders for single graffiti
offence (1) This section applies if—
(a) an offender
is before a
court for
sentence after
being convicted of a
single graffiti offence; and Page 136
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in relation to
the offence, the
court makes
a graffiti removal order
and also makes 1 or both of the following orders—
(i) a community service order;
(ii) a probation
order. (2) The court— (a)
must
make separate orders; and (b) must not impose
an order as a requirement of another order.
(3) If the
court makes
both a
graffiti removal
order and
a community service order, the total
number of hours of unpaid service ordered must not be more than
240. (4) If the offender for whom the orders
are made contravenes a requirement of
any of the
orders and
is dealt with
for the original offence
in relation to the order, the other orders are discharged. 110F
Multiple orders for multiple offences
(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if an
offender is convicted of 2 or more graffiti offences, whether or
not the offender is also convicted of
1 or more
other offences
that are
not graffiti offences.
(2) The court— (a)
must make
at least 1
graffiti removal
order for
the offender; and (b)
may
make either or both of the following— (i)
more
than 1 graffiti removal order for the offender; (ii)
1 or more
community service
orders for
the offender. (3)
If the court
makes more
than 1
graffiti removal
order, the
number of hours of graffiti removal service
ordered must not, when added together, total more than
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Subsection (5) applies if an offender is
convicted of a graffiti offence and
1 or more
other offences
that are
not graffiti offences.
(5) The court may, in addition to a
graffiti removal order, make 1 or more
community service orders for the offender. (6)
If, under subsection
(2) or (5), the
court makes
1 or more
graffiti removal orders and also makes 1 or
more community service orders,
the total number
of hours of
unpaid service
ordered must not be more than 240.
110G Successive orders (1)
Subsection (2) applies if an offender
is— (a) convicted of a graffiti offence;
and (b) subject to 1 or more existing graffiti
removal orders. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the number
of hours of unperformed graffiti removal
service and the
number of
hours of
graffiti removal service
ordered to be served for the graffiti offence must not, when
added together, total more than 40. (3)
If the number
of hours of
unperformed graffiti
removal service is 40,
the graffiti removal service ordered to be served
for
the graffiti offence must be performed concurrently with
the
unperformed graffiti removal service. (4)
Subsection (5) applies if an offender
is— (a) convicted of a graffiti offence;
and (b) subject to either of the
following— (i) 1 or more existing community service
orders; (ii) 1 or more
existing graffiti removal orders and 1 or more existing
community service orders. (5) Subject to
subsection (6), the number of hours of unperformed
unpaid service
and the number
of hours of
graffiti removal
service ordered to be served for the
graffiti offence must not, when added together, total more than
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If
the number of hours of unperformed unpaid service is 240,
the
graffiti removal service ordered to be served for the
graffiti offence— (a)
must
be performed concurrently with any unperformed graffiti removal
service to the extent that the number of hours of
graffiti removal service ordered to be served for
the graffiti offence
is, when added
to the number
of hours of
unperformed graffiti
removal service,
more than 40;
or (b) to the extent that paragraph (a) does
not apply—must, when it
is performed by
the offender, be
taken to
be both— (i)
community service performed under 1 or more
of the existing community service orders;
and (ii) graffiti
removal service
performed under
the graffiti removal
order made
by the court
for the offence.
(7) For subsection (6)(b), the chief
executive (corrective services) must—
(a) subject to
any order of the court, identify the
existing community service order, or orders, in
relation to which the graffiti removal
service is
taken to
have been
performed; and (b)
notify the offender in writing of the matter
mentioned in paragraph (a). 110H
Unpaid service to be performed
cumulatively All unpaid service to which the following
sections apply is to be performed
cumulatively unless
the court orders
otherwise— (a)
section 110E, subject to subsection (3) of
that section; (b) section 110F, subject to subsections
(3) and (6) of that section; Current as at
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(c) section 110G, subject to subsections
(2), (3), (5) and (6) of that section. 110I
Termination of graffiti removal order
A
graffiti removal order is terminated— (a)
when
the offender performs graffiti removal service in
accordance with
the requirements of
the order for
the number of hours stated in the order;
or (b) if the offender is sentenced or
further sentenced for the offence for which the order was made;
or (c) if the order is revoked under section
120A. Part 6 Intensive
correction orders 111 Court may make order only if it
records conviction A court may
make an
intensive correction order
only if
it records a conviction.
112 Making of order If a court
sentences an offender to a term of imprisonment of 1
year
or less, the court may make an intensive correction order
for
the offender. 113 Effect of order (1)
The effect of
the order is
that the
offender is
to serve the
sentence of imprisonment by way of intensive
correction in the community and not in a prison.
(2) For the
purposes of
the provisions of
an Act providing
for disqualification for,
or loss of,
office or
the forfeiture of
benefits, the offender is taken not to have
been sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Page 140
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114 General requirements of intensive
correction order (1) The intensive correction order must
contain requirements that the offender— (a)
must
not commit another offence during the period of the order;
and (b) must report to an authorised
corrective services officer at the place,
and within the time, stated in the order; and (c)
must report
to, and receive
visits from,
an authorised corrective services
officer at
least twice
in each week
that
the order is in force; and (d) must
take part
in counselling and
satisfactorily attend
other programs as directed by the court or
an authorised corrective services officer during the
period of the order; and (e)
must
perform in a satisfactory way community service that
an authorised corrective services
officer directs
during the period of the order; and
(f) must, during
the period of
the order, if
an authorised corrective
services officer directs, reside at community residential
facilities for periods (not longer than 7 days at a time) that
the officer directs; and (g) must notify an
authorised corrective services officer of every
change of
the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and (h) must not
leave or
stay out
of Queensland without
the permission of an authorised corrective
services officer; and (i) must
comply with
every reasonable direction
of an authorised
corrective services officer. (2)
An
authorised corrective services officer must not direct the
offender to attend programs or perform
community service for more than 12 hours in any week.
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(2A) Unless the court
or an authorised corrective services officer otherwise
directs, the offender must— (a)
attend programs for one-third of the time
directed; and (b) perform community
service for
two-thirds of
the time directed.
(3) In subsection (1)— offence
does
not include an offence against section 123(1). 115
Additional requirements of intensive
correction order The intensive correction order may contain
requirements that the offender— (a)
submit to
medical, psychiatric or
psychological treatment;
and (b) comply, during
the whole or
part of
the period of
the order, with
conditions that
the court considers
are necessary— (i)
to cause the
offender to
behave in
a way that
is acceptable to the community; or
(ii) to
stop the
offender from
again committing the
same type
of offence for
which the
order was
made; or (iii)
to stop the
offender from
committing other
offences. 116
Intensive correction order to be
explained (1) Before making the intensive correction
order, the court must explain, or cause to be explained, to
the offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) what may
follow if
the offender contravenes the
requirements of the order; and
Page
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(c) that the
order may
be amended or
revoked on
application by
the offender, an
authorised corrective services officer
or the director of public prosecutions. (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or a way likely to
be
readily understood by the offender. 117
Offender to agree to making or amending of
order The court may make or amend the intensive
correction order only if
the offender agrees
to the order
being made
or amended and also agrees to comply with
the order as made or amended. 118
Multiple offences (1)
If— (a) a
court sentences
an offender to
2 or more
terms of
imprisonment at the same time; and
(b) the total period that the offender is
sentenced to serve is longer than 1 year;
the
court must not make an intensive correction order for any
of
the offences. (2) If— (a)
a court sentences
an offender to
2 or more
terms of
imprisonment at the same time; and
(b) the total period that the offender is
sentenced to serve is not longer than 1 year;
the
court may make intensive correction orders for each of the
offences. (3)
The
court may include the orders in a single form of order that
specifies each offence for which an
intensive correction order is made. Current as at
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119] 119 Termination of intensive correction
order An intensive correction order is
terminated— (a) at the end of its period; or
(b) if the offender is sentenced or
further sentenced for the offence for which the order was made;
or (c) if the order is revoked under section
120(1); or (d) if the
offender is
committed to
prison under
section 127(1). Part 7
Other provisions relating to
community based orders Division 1
Amendment and revocation of
orders 120
Amendment and revocation of community based
orders generally (1)
The
court that made a community based order other than an
order to
which section
120A applies may,
on application under this
division, amend or revoke the order if the court is
satisfied— (a)
that the
offender is
not able to
comply with
the order because
the offender’s circumstances have
materially altered since
the order was made; or (b) that
the circumstances of
the offender were
wrongly stated or were
not accurately presented to the court; or (c)
that
the offender is no longer willing to comply with the
order. (2)
If a court other
than the court
that imposed
the community based order
amends or revokes the order, the first court must
notify the original court of the amendment
or revocation. Page 144 Current as at
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[s
120A] 120A Amendment and revocation of s 108B
community service order or graffiti removal order
(1) This section applies to—
(a) a community service order made under
section 108B; or (b) a graffiti removal order.
(2) The court that made the order may, on
application under this division, amend or
revoke the order if
the court is
satisfied that,
because of
any physical, intellectual or
psychiatric disability of
the offender, the
offender is
not capable of
complying with the order.
(3) If a court other than the court that
imposed the order amends or revokes the order, the first court
must notify the original court of the amendment or
revocation. 121 Offender may be re-sentenced on
revocation of order (1) Subject to
subsection (2), if
a community based
order is
revoked, the
court that
made the
order may
re-sentence the
offender for the offence for which the order
was made in any way in which
the court could
deal with
the offender if
the offender had just been convicted by or
before it of the offence. (2) In determining
how to re-sentence the offender, the court must take
into account
the extent to
which the
offender had
complied with the order before its
revocation. (3) If the community based order mentioned
in subsection (1) is a graffiti removal
order, the
court need
not, but
may, when
re-sentencing the offender for the graffiti
offence for which the order was made, make another graffiti
removal order. (4) If the community based order mentioned
in subsection (1) is a community service order made under
section 108B, the court need not,
but may, when
re-sentencing the
offender for
the offence for
which the
order was
made, make
another community
service order. Current as at [Not applicable]
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122] 122 Application for amendment or
revocation (1) An application under this division
must be made— (a) by— (i)
the
offender; or (ii) an authorised
corrective services officer; or (iii)
the
director of public prosecutions; and (b)
while the community based order is in force;
and (c) in the approved form.
(2) Notice of an application made by the
offender must be given by the court to the chief executive
(corrective services) and— (a) if the court
that made the community based order was the Supreme
Court or a District Court—to the director of public
prosecutions; or (b) if the court that made the community
based order was a Magistrates Court—to the prosecutor before
that court. (3) Notice of an application by an
authorised corrective services officer
must be
given to
the court, the
offender and
the director of public
prosecutions. (4) Notice of an application by the
director of public prosecutions must
be given to
the court, the
offender and
the chief executive
(corrective services). (5) If an
application is made under subsection (1) to a court that is
not
the court that made the community based order, the first
court must
give a
copy of
the application to
the court that
made
the community based order. Division 2 Contravention of
orders 123 Offence to contravene requirement of
community based orders (1)
An
offender who contravenes, without reasonable excuse, a
requirement of a community based order
commits an offence. Page 146 Current as at
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[s
124] Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) applies—
(a) whether or not the contravention is an
offence against another Act or law; and (b)
whether the
contravention happens
in or out
of Queensland. 124
Proceeding for offence may be brought in
any Magistrates Court Subject
to section 128 or
129, proceeding for
an offence against
section 123(1) may
be brought in
any Magistrates Court.
125 Powers of Magistrates Court that
convicts offender of offence against s 123(1) (1)
This section
applies if
a Magistrates Court
convicts the
offender of an offence against section
123(1). (2) The court may, in addition to, or
instead of, dealing with the offender
under section
123(1), admonish and
discharge the
offender or make 1 or more of the following
orders— (a) an order— (i)
requiring payment of an amount that was
required to be paid
by the community
based order
concerned and has not been paid; and
(ii) for the
enforcement of payment of the amount as if it were then
making the community based order; (b)
with the
offender’s consent,
an order to
increase the
number of hours for which the offender is
required by the order to perform community
service; (ba) an order to
increase the number of hours for which the offender
is required by
the order to
perform graffiti
removal service; Current as at
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125] (c) an order extending the period of 1
year allowed for the offender to
perform community
service or
graffiti removal
service. (3) The imposition of a fine under section
123(1) or the making of an order
mentioned in
subsection (2) does
not affect the
continuation of the community based
order. (4) The court may also—
(a) if the
community based
order was
made by
a Magistrates Court—subject to
section 126A, deal
with the
offender for
the offence for
which the
community based order was
made in any way that it could deal with the offender if
the offender had just been convicted by it of the offence;
or (b) if the community based order was made
by the Supreme Court or a District Court (the
sentencing court )—
(i) commit the
offender into
custody to
be brought before the
sentencing court; or (ii) grant bail to
the offender on the condition that the offender must
appear before the sentencing court. (5)
If
the offender is subject to 2 or more community based orders
that
were made by courts of different jurisdictions, an order
under subsection
(4)(b) may be made
that the
offender be
brought or appear before whichever of the
courts is the court of highest jurisdiction. (6)
In
taking action under subsection (4)(a), the court must have
regard to— (a)
the
making of the community based order; and (b)
anything done to comply with the
requirements of the order. (7)
If
the offence mentioned in subsection (1) relates to a
graffiti removal order,
the court, in
taking action
under subsection
(4)(a), need not,
but may, make
another graffiti
removal order. Page 148
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[s
126] (8) If the
offence mentioned
in subsection (1) relates
to a community
service order made under section 108B, the court,
in taking action
under subsection
(4)(a), need not,
but may, make another
community service order. Not authorised
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126 Powers of Supreme Court or District
Court to deal with offender (1)
This
section applies if— (a) the community
based order
to which the
offender is
subject was
made by
the Supreme Court
or a District
Court; and (b)
the
offender is before the court or, if the order was made
by a
District Court, before the Supreme Court; and (c)
the court is
satisfied that
the offender committed
an offence against
section 123(1) in
relation to
the community based order.
(2) The court may, in addition to, or
instead of, dealing with the offender under
section 123(1)— (a) admonish and discharge the offender;
or (b) make an order— (i)
requiring payment of an amount that was
required to be paid by the community based order and
has not been paid; and (ii)
for
the enforcement of the payment of the amount as
if it were
then making
the community based
order. (3)
The
imposition of a fine under section 123(1) or the making of
an order mentioned
in subsection (2) does
not affect the
continuation of the community based
order. (4) The court
may also, subject
to section 126A, deal
with the
offender for the offence for which the
community based order was made in any way in which it could
deal with the offender if the offender had just been
convicted before it of the offence. (5)
If
the offender is before the court— Current as at
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[s
126] Not authorised —indicative
only (a) under
an order made
under subsection
(7) or section 125(5); or (b)
under a summons or warrant issued under
section 128 or 129; or (c)
has
just been convicted by the court of another offence
committed during
the period of
the community based
order and the offender also is the subject
of community based orders made by courts of lower
jurisdiction; the court may deal with the offender under
this section as if the court had made all the community based
orders. (6) In taking
action under
subsection (4), the
court must
have regard
to— (a) the making of the community based
order; and (b) anything done to comply with the
requirements of the order. (6A)
If
the community based order mentioned in subsection (1) is a
graffiti removal
order, the
court, in
taking action
under subsection
(4), need not,
but may, make
another graffiti
removal order. (6B)
If
the community based order mentioned in subsection (1) is a
community service order made under section
108B, the court, in taking action under subsection (4), need
not, but may, make another community service order.
(7) If the
offender is
the subject of
a community based
order made by the
Supreme Court and is convicted before a District
Court of another offence committed during
the period of the community based order, the court may—
(a) commit the offender to custody to be
brought before the Supreme Court; or (b)
grant bail
to the offender
on the condition
that the
offender must appear before the Supreme
Court. (8) In subsections (5) and (7)—
offence does not include
an offence against section 123(1). Page 150
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[s
126A] 126A Particular provision for driver
licence disqualifications (1) This section
applies if— (a) a court
decides to
deal with
an offender under
section 125(4)(a) or 126(4) in relation to
an offence for which a community based order was made;
and (b) the offence
is an offence
for which a
period of
disqualification from holding or obtaining a
Queensland driver licence— (i)
may
be imposed under this Act; or (ii)
may or must
be imposed under
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act
1995 ;
and (c) a
period of
disqualification has
been imposed
for the offence.
(2) In taking action under section
125(4)(a) or 126(4), the court may
not change or
revoke the
period of
disqualification imposed for the
offence. 127 Additional power of courts in relation
to an intensive correction order (1)
A
court that, under this part, deals with the offender for the
offence for
which an
intensive correction order
was made may,
whether or
not the order
is still in
force, do
so by revoking the
order and committing the offender to prison for the portion of
the term of imprisonment to which the offender was
sentenced that
was unexpired on
the day the
relevant offence against
section 123(1) was committed. (2)
The committal of
the offender to
imprisonment under
subsection (1) does
not affect the
offender’s eligibility to
a re-integration program.
(3) Unless the court otherwise orders, the
offender must serve the imprisonment— (a)
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[s
128] (b) subject to
the Bail Act
1980 ,
section 33, concurrently with
any other term
of imprisonment previously imposed on the
offender by that or another court. Not
authorised —indicative
only 128 Summons or
warrant for contravention of single community based
order (1) A justice, to whom it is made to
appear on complaint by an authorised corrective services
officer, or a person authorised for
this section
by the chief
executive (corrective services), that
an offender has
committed an
offence against
section 123(1), may issue a summons
requiring the offender to appear before a court.
(2) If— (a)
a complaint under
subsection (1) is
in writing and
on oath; and (b)
the
justice is satisfied that the offender will not appear in
answer to a summons; the justice may,
instead of issuing a summons, issue a warrant directed to all
police officers to arrest the offender and bring
the
offender before a court. (3) A court
mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) may be— (a)
the
court that made the community based order, if it was
not
a Magistrates Court; or (b) a Magistrates
Court. (4) In exercising a
discretion under
subsection (1) or
(2), the
justice must have regard to—
(a) the way
in which the
offender has
contravened a
requirement of the community based order;
and (b) the original offence concerned;
and (c) whether the
authorised corrective services
officer intends
to recommend to
the court before
which the
offender appears,
or is brought,
if the offender
is convicted, that
the offender be
dealt with
as if the
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129] offender had
just been
convicted of
the offence for
which the community based order was
made. (5) If a
summons or
warrant is
issued, the
complainant must
immediately forward the complaint to the
court before which the offender is required or directed to
appear or to be brought under the summons or warrant.
129 Summons or warrant for contravention
of multiple orders made by courts of different
jurisdictions (1) If an offender is the subject of
community based orders made by
courts of
different jurisdictions, a
justice, to
whom it
is made to
appear by
complaint by
an authorised corrective services
officer, or a person authorised for this section by the
chief executive
(corrective services), that
the offender has
committed an
offence against
section 123(1), may
issue a
summons requiring the offender to appear
before a court. (2) If— (a)
a complaint under
subsection (1) is
in writing and
on oath; and (b)
the
justice is satisfied that the offender will not appear in
answer to a summons; the justice may
instead of issuing a summons, issue a warrant directed to all
police officers to arrest the offender and bring
the
offender before the court of highest jurisdiction.
(3) The court mentioned in subsection (1)
or (2) may be— (a) the court that made the community
based order; or (b) a Magistrates Court.
(4) In exercising a
discretion under
subsection (1) or
(2), the
justice must have regard to—
(a) the way
in which the
offender has
contravened a
requirement of the community based order;
and (b) the original offence concerned;
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130] (c) whether the
authorised corrective services
officer intends
to recommend to
the court before
which the
offender appears,
or is brought,
if the offender
is convicted, that
the offender be
dealt with
as if the
offender had
just been
convicted of
the offence for
which the community based order was
made. (5) If a
summons or
warrant is
issued, the
complainant must
immediately forward the complaint to the
court before which the offender is required or directed to
appear or to be brought under the summons or warrant.
130 Discharge of multiple community based
orders where contravention taken into account
If a
court— (a) deals with an offender under section
125 or 126 for an offence for which a community based order
was made; and (b) under section
189, takes into account contraventions of the requirements
of other community based orders; all the
community based orders are discharged. Note—
An offence against
section 123(1) is
an excluded offence
under section 189 if
the community based order to which the offence relates is
a
graffiti removal order. 131 Contravention of
requirements of order—judge to determine
If,
in a matter under this division before the Supreme Court or
a District Court,
a question arises
whether an
offender has
contravened, without
reasonable excuse,
a requirement of
a community based order, the question is
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[s
132] 132 Proceedings after end of period of
order A proceeding for
a contravention of
a requirement of
a community based order may be taken,
and the offender dealt with, under this division for the
contravention even though the order has been
terminated or revoked. Not authorised
—indicative only
Division 3 General
133 Authorised corrective services
officers subject to direction of court In relation to
community based orders, authorised corrective services
officers are subject to the directions of the court that
made
the order. 134 Requirements of order have effect
despite appeal If an offender appeals against a community
based order, the order has effect and the requirements of the
order are to be complied with until the appeal is finally
determined. 135 Directions under community based
order (1) A direction given by an authorised
corrective services officer under a
requirement of a community based order must, as far
as
practicable, avoid— (a) conflicting with the offender’s
religious beliefs; and (b) interfering with
any times during
which the
offender usually works or
attends school or another educational or training
establishment; and (c) interfering with the offender’s family
responsibilities. (2) A direction
given under
a community based
order may
be given orally or in writing.
(3) An offender must not be given a
direction under a community based order to
perform more than 8 hours unpaid service on any day.
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136] (4) However, if the offender consents and
an authorised corrective services officer approves, the
offender may perform more than 8 hours unpaid
service in a day. (5) In performing unpaid service, the
offender must be allowed reasonable rest and meal
breaks. Not authorised —indicative
only 136 Notifications
following making of order (1) A
court that
makes a
community based
order, or
makes an
order amending or revoking a community based
order, must make it in the approved form and must cause
a copy of the order to be given to— (a)
the
offender; and (b) the person in charge of an institution
in which the order requires the offender to reside; and
(c) the chief executive (corrective
services), together with details of the offence in relation to
which the order was made. (2)
If
an offender is required or permitted by a community based
order to
reside in
another State
or a Territory, the
chief executive
(corrective services) must cause— (a)
a
copy of the order; and (b) other relevant
documents and information; to be
forwarded to
the proper authority
in that State
or Territory. 137
Facilitation of proof (1)
If
an offender is before a court with a view to being dealt
with for contravening a requirement in a
community based order, then, subject to subsection (2), the
presumptions mentioned in subsection (3) are to be made.
(2) A presumption mentioned in subsection
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[s
138] (b) a statement purporting to be that of a
person authorised by the chief executive (corrective services)
to make the statement; that
particularises matters
relevant to
the offender being
so dealt with in the case in
question. (3) Until the contrary is proved, it must
be presumed— (a) that, under
subsection (1), the
community based
order alleged
in the complaint
or statement mentioned
in subsection (2) was
made as
alleged for
the offender before the
court; and (b) if the offender is before the court
under subsection (1)— that the
offender contravened the
requirement, as
alleged in the complaint or
statement. 138 Application of Justices Act
(1) The Justices
Act 1886 applies
to a complaint, summons,
warrant or
penalty under
this part
with all
necessary modifications
and any modifications prescribed by regulation. (2)
For the purposes
of the application mentioned
in subsection (1)— (a)
a
complaint is taken to be a complaint for an offence;
and (b) a
summons is
taken to
be a summons
to answer a
complaint; and (c)
a
penalty imposed under section 121 may be enforced
by an order
that might
be made by
the adjudicating justices under
the Justices Act 1886 so as to enforce
the payment of
a penalty imposed
on a conviction for
an offence under an Act that does not
expressly provide for enforcement of the payment.
(3) Despite the
Justices Act
1886 ,
section 43(2) or
(3), if
2 or more matters are
properly joined in a single complaint made for
the purposes of
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because the
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139] (a) are alleged
to be constituted by
the same act
or omission; or (b)
are
founded on substantially the same facts; it
is not necessary
to set out
each matter
of complaint in
a separate paragraph.
(4) Objection can
not be taken
to the complaint
mentioned in
subsection (3) on the ground that each
matter of complaint is not set out in a separate
paragraph. 139 Court may order summons or warrant for
offender’s appearance (1)
The
court to which an authorised corrective services officer
makes application under
section 122 may
order that
a summons issue,
directed to
the offender, requiring
the offender to appear at the time and
place stated in the summons to be dealt with
according to law. (2) If the offender to whom a summons
under subsection (1) or section 128 or 129 is directed fails
to appear in answer to the summons, the
court may,
on proof of
the service of
the summons on the offender, order that a
warrant issue, directed to all
police officers,
to arrest the
offender and
bring the
offender before the court to be dealt with
according to law. 140 Power of Magistrates Court under s
128(2), 129(2) or 139(2) (1)
If— (a) a warrant issued
under section 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2) directs that an
offender be brought before the Supreme Court or a
District Court; and (b) the offender can not be brought before
the court because no sittings are being held at the
time; the warrant has
effect as
if it directed
that the
offender be
brought before a Magistrates Court.
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(2) On an offender’s appearance before a
Magistrates Court under subsection (1), the court must—
(a) commit the offender to custody to be
brought; or (b) grant bail
to the offender
on the condition
that the
offender appear; before the
Supreme Court or a District Court. 141
Community service under intensive correction
order cumulative with any other community
service Community service
that an
offender is
required to
perform under
an intensive correction order
is to be
performed cumulatively
with any other community service the offender is required to
perform under this or another Act. 142
Offence against this part—complainant
Proceedings for an offence against a
community based order, if not initiated by a court, must be
started by complaint made by a
person authorised by
the chief executive
(corrective services) in
that behalf, either generally or in a particular case.
Part
8 Orders of suspended imprisonment 143
Court
not to act without recording a conviction A
court may
make an
order under
section 144(1) only
if it records a
conviction. 144 Sentence of imprisonment may be
suspended (1) If a court sentences an offender to
imprisonment for 5 years or less, it may
order that the term of imprisonment be suspended.
(2) An order under subsection (1) may be
made only if the court is satisfied that it is appropriate to
do so in the circumstances. Current as at
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(3) An order
under subsection
(1) may suspend the
whole or
a part of the term of
imprisonment. (4) A court
must not
suspend a
term of
imprisonment if
it is satisfied,
having regard to the provisions of this Act, that it
would be appropriate in the circumstances
that the offender be imprisoned for the term of
imprisonment imposed. (5) The court must
state an operational period during which the offender
must not
commit another
offence punishable by
imprisonment if
the offender is
to avoid being
dealt with
under section 146 for the suspended
sentence. (6) The operational period starts on the
day the order is made and must be— (a)
not
less than the term of imprisonment imposed; and (b)
not
more than 5 years. 145 Effect of suspended
imprisonment An offender for whom an order under section
144 is made has to serve the suspended imprisonment only if
the offender is ordered to do so under section 147.
146 Consequences of committing offence
during operational period (1)
A
court must proceed under this section if— (a)
the
court— (i) convicts an
offender of
an offence for
which imprisonment may
be imposed; and (ii) is
satisfied that
the offence was
committed during—
(A) the operational period
of an order
made under section
144; or (B) an extension
of the operational period
ordered under section 147(1)(a)(i);
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(C) a further
stated operational period
ordered under section
147(1)(a)(ii)(B); or (b) an offender is
otherwise before the court and the court is satisfied
that— (i) the offender
was convicted, in
or outside Queensland, of
an offence for which imprisonment may be imposed;
and (ii) the offence was
committed during— (A) the operational period
of an order
made under section
144; or (B) an extension
of the operational period
ordered under section 147(1)(a)(i);
or (C) a further
stated operational period
ordered under section
147(1)(a)(ii)(B). (2) If the court mentioned in subsection
(1) has like jurisdiction to the court that
made the order, the first court must deal with the
offender under section 147 for the suspended
imprisonment. (2A) If
the court mentioned
in subsection (1) is
of higher jurisdiction
than the court that made the order, the first court
must deal
with the
offender under
section 147 for
the suspended imprisonment unless
the court considers
that it
would be in the interests of justice for the
offender to be dealt with under section 147 by the court
that made the order. (2B) If, under
subsection (2A), the first court does not deal with the
offender under section 147 for the suspended
imprisonment, it must— (a)
commit the offender to custody to be
brought; or (b) grant bail to the offender conditioned
to appear; before a court of like jurisdiction to the
court that made the order. (3)
If— (a) the order was
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(b) the court
mentioned in
subsection (1) is
a Magistrates Court;
the
Magistrates Court must proceed under subsection (4).
(4) The Magistrates Court mentioned in
subsection (3) must— (a) commit the
offender to custody to be brought; or (b)
grant bail to the offender conditioned to
appear; before a court of like jurisdiction to the
court that made the order. (5)
If— (a) the order was
made by the Supreme Court; and (b)
the
court mentioned in subsection (1) is a District Court;
the
District Court must proceed under subsection (6).
(6) The District Court mentioned in
subsection (5) must— (a) commit the
offender to custody to be brought before the Supreme Court;
or (b) grant bail to the offender conditioned
that the offender appear before the Supreme Court.
(7) If the offender comes before a court
under subsection (2B), (4) or
(6), the
court must
deal with
the offender under
section 147 for the suspended
imprisonment. 146A Summons or warrant for offender whose
sentence of imprisonment has been suspended
(1) This section applies if—
(a) an order has been made under section
144 or 147(1)(a) for an offender; and (b)
a police officer
or an authorised corrective services
officer suspects,
on reasonable grounds,
that the
offender has
committed an
offence, in
or outside Queensland,
during the operational period of the order; and
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(c) imprisonment may
be imposed if
the offender is
convicted, in
or outside Queensland, of
the suspected offence.
(2) The officer may, by a complaint to a
magistrate, apply for a summons requiring
the offender to
appear before
the court that made the
order. (3) The magistrate may issue the summons
or, instead of issuing the summons, issue a warrant, in the
approved form, directed to all
police officers
to arrest the
offender and
bring the
offender before
the court that
made the
order to
be further dealt with
according to law. (4) The summons
or warrant issued
under this
section is
of no effect unless
and until the offender is convicted of an offence
that enables
a court to
deal with
the offender under
section 147. (5)
The magistrate must
issue the
summons or
warrant if
the magistrate is satisfied the grounds
for issuing the summons or warrant exist. (6)
However, the warrant may be issued only
if— (a) the complaint is under oath;
and (b) the magistrate is satisfied the
offender would not appear in answer to a summons.
(7) Further, the magistrate may refuse to
issue the warrant if the magistrate considers it would be
unjust to issue the warrant. (8)
The
summons or warrant may state the suspected offence in
general terms. 147
Power
of court mentioned in s 146 (1)
A court mentioned
in section 146(2), (2A),
(4) or (6)
that deals
with the
offender for
the suspended imprisonment may—
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only (i) that
the operational period
be extended for
not longer than 1 year; or
(ii) if
the operational period
has expired when
the court is dealing with the
offender— (A) that the offender’s term of
imprisonment be further suspended; and (B)
that
the offender be subject to a further stated operational
period of not longer than 1 year during which the
offender must not commit another offence punishable by
imprisonment if the offender
is to avoid
being dealt
with under
section 146 for
the suspended imprisonment;
or (b) order the offender to serve the whole
of the suspended imprisonment; or (c)
order the
offender to
serve the
part of
the suspended imprisonment
that the court orders. (2) The court must
make an order under subsection (1)(b) unless it is of the
opinion that it would be unjust to do so. (3)
In
deciding whether it would be unjust to order the offender to
serve the whole of the suspended
imprisonment the court must have regard
to— (a) whether the subsequent offence is
trivial having regard to— (i)
the
nature of the offence and the circumstances in which it was
committed; and (ii) the
proportion between
the culpability of
the offender for
the subsequent offence
and the consequence of
activating the
whole of
the suspended imprisonment; and
(iii) the
antecedents and
any criminal history
of the offender;
and (iv) the
prevalence of
the original and
subsequent offences;
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(v) anything that
satisfies the
court that
the prisoner has
made a
genuine effort
at rehabilitation since
the
original sentence was imposed, including, for example—
(A) the relative
length of
any period of
good behaviour during
the operational period; and (B)
community service performed; and
(C) fines, compensation or restitution
paid; and (D) anything mentioned in a pre-sentence
report; and (vi) the
degree to
which the
offender has
reverted to
criminal conduct of any kind; and
(vii) the motivation for the subsequent
offence; and (b) the seriousness of
the original offence,
including any
physical or
emotional harm
done to
a victim and
any damage, injury or loss caused by the
offender; and (c) any special
circumstance arising
since the
original sentence was
imposed that makes it unjust to impose the whole of the
term of suspended imprisonment. (4)
If
the court is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (2), it
must
state its reasons. (5) In this section— original
offence means
the offence for
which a
term of
imprisonment has been suspended under
section 144(1). original sentence means the
sentence imposed for the original offence.
subsequent offence means the
offence committed during— (a) the
operational period
of an order
made under
section 144 for the original offence;
or (b) an extension
of the operational period
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(c) a further
stated operational period
ordered under
section 147(1)(a)(ii)(B) for the original
offence. 148 Imprisonment to be served
immediately If, under section 147(1), the court orders
the offender to serve imprisonment, then,
unless the
court otherwise
orders, the
imprisonment must be served—
(a) immediately; and (b)
subject to
the Bail Act
1980 ,
section 33, concurrently with any other
imprisonment previously imposed on the offender by that
or another court. 149 Reasons not stated—order still
valid An order under section 147 is not invalid
merely because of the failure of
the court to
state its
reasons as
required by
section 147(3), but its failure to do so may
be considered by an appeal court if an appeal against the
order is made. 150 Bail Act applies if offender not dealt
with immediately If it is not possible for a court to deal
with an offender under section 147 immediately, then,
for the purposes
of granting bail, the
Bail
Act 1980 applies— (a)
as if a
reference to
a person on
a charge of,
or in connection with,
an offence were
a reference to
the offender; and (b)
with any
other necessary
modifications and
any modifications prescribed by
regulation. 151A Conditional release and parole for
suspended sentences An offender whose sentence of imprisonment
is suspended is eligible for release on parole, and
conditional release within the meaning
of the Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
only in
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relation to
imprisonment ordered
under section
147(1)(b) or (c). Part 8A
Drug
and alcohol treatment orders Division 1
Preliminary 151B
Definitions for part In this
part— core conditions , of the
rehabilitation part of a treatment order, see section
151R(1). court means a
Magistrates Court prescribed by regulation. custodial
part , of a treatment order, see section
151N(2). drug and alcohol treatment order
means an order made under
division 3. eligible
offence means— (a)
a
summary offence; or (b) an indictable offence
that is,
or is to
be, dealt with
summarily. Note—
Under the Drugs Misuse Act
1986 , section 13A, proceedings for
particular indictable offences
may be taken
summarily if
a treatment order is sought under this
part. operational period , for the
custodial part of a treatment order, see sections
151N(1)(c) and 151O(2)(b)(ii). rehabilitation
part , of a treatment order, see section
151Q(2). review team , for a
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(b) a representative of
each treatment
order agency,
other than a Hospital
and Health Service established under the Hospital and
Health Boards Act 2011 , section 17; and (c)
a representative of
1 Hospital and
Health Service
established under the Hospital
and Health Boards
Act 2011 , section
17. severe substance use disorder
means— (a)
a
disorder prescribed by regulation that relates to the use
of
alcohol or other drugs; or (b) if
no disorder is
prescribed under
paragraph (a)—a
substance use disorder estimated as being
severe under the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published
by the American
Psychiatric Association in 2013.
suitability assessment report
means a suitability assessment
report given to the court under section
151K. treatment order means a drug and
alcohol treatment order. treatment order agency
means the following— (a)
the department in
which the
Corrective Services
Act 2006 is
administered; (b) the department in which the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 is
administered; (c) a Hospital
and Health Service
established under
the Hospital and Health Boards Act
2011 , section 17; (d)
Legal Aid Queensland established under
the Legal Aid Queensland Act
1997 ; (e) the police
service. treatment program
means a
treatment program
included in
the rehabilitation part
of a treatment
order under
section 151Q.
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151C Purpose of part and treatment
orders (1) The purpose of this part is to provide
for the making of drug and alcohol treatment orders.
(2) The purpose of making a drug and
alcohol treatment order for an offender is
to— (a) facilitate the rehabilitation of the
offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented,
integrated treatment regime; and
(b) reduce the offender’s severe substance
use disorder; and (c) reduce the level of criminal activity
associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder;
and (d) reduce the health risks to the
offender that are associated with the
offender’s severe substance use disorder; and (e)
assist with
the offender’s integration into
the community. Division 2
When
treatment orders may be made 151D
Court
may make treatment order only if it records conviction
A court may
make a
treatment order
only if
it records a
conviction. 151E
When
treatment order may be made (1)
A
court may make a treatment order for an offender only if—
(a) the offender— (i)
has
pleaded guilty to an eligible offence; and (ii)
resides within the court district of the
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(i) considers it would be appropriate to
sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment for the
eligible offence; and (ii)
has
received a suitability assessment report for the
offender; and (iii)
is
satisfied the offender has a severe substance use
disorder; and (iv)
considers the
offender’s severe
substance use
disorder contributed to
the commission of
the eligible offence; and
(v) considers it is appropriate in the
circumstances to make the treatment order for the
offender. (2) If an order of the Supreme Court or a
District Court is in force that imposes a sentence on the
offender for another offence, the court must
have regard to the order in deciding whether or not it is
appropriate to make a treatment order for the offender.
(3) In this section— court
district , of a court, means the district within
which the court is
held, as
provided for
under the
Justices Act
1886 ,
section 22B. 151F
When
treatment order can not be made (1)
Despite section 151E, a court can not make a
treatment order for an offender if— (a)
the offender is
serving a
term of
imprisonment in
a corrective services facility;
or (b) the offender is subject to a parole
order; or (c) the offender
is serving, or
is required to
serve, the
unexpired portion
of a period
of imprisonment for
another offence in Queensland or elsewhere
because— (i) a parole order for the offender has
been cancelled under the
Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 205 or 209;
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(ii) an order similar
to a parole order for the offender has been
cancelled under a provision of an Act of the Commonwealth
or another State that is similar to a provision
mentioned in subparagraph (i); or (d)
the
offender is charged with a sexual assault offence.
(2) In this section— parole
order see the Corrective
Services Act 2006 , schedule 4. sexual
assault offence
means an
offence against
the following— (a)
the
Criminal Code, chapter 22; (b) the Criminal
Code, chapter 32. 151G Particular matters for offences
involving violence against another person (1)
In
deciding whether to make a treatment order for an offender
who has committed
an offence involving
violence against
another person, the court must have regard
to the following— (a) the nature
and seriousness of
the offence, and
any previous offences involving violence,
committed by the offender; (b)
whether or
not the offence
resulted in
bodily harm,
within the meaning of the Criminal Code,
section 1, to another person; (c)
any relevant medical,
psychiatric or
other information available to the
court about the offender; (d) if the offence
committed by the offender was a domestic violence
offence—the risk of further domestic violence or
associated domestic
violence, under
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 ,
being committed by the
offender. (2) The court must not make a treatment
order for the offender if the court is satisfied that, if the
order were made, the offender would
pose an
unacceptable risk
to the safety
and welfare of—
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(a) a person
who is in
a domestic relationship with
the offender; or (b)
a
review team member for the treatment order; or (c)
a person employed
or engaged by
a treatment order
agency; or (d)
a
member of the community. (3) In this
section— domestic relationship means a relevant
relationship under the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 , section
13. 151H Multiple
offences (1) A court may make more than 1 treatment
order for an offender convicted of more than 1 eligible
offence. (2) However, if the court makes 2 or more
treatment orders, the total term of imprisonment imposed on
the offender under the custodial part of the order must be 4
years or less. (3) The court may include the treatment
orders in a single form of order that states each offence for
which a treatment order is made. (4)
The
court must not impose a penalty on the offender under
this Act
for 1 or
more of
the offences if
the penalty may
reduce or
otherwise interfere
with the
offender’s ability
to comply with a treatment order applying
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Division 3 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 8A Drug and alcohol treatment
orders [s 151I] Making treatment
orders Subdivision 1 Preliminary
steps 151I Explaining treatment order
(1) Before making a treatment order, the
court must explain, or cause to be explained, to the offender
the purpose and effect of the order, including—
(a) the content of the custodial part and
rehabilitation part of the treatment order; and
(b) the core
conditions of
the rehabilitation part
of the treatment order;
and (c) the potential
requirements of
the treatment program
under the
rehabilitation part
of the treatment
order, including the
impacts on the offender’s right to privacy that
may be necessary
to comply with
the treatment order;
and Examples of impacts on the offender’s right
to privacy— • the requirement to consent to the
sharing of information about the offender between review team
members • a requirement the
offender wear
a drug or
alcohol monitoring
device • a requirement to install monitoring
devices at the offender’s place of residence (d)
what
may happen if the offender does not comply with the
rehabilitation part of the treatment order; and (e)
when
and how the treatment order, and the rehabilitation
part
of the treatment order, may be amended, revoked,
cancelled or terminated. (2)
The
explanation must be made in language, or in a way, likely
to
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151J Offender to agree to making of
order The court may consider making the treatment
order only if the offender— (a)
agrees to the order being made; and
(b) agrees to comply with the
order. Not authorised —indicative
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obtaining suitability assessment report (1)
If the court
is considering making
a treatment order
for an offender, and
the agreement of the offender has been obtained under section
151J, the court must make an order requiring an appropriately
qualified review team member to— (a)
prepare a
suitability assessment report
that complies
with
section 151L; and (b) give the report to the court within 28
days after the order is made, or a longer period allowed by
the court. (2) The court must give a copy of the
suitability assessment report to—
(a) the prosecutor; and
(b) the offender’s legal representative;
and (c) the review team; and
(d) if the court orders—the
offender. 151L Requirements for suitability
assessment report A suitability assessment report for an
offender must include— (a) an
assessment of
whether the
offender has
a severe substance use
disorder; and (b) an assessment of
the suitability of
the offender for
release under a treatment order; and
(c) if the
report states
the offender is
suitable for
release under a
treatment order—a proposed treatment program for the
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Subdivision 2 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 8A Drug and alcohol treatment
orders [s 151M] Content of
treatment orders 151M Content A treatment
order for an offender must— (a)
record the offender’s conviction; and
(b) include— (i)
a
custodial part; and (ii) a rehabilitation
part. Subdivision 3 Custodial
part 151N Custodial part of treatment
order (1) In making a treatment order, the court
must— (a) sentence the
offender to
imprisonment for
4 years or
less; and (b)
order that
the sentence of
imprisonment is
suspended; and
(c) state the period (the
operational period ) during
which the offender must
not commit another
offence if
the offender is to avoid being dealt with
under section 151O for the suspended sentence.
(2) The matters stated in subsection (1)
constitute the custodial part
of
the treatment order. (3) For subsection
(1)(c), the operational period— (a)
starts on the day the order is made;
and (b) must end on a day at least 2 years but
not more than 5 years after the day it starts.
(4) The operational period must be at
least as long as the sentence of imprisonment
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(5) An offender to whom a treatment order
applies has to serve the sentence of imprisonment suspended
under the custodial part of the order only if the offender is
ordered to do so under section 151O(2)(c) or (d) or
151W(1)(c) or (d). Not authorised —indicative
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offender commits offence for which imprisonment may
be imposed (1) This section applies if—
(a) the court— (i)
convicts an
offender to
whom a
treatment order
applies of an offence for which imprisonment
may be imposed; and (ii)
is
satisfied the offence was committed during the operational
period for the treatment order; or (b)
an offender to
whom a
treatment order
applies is
otherwise before the court and the court is
satisfied— (i) the offender
was convicted, in
or outside Queensland, of
an offence for which imprisonment may be imposed;
and (ii) the offence was
committed during the operational period for the
treatment order. (2) The court may, having regard to the
matters stated in section 151P— (a)
extend the
operational period
for the custodial
part of
the
treatment order by no more than 1 year; or (b)
if
the operational period has expired when the court is
dealing with the offender, make an
order— (i) that the offender’s term of
imprisonment be further suspended; and (ii)
stating a period (also an
operational period ) during
which the
offender must
not commit another
offence if the offender is to avoid being
dealt with again under this section; or
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(c) if the
rehabilitation part
of the treatment
order is
in force, order— (i)
that
the rehabilitation part of the treatment order is
revoked; and (ii)
that
the offender must serve the whole or part of the
sentence of
imprisonment imposed
under the
custodial part
of the treatment
order, reduced
by any period
served by
the offender under
the rehabilitation part of the treatment
order; or (d) order the
offender to
serve the
whole or
part of
the sentence of imprisonment imposed under
the custodial part of the treatment order, reduced by any
period served by the offender
under the
rehabilitation part
of the treatment
order. 151P Considerations for taking action under
s 151O (1) In making an order under section 151O,
the court must have regard to— (a)
the
extent to which the offender has otherwise complied
with
the treatment order; and (b) whether the
subsequent offence is trivial having regard to—
(i) the nature
of the subsequent offence
and the circumstances in
which it
was committed, including any
physical or emotional harm done to a victim and any
damage, injury or loss caused by the offender;
and (ii) the
proportionality between the culpability of the offender
for the subsequent offence
and the consequence of
making the order; and (iii) the
antecedents and
any criminal history
of the offender;
and (iv) the
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(v) the motivation for the subsequent
offence; and (c) the seriousness of
the original offence,
including any
physical or
emotional harm
done to
a victim and
any damage, injury or loss caused by the
offender; and (d) any special
circumstance arising
since the
original sentence was
imposed that affects whether it would be just to make the
order. (2) In this section— original
offence means
the offence for
which a
term of
imprisonment has been suspended under
section 151N(1)(b). original sentence means the
sentence imposed for the original offence.
subsequent offence means the
offence committed during the operational
period of a treatment order. Subdivision
4 Rehabilitation part 151Q
Rehabilitation part of treatment
order (1) In making a treatment order, the court
must— (a) include in the order a treatment
program that complies with section 151S; and
(b) order the offender to comply
with— (i) the core conditions; and
(ii) the treatment
program. (2) The matters
stated in
subsection (1)
constitute the
rehabilitation part of the treatment
order. (3) The rehabilitation part—
(a) starts when the treatment order is
made; and (b) ends on the day that is 2 years after
the day it started, unless it is sooner cancelled or extended
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151R Core conditions (1)
An offender to
whom the
rehabilitation part
of a treatment
order applies
must comply
with the
conditions (the
core conditions ) stated in
subsection (2). (2) The offender— (a)
must
not commit another offence; and (b)
must
report to a review team member for the treatment
order at the places and times directed by an
authorised corrective services officer or a review team
member for the treatment order; and (c)
must receive
visits from
an authorised corrective services
officer or
a review team
member for
the treatment order
at the times
directed by
the officer or
member; and (d)
must
notify an authorised corrective services officer of
every change
of the offender’s place
of residence or
employment within
2 business days
after the
change happens;
and (e) must not leave or stay outside
Queensland without the permission of the court; and
(f) must appear before the court at the
times directed by the court; and (g)
must
comply with any other reasonable direction of— (i)
an
authorised corrective services officer; or (ii)
a review team
member for
the treatment order
given under section 151T(2).
151S Treatment program (1)
The
treatment program for a treatment order— (a)
must
state the period, of not more than 2 years, within
which the program must be completed by the
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(b) may include
the conditions or
other requirements the
court considers necessary to achieve the
purposes of the treatment order. (2)
Without limiting
subsection (1)(b),
the treatment program
may include conditions requiring
the offender to
do the following, as
stated in the treatment order or as directed by a
review team member for the treatment
order— (a) submit to
medical, psychiatric or
psychological treatment that
is relevant to the offender’s rehabilitation; (b)
submit to detoxification at a stated
facility that is not a corrective services facility;
(c) participate in
counselling or
programs relevant
to the offender’s
rehabilitation; (d) attend meetings
with a
review team
member for
the treatment order; (e)
participate in
vocational, educational or
employment programs or
courses; (f) submit to alcohol or other drug
testing; (g) wear a device that detects alcohol or
other drug usage by the offender; (h)
install a device or equipment at the
offender’s place of residence; (i)
reside at a stated place for a stated
period. Division 4 Administering
treatment orders 151T Review team obligations and
requirement for court to consult (1)
The review team
members for
a treatment order
who are representatives of
treatment order
agencies must
assist the
court in administering the order.
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(a) give a direction that is reasonably
necessary to achieve the purposes of the treatment order;
and (b) consult with
and be assisted
by the chief
executive (health).
(3) In making an order or taking an action
under this division in relation to a treatment order, the
court— (a) must consult with the review team for
the order about whether the order or action is appropriate;
and (b) may consult with and be assisted by
the chief executive (health). (4)
In
this section— chief executive
(health) means
the chief executive
of the department in
which the
Hospital and
Health Boards
Act 2011 is
administered. 151U Court may cancel rehabilitation part
of treatment order on early completion of treatment
program The court may cancel the whole or part of
the rehabilitation part of the treatment order if the court is
satisfied— (a) the offender
has complied, or
substantially complied,
with
the treatment program; and (b) continuation of
the rehabilitation part, or a part of the rehabilitation part,
is not necessary
to achieve the
purposes of the treatment order.
151V Court may amend rehabilitation part of
treatment order (1) The court may, from time to time,
amend the rehabilitation part of a treatment order by—
(a) adding conditions to
or removing conditions from
the treatment program; or
(b) amending conditions imposed
under the
treatment program,
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(c) extending the rehabilitation part of
the treatment order. (2) The court may
make the amendment— (a) on the court’s own initiative;
or (b) on an application by—
(i) the offender; or (ii)
the
prosecutor; or (iii) a review team
member for the treatment order. (3)
In
deciding whether to make the amendment, the court must
have
regard to the extent to which the offender has complied
with
the treatment order. (4) However, the
court may not extend the rehabilitation part of the treatment
order beyond the day the custodial part of the treatment order
ends. (5) The court
must give
reasons for
a decision to
amend a
treatment order under this section.
151W Failure to comply with rehabilitation
part of treatment order (1)
If a court
is satisfied an
offender has,
without reasonable excuse,
failed to
comply with
the rehabilitation part
of the offender’s treatment
order, the
court may
do any of
the following— (a)
impose a
condition on
the treatment program
for the order
the court considers
necessary to
achieve the
purposes of the treatment order;
(b) at any
1 hearing under
this section,
order that
the offender perform up to 40 hours of
community service, but not to the extent the order would
increase the total amount of community service imposed on the
offender in relation to
the treatment order
to more than
240 hours; (c)
at any 1
hearing under
this section,
order that
the offender must
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to 7 consecutive days
of the Page 182
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sentence of imprisonment suspended under the
custodial part of the treatment order;
(d) revoke the rehabilitation part of the
treatment order and order that the offender must serve the whole
or part of the sentence of
imprisonment imposed
under the
custodial part
of the treatment
order, reduced
by the period of
imprisonment served by the offender under the treatment
order; (e) amend the
rehabilitation part
of the treatment
order under section
151V. (2) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that— (a) an order
made under
subsection (1)(b)
is not a
community service order; and
(b) the court
may impose a
condition or
make an
order mentioned
in subsection (1)(a),
(b) or (c)
for the offender more
than once. (3) In taking action under subsection
(1)(d), the court must have regard
to the extent
to which the
offender has
otherwise complied with
the treatment order. (4) The court must
give reasons for a decision to take action under
this
section. Division 5 Ending treatment
orders 151X Court may revoke treatment
order (1) The court may revoke a treatment
order— (a) on the court’s own initiative, if the
court is satisfied the purposes of
the treatment order
can no longer
be achieved, including, for example,
because— (i) the offender
is no longer
capable of
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(ii) the
offender is
sentenced to
a term of
imprisonment for another offence; or
(iii) the
offender has
failed to
comply with
the treatment order in a material way;
or (iv) the
offender is
no longer willing
to comply with
the
treatment order, or is unlikely to comply with the treatment
order for another reason; or (b)
on
an application by— (i) the offender; or (ii)
a
prosecutor; or (iii) a review team
member for the treatment order. (2)
In
deciding whether to revoke the treatment order, the court
must— (a)
consult with
the review team
for the treatment
order about whether
the revocation is appropriate; and (b)
have regard
to the extent
to which the
offender has
complied with the treatment order.
151Y Requirements for revocation
(1) If the court revokes a treatment
order— (a) for a treatment order made for the
offender in relation to an offence
dealt with
summarily under
the Drugs Misuse Act
1986 , section 13A, the court must—
(i) order that
the record of
the conviction for
the offence be revoked; and
Note— For the effect
of not recording a conviction, see section 12. (ii)
vacate the offender’s treatment order;
and (iii) under the
Justices Act 1886 , section 113,
commit the offender to the District Court for
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(b) otherwise—the court
may deal with
the offender as
if the offender
had just been
convicted of
the eligible offence for
which the treatment order was made. (2)
However, in imposing a term of imprisonment
on the offender under subsection (1), the court—
(a) must reduce the term of imprisonment
by any period of imprisonment served by the offender under
the custodial part of the treatment order; and
(b) can not
impose a
term of
imprisonment that,
together with
any imprisonment served
under the
treatment order,
exceeds the
sentence of
imprisonment that
was imposed under the custodial part of
the treatment order; and (c)
must
have regard to the extent to which the offender has
otherwise complied with the treatment
order. 151Z Termination of treatment orders
A
treatment order made for an offender is terminated if—
(a) it is revoked under section 151X;
or (b) the operational period
of the custodial
part of
the treatment order has ended.
Division 6 Miscellaneous 151ZA Immunity
from prosecution (1) A person
is not liable
to prosecution for
a relevant drug
offence resulting from any admission made by
the person for the purposes of— (a)
preparing a suitability assessment report
for the person; or (b) administering a
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(2) The admission, and
any evidence obtained
because of
the admission, is
not admissible against
the person in
a prosecution for the relevant drug
offence. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent
the person from being prosecuted for
the relevant drug
offence if
evidence of
the offence, other
than the
admission made
by the person
or evidence obtained because of the
admission, exists. (4) In this section— relevant drug
offence means the following offences—
(a) an offence
mentioned in
the Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 9, 9A or 10; (b)
an
offence that may be dealt with summarily under the
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section 13 or
14. 151ZB Arrest warrants (1)
A court may
issue a
warrant for
an offender’s arrest
if the court—
(a) reasonably suspects, after consulting
the review team for the offender’s treatment
order, that
the offender has
failed to comply with the treatment order;
or (b) revokes the offender’s treatment
order. (2) The warrant authorises any police
officer to arrest the offender and to bring the
offender before the court. 151ZC Court may remand offender in
custody (1) If a
warrant is
issued under
section 151ZB(1)(a), the
court may remand the
offender in custody to appear before the court if the court
decides to— (a) reserve making a decision about
revoking the treatment order or rehabilitation part of the
treatment order; or (b) revoke the treatment order or
rehabilitation part of the treatment order. Page 186
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The period for
which the
offender may
be remanded in
custody is— (a)
an
initial period of not more than 30 days; and (b)
a
further period or periods of not more than 8 days.
(3) If the
court remands
the offender in
custody, the
chief executive
(corrective services) must ensure the person appears
before the court to be dealt with as
required. 151ZD No appeal against particular
decisions (1) An appeal does not lie against a
decision of the court— (a) not to make a
treatment order; or (b) that an offender has failed to comply
with a treatment order; or (c)
to
cancel the rehabilitation part of a treatment order; or
(d) to amend the rehabilitation part of a
treatment order; or (e) to revoke the rehabilitation part of a
treatment order; or (f) to revoke a treatment order.
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite
the Justices Act 1886 , section
222
and the Criminal Code, chapter 67. Part 9
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Liability 152
Court
must record conviction A court may make an order of
imprisonment only if it records a
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Imprisonment [s 152A] 152A
Proper officer to give chief executive
(corrective services) record of order of
imprisonment (1) If a
court orders
an offender serve
all or part
of a term
of imprisonment, the
proper officer
of the court
must make
a record of the order committing the
offender into custody and give a
copy of
the record to
the chief executive
(corrective services). (2)
The
record must be in the approved form and may deal with
each
offence for which the offender is convicted. (3)
Despite subsection
(2), the proper officer
of the court
complies with
subsection (1) if
the proper officer
gives the
chief executive (corrective services) a
verdict and judgment record under the Criminal
Practice Rules 1999 . 153 Imprisonment—liability to
(1) An offender liable to imprisonment for
life, or for any other period, may
be sentenced to
imprisonment for
any lesser period.
(2) An offender liable to imprisonment may
be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding the
limits prescribed in
section 46 in
addition to, or instead of, the
imprisonment. 153A Term of imprisonment if none
prescribed If an offender
is convicted of
an offence punishable by
imprisonment, but the maximum term of
imprisonment is not prescribed by
law, the
maximum term
that can
be imposed is—
(a) if the conviction is on indictment—5
years; or (b) if the conviction is not on
indictment—2 years. Page 188 Current as at
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Sentences Act 1992 Part 9 Imprisonment [s 154]
154 Calculation of term of
imprisonment (1) Except as
provided in
sections 156(1), 158A
and 159 and
subject to an order being made under the
repealed section 158, a term of imprisonment—
(a) on conviction on indictment—starts on
the day the court imposes imprisonment on the offender;
and (b) on a summary conviction—starts at the
beginning of the offender’s custody for the
imprisonment. (2) In this section— repealed
section 158 means
section 158 as
in force immediately
before it was repealed by the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004
. 155 Imprisonment to
be served concurrently unless otherwise
ordered Unless otherwise provided by this Act, or
the court imposing imprisonment otherwise orders, if—
(a) an offender is serving, or has been
sentenced to serve, imprisonment for an offence; and
(b) is sentenced to serve imprisonment for
another offence; the imprisonment for
the other offence
is to be
served concurrently
with the first offence. 156 Cumulative orders
of imprisonment (1) If— (a)
an
offender is serving, or has been sentenced to serve,
imprisonment for an offence; and
(b) is sentenced to serve imprisonment for
another offence; Current as at [Not applicable]
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Imprisonment [s 156A] the
imprisonment for
the other offence
may be directed
to start from the end of the period of
imprisonment the offender is serving, or has been sentenced to
serve. (2) Subsection (1) applies whether the
imprisonment for the first offence is
being served
concurrently or
cumulatively with
imprisonment for another offence.
156A Cumulative order of imprisonment must
be made in particular circumstances (1)
This
section applies if an offender— (a)
is
convicted of an offence— (i) against a
provision mentioned in schedule 1; or (ii)
of
counselling or procuring the commission of, or attempting or
conspiring to
commit, an
offence against a
provision mentioned in schedule 1; and (b)
committed the offence while—
(i) a prisoner serving a term of
imprisonment; or (ii) released
on post-prison community
based release
under the Corrective
Services Act 2000 or released on parole under
the Corrective Services Act 2006
; or (iii)
on
leave of absence, from a term of imprisonment, granted under
the Corrective Services Act 2000
or the Corrective
Services Act 2006 ; or (iv)
at
large after escaping from lawful custody under a
sentence of imprisonment.
(2) A sentence of imprisonment imposed for
the offence must be ordered to
be served cumulatively with
any other term
of imprisonment the offender is liable to
serve. Page 190 Current as at
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9 Imprisonment [s 158A] 158A
Term
of imprisonment does not run if offender on bail
awaiting appeal The term of
imprisonment of an offender who appeals against sentence, and is
granted bail awaiting the determination of the appeal, does not
run during the time the offender is on bail. Not
authorised —indicative only
159 Term of imprisonment does not run
while prisoner at large An
offender who
commits an
offence against
the Criminal Code, section
142, on being returned to lawful custody, must serve the
imprisonment that the offender would have served if
the
offender had not escaped in addition to any punishment
imposed for the offence. 159A
Time
held in presentence custody to be deducted (1)
If
an offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an
offence, any
time that
the offender was
held in
custody in
relation to proceedings for the offence and
for no other reason must be taken to be imprisonment already
served under the sentence, unless the sentencing court
otherwise orders. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply
to— (a) a period of custody of less than 1
day; or (b) imprisonment of less than 1 day;
or (c) imprisonment that has been wholly
suspended; or (d) the suspended part of imprisonment
partly suspended. (3) If an offender was held in custody in
circumstances to which subsection (1) applies,
and the court
has not made
an order mentioned in
subsection (3A), the sentencing court must, as part of the
sentencing order— (a) state the dates between which the
offender was held in presentence custody; and
(b) calculate the
time that
the offender was
held in
presentence custody; and Current as at
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Imprisonment [s 159A] (c)
declare the
time calculated under
paragraph (b)
to be imprisonment
already served under the sentence. (3A)
Subsection (3B) applies if—
(a) an offender
was held in
custody in
circumstances to
which subsection (1) applies (
presentence custody ); and
(b) the sentencing court orders that the
time, or part of the time, the offender was held in custody
is not to be taken to be imprisonment already served under the
sentence. (3B) The sentencing
court must, as part of the sentencing order— (a)
state the dates between which the offender
was held in presentence custody; and (b)
calculate the
time that
the offender was
held in
presentence custody; and (c)
declare the
part of
the time that
is taken to
be imprisonment already
served under
the sentence or
declare that no time is taken to be
imprisonment already served under the sentence.
(3C) If
an offender was
held in
presentence custody
and the sentencing court
makes a declaration under subsection (3)(c) or (3B)(c), the
sentencing court must cause the chief executive (corrective
services) to be advised in writing of the declaration
and
its details. (4) If— (a)
an offender is
charged with
a number of
offences committed on
different occasions; and (b) the offender has
been in custody since arrest on charges of the offences
and for no other reason; the time held in presentence custody
must be taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to start
when the offender was first arrested on any
of those charges, even if the offender is not convicted
of the offence
for which the
offender was
first arrested
or any 1
or more of
the number of
offences with
which the offender is charged.
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(4A) To
help the
sentencing court
for the purposes
of subsections (3) and (3B), the
prosecuting authority must give to the court a
presentence custody certificate. (5)
If
the sentencing court is satisfied that the time declared
under subsection (3) was not correct, it
must— (a) declare the correct time; and
(b) amend the sentence accordingly;
and (c) cause the
chief executive
(corrective services)
to be advised of the
amendment. (6) An application for a declaration under
subsection (3), (3B) or (5) may be made by—
(a) the offender; or (b)
the
prosecuting authority; or (c) the offender and
the prosecuting authority jointly. (7)
If an application for
a declaration under
subsection (5) is
made
by the offender and the prosecuting authority jointly, the
sentencing court may make the declaration
having regard to written materials
and submissions before
it and without
requiring the attendance of the
parties. (8) Subsection (7) applies only if—
(a) the parties
propose in
the joint application that
the declaration be made having regard to
written materials and submissions before
the court and
without the
attendance of the parties; and
(b) the application is
accompanied by
a draft order
and written submission in support.
(9) If the
sentencing court
decides that
the application is
inappropriate for decision without an oral
hearing, the court— (a) must immediately notify the parties to
the application of the decision by telephone or in some other
way; and (b) may set a date for hearing.
(10) In this
section— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Imprisonment [s 160] presentence custody
certificate means
a certificate, in
the approved form,
signed by
the chief executive
(corrective services), an
authorised corrective services
officer or
the commissioner of the police service,
that— (a) states the offence or offences for
which the offender was held in custody; and
(b) states the dates between which the
offender was held in custody for each of those offences;
and (c) calculates the time that the offender
was held in custody. proceedings for the offence
includes proceedings that relate
to
the same, or same set of, circumstances as those giving rise
to
the charging of the offence. prosecuting
authority means— (a)
if
the sentencing court is the Supreme Court or a District
Court—the director of public prosecutions;
or (b) if the
sentencing court
is a Magistrates Court—the
prosecutor. Division 3
Parole 160
Definitions for div 3 In this
division— current parole eligibility date
, in
relation to the imposition of a
term of
imprisonment mentioned
in section 160A on
an offender, means a parole eligibility
date— (a) previously fixed for the offender in
relation to another term of imprisonment; and
(b) cancelled under section 160E on the
imposition of the term of imprisonment. current parole
release date , in relation to the imposition of a
term of
imprisonment mentioned
in section 160A on
an offender, means a parole release
date— Page 194 Current as at
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previously fixed for the offender in
relation to another term of imprisonment; and
(b) cancelled under section 160E on the
imposition of the term of imprisonment. impose
, a
term of imprisonment on an offender for an offence,
includes make an order that the offender
serve— (a) the whole
or part of
suspended imprisonment for
the offence; and (b)
the unexpired portion
of an intensive
correction order
for
the offence. parole eligibility date , for an
offender, means the date fixed under section
160B(2) or (5), 160C(2), (3) or (5), 160D(2) or (3) or 213 as
the date the offender is eligible for parole. parole
release date
, for an
offender, means
the date fixed
under section
160B(3) as the date
the offender is
to be released on
parole. period of
imprisonment means
the period of
imprisonment that
includes the
term of
imprisonment mentioned
in section 160A. Note—
Period of imprisonment therefore includes
the term of imprisonment a court is imposing at the time of
sentence. sexual offence means a sexual
offence within the meaning of the
Corrective Services Act 2006
. 160A Application of ss
160B–160D (1) Sections 160B to 160D apply if a court
is imposing a term of imprisonment on an offender for an
offence. (2) Sections 160B to 160D are the only law
under which a court may, on sentence of an offender for an
offence, make an order relating to a person’s release on
parole. Note— Sections 160E to
160H further provide for the orders that may be made
under sections 160B to 160D.
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Imprisonment [s 160AA] (3)
A
court can not, on sentence of an offender for an offence,
make
a recommendation for a person’s release on parole.
(4) This section
applies subject
to any express
provision to
the contrary, in an Act, about a
particular sentence. Examples— •
Criminal Code, sections 305(2) and (4) and
314A(5) and (6) • a provision providing that a minimum
term of imprisonment be served (5)
Also— (a)
a
court can not fix a date under sections 160B to 160D
that reduces
the minimum period
of imprisonment an
offender must serve under the
Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 181(2), (2A)
or (2B), 181A,
182(2) or
(2A), 182A(3) or (3A), 183(2) or (2B) or
185B (each a relevant provision ); and
(b) no date fixed by the court under
sections 160B to 160D can reduce
the minimum period
of imprisonment an
offender must serve under a relevant
provision. (6) Sections 160B to 160D do not apply if
a court sentences an offender to
a term of
imprisonment and
makes any
of the following orders
under this Act for the offender— (a)
an
intensive correction order; (b)
a
probation order mentioned in section 92(1)(b); (c)
an order that
the whole or
a part of
the term of
imprisonment be suspended.
160AA
Reduction of minimum period of imprisonment for particular
offenders (1) This section applies if—
(a) a court
is imposing a
term of
imprisonment on
an offender for
a prescribed offence
committed with
a serious organised
crime circumstance of
aggravation; and
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9 Imprisonment [s 160B] (b)
either— (i)
the
term of imprisonment imposed is imprisonment for life;
or (ii) the offender is
serving a term of imprisonment for life; and
(c) section 13A or 13B applies for the
sentence. Note— See section 161S
in relation to the application of sections 13A and
13B for the
sentencing of
an offender mentioned
in paragraph (a). (2)
The
court may fix a date under section 160C or 160D that—
(a) reduces the
minimum period
of imprisonment the
offender must
otherwise serve
under the
Corrective Services Act
2006 , section 181(2A) or (2B) or 181A(3)
or
(4); but (b) does not reduce the minimum period of
imprisonment the offender must serve under section 181(2)
or 181A(2) of that Act. (3)
Also, no date fixed by the court as
mentioned in subsection (2) can reduce the
minimum period of imprisonment the offender must
serve under
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 181(2) or
181A(2). (4) This section applies despite section
160A(5). (5) In this section— prescribed
offence see section 161N. 160B
Sentence of 3 years or less and not a
serious violent offence or sexual offence
(1) This section applies if neither
section 160C nor 160D applies. (2)
If
the offender has had a court ordered parole order cancelled
under the
Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 205 or
209 during the offender’s period of
imprisonment, the court must fix the date the
offender is eligible for parole. Current as at
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Imprisonment [s 160B] (3)
If
subsection (2) does not apply, the court must fix a date for
the
offender to be released on parole. (4)
If
the offender had a current parole eligibility date or
current parole release
date, a
date fixed
under subsection
(2) or (3) must not be
earlier than the current parole eligibility date or
current parole release date.
Note— See also section
160F. (5) Despite subsections (2) and (3), the
court must fix the date the offender is
eligible for parole under subsection (6) if— (a)
the offender is
sentenced to
a term of
imprisonment under section
161R(2); and (b) in imposing the base component of the
sentence under that section, the court would, apart from
this subsection, be required to
fix a date
for the offender
under subsection (2)
or (3). Note— Section
161R(2)(a) requires the court to impose a sentence of
imprisonment for the offence of which the
offender is convicted under the law apart from part
9D. (6) The date the offender is eligible for
parole is the day that is worked out by adding the relevant
further period to the date the court
would otherwise
fix for the
offender under
subsection (2) or (3) if the term of
imprisonment imposed on the offender under section 161R(2)
consisted only of the base component of the sentence imposed
under that section. (7) In this section— relevant further
period , for an offender sentenced to a term
of imprisonment under section 161R(2), means
the period of the mandatory component
of the sentence
imposed on
the offender under that section.
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9 Imprisonment [s 160C] 160C
Sentence of more than 3 years and not a
serious violent offence or sexual offence
(1) This section applies if section 160D
does not apply and the offender’s period of imprisonment is
more than 3 years. (2) If the offender had a current parole
eligibility date, the court must fix the
date the offender is eligible for parole. (3)
If
the offender had a current parole release date, the court
may fix the date the offender is eligible for
parole. (4) A date fixed under subsection (2) or
(3) must not be earlier than the current parole eligibility
date or current parole release date mentioned
in the subsection for the offender. (5)
If
neither subsection (2) nor (3) applies, the court may fix
the date the offender is eligible for
parole. Note— See also section
160F. 160D Sentence for a serious violent offence
or sexual offence (1) This section applies if the offender’s
period of imprisonment includes a term of imprisonment for a
serious violent offence or a sexual offence.
(2) If the offender had a current parole
eligibility date or current parole release
date, the court must fix the date the offender is
eligible for parole. (3)
If
subsection (2) does not apply, the court may fix the date
the offender is eligible for parole.
(4) A date fixed under subsection (2) must
not be earlier than the current parole eligibility date or
current parole release date. Note—
See
also section 160F. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Imprisonment [s 160E] Not
authorised —indicative
only 160E Automatic
cancellation of parole release or eligibility dates
(1) An offender’s parole release date is
automatically cancelled when— (a)
a court fixes
another parole
release date
or parole eligibility date
for the offender under this division; or (b)
a court imposes
a term of
imprisonment on
the offender— (i)
for
a serious violent offence or a sexual offence; or
(ii) that
results in
the offender’s period
of imprisonment being more than 3
years. (2) An offender’s parole eligibility date
is automatically cancelled when— (a)
a court fixes
another parole
eligibility date
for the offender under
this division; or (b) a court
imposes a
term of
imprisonment on
the offender— (i)
for
a serious violent offence or a sexual offence; or
(ii) that
results in
the offender’s period
of imprisonment being more than 3
years. Example— O is sentenced
to a 5-year term of imprisonment on 1 March 2007. The
sentencing court fixes O’s parole eligibility date at 1
October 2009. On 1 April 2010, O, whose
application for parole in relation to the first term of
imprisonment was unsuccessful, is sentenced to a
further term of 2 years imprisonment to be served
cumulatively with the first term. O’s parole
eligibility date of 1 October 2009 is cancelled under
subparagraph (ii) and, under section 160C(2),
the court must again fix a date that O is eligible
for
parole. (3) Subsections (1) and
(2) have effect
even though
the court fixing
the relevant date
or imposing the
further term
of imprisonment is a court of lesser
jurisdiction than the court that
fixed the
current parole
release date
or current parole
eligibility date being cancelled under the
subsection. Page 200 Current as at
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9 Imprisonment [s 160F] 160F
Significance of an offender’s period of
imprisonment (1) One of the objects of sections 160A to
160E is to ensure that at any
1 time there
is only 1
parole release
date or
parole eligibility date
in existence for an offender. (2)
When
fixing a date under this division as the date an offender
is
to be released on parole or is to be eligible for release on
parole, the date fixed by the court must be
a date relating to the offender’s period
of imprisonment as
opposed to
a particular term of
imprisonment. Examples— 1
O is
sentenced to a term of 1 year’s imprisonment on 1 July 2007
with
a parole release date of 1 January 2008. O is released on
parole on 1 January 2008. On 1 April 2008, O
is sentenced to a further term of 1 year’s imprisonment for
another offence. A parole eligibility date fixed for O under
section 160B(2) must relate to the 2 years period
of imprisonment to which O has been sentenced and
must
not be earlier than 1 January 2008. 2
O is
sentenced to a term of 1 year’s imprisonment on 1 July 2007
with
a parole release date of 1 January 2008. On 1 November 2007,
O is sentenced
to a further
term of
1 year’s imprisonment for
another offence, to be served concurrently
with the first term. A parole release date fixed for O under
section 160B(3) must relate to the
16 months period
of imprisonment to
which O
has been sentenced and
must not be earlier than 1 January 2008. 160G
Court
may fix any day of sentence as parole release date
(1) If, under this Act, the court must fix
a parole release date for an offender,
the court may
fix any day
of the offender’s sentence as the
offender’s parole release date. Examples—
1 An offender who has been held in
remand for 7 days is found guilty of an offence and sentenced to
7 days imprisonment. The sentencing court
may fix the
sentencing day
as the offender’s parole release
date. 2 An offender is sentenced to 14 days
imprisonment for contempt of court. The
sentencing court may fix the last day of the sentence as
the
offender’s parole release date. Current as at
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Imprisonment [s 160G] (2)
If
the offender’s parole release date is the date the offender
is to be unconditionally released from lawful
custody, the chief executive (corrective services) is not
required to issue a court ordered parole order under the
Corrective Services Act 2006
, section 199. (3)
If
the court fixes the date on which an offender is sentenced
as the offender’s parole release date and
subsection (2) does not apply, the
offender is
taken immediately to
be subject to
a court ordered parole order—
(a) containing the
conditions mentioned
in the Corrective Services Act
2006 , section 200(1); and (b)
requiring the offender to report to a
probation and parole office as defined under that Act and
obtain a copy of the court ordered
parole order
between 9a.m.
and 5p.m. either
on the day
the court fixes the
offender’s parole
release date or on the next business
day. Examples— 1
The court fixes
the offender’s parole
release date
on a Thursday and the
following day (Friday) is not a public holiday. The
offender must report to a probation and parole office and
obtain a copy of the parole order either before 5p.m. on the
Thursday or between 9a.m. and 5p.m. on the Friday.
2 The court
fixes the
offender’s parole
release date
on a Friday and the
following Monday is not a public holiday. The offender
must report to a probation and parole office and obtain a
copy of the parole order either before 5p.m. on the Friday or
between 9a.m. and 5p.m. on the Monday. (4)
An offender who
fails to
report to
a probation and
parole office and
obtain a copy of the court ordered parole order as
required under subsection (3)(b) is
unlawfully at large for the Corrective
Services Act 2006 . (5) A
court mentioned
in subsection (3) must,
when fixing
the offender’s parole release date, tell
the offender— (a) of the
requirement imposed
on the offender
under the
subsection; and Page 202
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of
the consequences if the offender fails to comply with
the
requirement. (6) In this section— court
ordered parole
order means
a court ordered
parole order as defined
under the Corrective Services Act 2006
. 160H Series of
sentences involving terms of imprisonment (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a court is imposing more than 1 term
of imprisonment in a series of sentencing orders; and
(b) an order (the first
order ) made by the court in relation to
a term of
imprisonment under
this division
would, because
of section 160E, be
cancelled in
the series of
sentencing orders
by another order
made under
this division
or by the
imposition of
another term
of imprisonment. (2)
It
is not necessary for the court to make the first order but,
in making an
order under
this division
that has
final effect
in relation to the series of sentencing
orders, the court may only make an order that it could make if it
had made the first order. Example— O has been
charged with 3 offences and found guilty of each. The court
sentences O
to 2 years
imprisonment on
charge 1,
1 year’s imprisonment on
charge 2 and 2 years and 6 months imprisonment on
charge 3, the terms to be served
concurrently. It is not necessary for the court to make an
order fixing a parole release date for each of the
offences. The court may make a single order
fixing a parole release date for the
resulting period of imprisonment which must not be a date
earlier in time than a parole release date
notionally fixed under any of the previous
orders the court would, apart from this section, be required
to
make. Current as at [Not applicable]
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9A Convictions of serious violent offences [s 161A]
Part
9A Convictions of serious violent
offences Not
authorised —indicative
only 161A When an offender
is convicted of a serious violent offence
An
offender is convicted of a serious violent offence if—
(a) the offender is— (i)
convicted on indictment of an
offence— (A) against a provision mentioned in
schedule 1; or (B) of counselling
or procuring the commission of, or
attempting or conspiring to commit, an offence
against a
provision mentioned
in schedule 1; and (ii)
sentenced to
10 or more
years imprisonment for
the
offence, calculated under section 161C; or (b)
the
offender is convicted on indictment and declared to
be convicted of
a serious violent
offence under
section 161B(3) or (4). 161B
Declaration of conviction of serious violent
offence (1) If an offender is convicted of a
serious violent offence under section
161A(a), the sentencing court
must declare
the conviction to be a conviction of a
serious violent offence as part of the sentence.
(2) However, the
failure of
the sentencing court
to make a
declaration as
required under
subsection (1) does
not affect the
fact that
the offender has
been convicted
of a serious
violent offence. (3)
If
an offender is— (a) convicted on indictment of an
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(ii) of counselling
or procuring the commission of, or attempting or
conspiring to
commit, an
offence against a
provision mentioned in schedule 1; and (b)
sentenced to
5 or more,
but less than
10, years imprisonment for
the offence, calculated under
section 161C; the sentencing
court may declare the offender to be convicted of a serious
violent offence as part of the sentence. (4)
Also, if an offender is— (a)
convicted on indictment of an
offence— (i) that involved the use, counselling or
procuring the use, or
conspiring or
attempting to
use, serious
violence against another person; or
(ii) that resulted in
serious harm to another person; and (b)
sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the
offence; the sentencing court may declare the
offender to be convicted of a serious violent offence as part
of the sentence. (5) For subsections
(3) and (4), if
an offender is
convicted on
indictment of an offence—
(a) that involved the use, counselling or
procuring the use, or conspiring or
attempting to
use, violence
against a
child under 12 years; or (b)
that
caused the death of a child under 12 years; the
sentencing court
must treat
the age of
the child as
an aggravating factor in deciding whether
to declare the offender to be convicted of a serious violent
offence. 161C Calculation of number of years of
imprisonment (1) This section
applies for
deciding whether
an offender is
sentenced— (a)
under section
161A(a)—to 10 or more
years imprisonment
(the specified years of
imprisonment); or Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) under section 161B(3)—to 5 or more,
but less than 10, years imprisonment (also
the specified years
of imprisonment); for an
offence— (c) against a provision mentioned in
schedule 1; or (d) of counselling or
procuring the
commission of,
or attempting or conspiring to commit, an
offence against a provision mentioned in schedule 1.
(2) An offender
is sentenced to
the specified years
of imprisonment if— (a)
the
offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of
the
specified years for the offence; or (b)
the term of
imprisonment to
which the
offender is
sentenced for
the offence is
part of
a period of
imprisonment of
the specified years
imposed on
convictions consisting of
the conviction on
which the
offender is
being sentenced
and any 1
or more of
the following— (i)
a conviction of
an offence mentioned
in subsection (1)(c) or (d);
(ii) a
conviction declared
to be a
conviction of
a serious violent offence under section
161B. (3) For subsection (2), whether the
offender is sentenced to the specified years
of imprisonment must be calculated as at the day of
sentence. Part 9B Repeat serious
child sex offences 161D
Meaning of serious child sex offence
A serious child sex offence
is
an offence against a provision mentioned
in schedule 1A, or
an offence that
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9B Repeat serious child sex offences [s 161E]
counselling or
procuring the
commission of
an offence mentioned in
schedule 1A, committed— (a) in relation to a
child under 16 years; and (b) in circumstances
in which an offender convicted of the offence would be
liable to imprisonment for life. 161E
Mandatory sentence for repeat serious child
sex offence (1) An offender is convicted of a repeat
serious child sex offence if— (a)
the
offender is convicted of a serious child sex offence
(the repeat
offence )
committed by
the offender when
the
offender was an adult; and (b) before
the offender committed
the repeat offence,
the offender was
convicted of
another serious
child sex
offence committed
by the offender
when the
offender was an
adult. (2) An offender
who is convicted
of a repeat
serious child
sex offence is liable to, despite any
other penalty imposed by the Criminal
Code, imprisonment for
life, which
can not be
mitigated or varied under any law, or is
liable to an indefinite sentence under part 10.
(3) For the
indefinite sentence
under part
10 mentioned in
subsection (2), the sentence of imprisonment
for life, which can not be mitigated or varied under any
law, is— (a) the nominal sentence under section
163(2); and (b) the finite sentence under section
173(1)(b). Current as at [Not applicable]
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9C Serious drug offences [s 161F] Part 9C
Serious drug offences Not
authorised —indicative
only Division 1 Interpretation 161F
Meaning of category A
offence , category B offence and
category C offence (1)
An
offence is a category A offence if the offence
is against a provision listed in schedule 1B, part 1,
column 1. (2) An offence is a category B
offence if the offence is— (a)
against a provision listed in schedule 1B,
part 2, column 1; and (b)
either— (i)
no
relevant circumstance is listed in column 3; or (ii)
the
relevant circumstance listed for the provision in
column 3 applies in relation to the
offence. (3) An offence is a category C
offence if— (a) the offence is
against a provision listed in schedule 1B, part 3, column
1; and (b) the relevant
circumstance listed
for the provision
in column 3 applies in relation to the
offence. (4) Column 2 of schedule 1B gives the
headings of the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the schedule,
and is for information only. Division 2
Issue of serious drug offence
certificates 161G
Issue
of serious drug offence certificate (1)
When
a court is imposing a sentence on an offender who is
convicted of
a serious drug
offence, the
court must
issue a
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certificate (a serious drug
offence certificate ) for each serious drug offence of
which the offender is convicted. Notes—
1 For provisions about the use of
serious drug offence certificates in relation
to forfeiture of
property, see
the Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002 , chapter
2A. 2 Section 161M provides
for the process
to be followed
by the proper officer
of the court on the issue of a serious drug offence
certificate. (2)
Subsection (3) applies if—
(a) the court is sentencing the offender
for 2 or more serious drug offences ( related
offences ); and (b)
the
court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that
the
offences arise out of a single course of conduct.
Example for subsection (2)—
An
offender is convicted of producing a dangerous drug, possessing
a dangerous drug
and possessing things
used in
connection with
the production of
a dangerous drug
and the 3
offences arise
from the
production of the same dangerous
drug. (3) Despite subsection
(1), the court must
issue a
serious drug
offence certificate only for the most
serious related offence of which the person is convicted.
(4) For subsection (3), the
most
serious related offence of which the person is
convicted is— (a) the related offence that belongs to
the highest category mentioned in
schedule 1B, with
category A
being the
highest; or (b)
if more than
1 related offence
belongs to
the same category
mentioned in
schedule 1B—the offence
that was committed
first. (5) For subsection (4)(b), if an offence
has been committed over a period of time, the date of commission
of the offence is the date the person started committing the
offence. (6) The court must hear any submission
made by the offender or an authorised officer
about the
issue of
the serious drug
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If the court
has made a
finding of
fact that
the offender committed a
category C offence with a commercial purpose— (a)
the
court must record this finding on the certificate; and
(b) a sentencing judge
or magistrate must
sign the
certificate to confirm the finding.
(8) This section applies subject to
section 161I. Note— Section 161I
applies if a court is later sentencing the offender for a
serious drug offence and the court is
satisfied that the offence is a related
offence in
relation to
an offence for
which a
serious drug
offence certificate has already been issued.
The later offence is taken to be a related
offence. Instead of issuing a further serious drug offence
certificate for the later offence, the court
must amend the serious drug offence
certificate. 161H Content of serious drug offence
certificate A serious drug
offence certificate must
be in the
approved form and must
state the following— (a) the name of the
offender; (b) the serious
drug offence
for which the
certificate is
issued; (c)
whether the offence was a category A
offence, category B offence or category C offence;
(d) the date the certificate was
issued; (e) a list of any related offences for
which the court did not issue a
serious drug
offence certificate under
section 161G(3) or
section 161I(2), in
the order of
seriousness of the related offences.
161I Amendment of certificate by court to
include related offence for which offender is sentenced
later (1) This section applies if—
(a) a court
is imposing a
sentence on
an offender for
a serious drug offence (the
later offence ); and
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a serious drug
offence certificate has
already been
issued by a court for a serious drug offence
(the earlier offence
) of
which the person is convicted; and (c)
the
court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities the
later offence would be a related offence in
relation to the earlier offence
if the offender
had been sentenced
for both offences at the same time.
(2) The later offence is taken to be a
related offence in relation to the earlier
offence and any other related offences for which a
serious drug
offence certificate was
not issued under
section 161G(3). (3)
The court must
amend the
serious drug
offence certificate issued for the
earlier offence— (a) if the later offence is the most
serious related offence— so the certificate is issued for the
later offence and to list the earlier
offence as
a related offence
for which a
serious drug
offence certificate is
not issued under
subsection (2); or (b)
otherwise—to list the later offence as a
related offence for which a serious drug offence certificate
is not issued under subsection (2). (4)
The
court must hear any submission made by the offender or
an authorised officer
about whether
the later offence
is a related offence
and how the serious drug offence certificate should be
amended. 161J Amendment of certificate by proper
officer to correct minor error (1)
The proper officer
of the court
that issued
a serious drug
offence certificate may
amend the
certificate if
the amendment is necessary to correct a
minor error. (2) The proper
officer may
refer the
matter to
the court for
a decision on
whether the
certificate should
be amended and
how. Current as at
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9C Serious drug offences [s 161K] Note—
Section 161M provides for the process to be
followed by the proper officer of
the court on
the amendment of
a serious drug
offence certificate. 161K
Amendment by proper officer, or
cancellation, of certificate on quashing of conviction or
appeal (1) This section applies if—
(a) a conviction of
the serious drug
offence for
which a
serious drug offence certificate is issued
is quashed; or (b) a category B offence or a category C
offence for which a serious drug offence certificate is issued
is, following an appeal, no
longer either
a category B
offence or
a category C offence.
Example for paragraph (b)—
Because of
a finding made
by an appeal
court, a
relevant circumstance mentioned
in schedule 1B, column
3 no longer
applies to a category B offence or category
C offence. (2) Subject to subsection (4), the serious
drug offence certificate is taken to be cancelled and can not
be used in a proceeding under the Criminal
Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 .
(3) Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) related offences
for which a
serious drug
offence certificate was
not issued under
section 161G(3) or
section 161I(2) are
listed on
the serious drug
offence certificate;
and (b) the offender’s conviction of
1 or more
of the related
offences has not been quashed.
(4) The proper
officer of
the court that
issued the
serious drug
offence certificate
must, on an application
by an authorised officer, amend
the certificate so it is issued for the next most
serious related
offence for
which the
conviction of
the offender has not been quashed.
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9C Serious drug offences [s 161L] Note—
Section 161M provides for the process to be
followed by the proper officer of
the court on
the amendment of
a serious drug
offence certificate. (5)
The proper officer
may refer the
matter to
the court for
a decision on how the certificate should
be amended. 161L Effect of amendment of certificate on
date of issue (1) This section
applies if
a certificate is
amended under
section 161I or section 161K.
(2) The certificate is taken to have been
issued on the date the certificate is most recently
amended. 161M Process for issuing or amending
certificate (1) This section applies if a court, or
the proper officer of a court, issues a serious
drug offence certificate under section 161G or amends a serious
drug offence certificate under section 161I, 161J or
161K. (2) The proper officer must as soon as
reasonably practicable— (a) place a copy of
the issued or amended certificate on the court file;
and (b) give a copy of the issued or amended
certificate to the offender; and (c)
give
2 copies of the issued or amended certificate to the
director of public prosecutions.
(3) The director of public prosecutions
must give 1 copy of the issued or
amended certificate to
the Crime and
Corruption Commission. (4)
A copy of
a certificate required
to be given
under subsection (2)
or (3) may be given electronically. Current as at
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9D Serious and organised crime [s 161N]
Part
9D Serious and organised crime
Not authorised —indicative
only Division 1 Preliminary 161N
Definitions for part In this
part— benefit includes
property, advantage, service, entertainment, the use of or
access to property or facilities, and anything of
benefit to
a person whether
or not it
has any inherent
or tangible value, purpose or
attribute. commissioner means the
commissioner of the police service. control
order means
an order made
under division
3, subdivision 1. corresponding
control order means an order prescribed to be
a
corresponding control order under section 161ZW.
criminal organisation see section
161O. honorary member , of an
organisation, includes a person who is a member of
the organisation, but has not paid a fee to be a
member of the organisation.
office holder , of an
organisation, means— (a) a
person who
is a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, director
or another office
holder or
a shareholder of the organisation;
or (b) a person who (whether by words or
conduct, or in any other way) asserts, declares or advertises
that the person holds a
position of
authority of
any kind within
the organisation; or (c)
a
person who is in control of all or a substantial part of
the
activities of the organisation; or (d)
if
the organisation appoints a person to be in charge of
an
activity of the organisation or keep order at a meeting
or
gathering of the organisation—the person appointed.
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Examples— •
a person appointed
to administer a
child exploitation material
website • a person appointed to supervise the
call centre of a cold-call investment fraud operation
• a person appointed as the
sergeant-at-arms of a motorcycle club
participant , in a criminal
organisation, see section 161P. prescribed offence
means an
offence against
a provision mentioned in
schedule 1C. prospective member , of an
organisation, means a person who has
started, but
not completed, the
process of
becoming a
member of the organisation.
registered corresponding control
order means
a corresponding control order that is
registered under division 3, subdivision
5. senior police officer means a police
officer of or above the rank of sergeant. serious
criminal activity
means conduct
constituting an
indictable offence for which the maximum
penalty is at least 7 years imprisonment.
serious organised
crime circumstance of
aggravation see
section 161Q. 161O
Meaning of criminal
organisation (1) A criminal
organisation is
a group of
3 or more
persons, whether arranged
formally or informally— (a) who engage in,
or have as their purpose (or 1 of their purposes)
engaging in, serious criminal activity; and (b)
who,
by their association, represent an unacceptable risk
to
the safety, welfare or order of the community. (2)
For
subsection (1), it does not matter whether— (a)
the
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only (i) has a name;
or (ii) is capable of
being recognised by the public as a group; or
(iii) has
an ongoing existence
as a group
beyond the
serious criminal
activity in
which the
group engages or has
as a purpose; or (iv) has a legal
personality; or (b) the persons comprising the
group— (i) have different
roles in
relation to
the serious criminal
activity; or Example— Of
the persons comprising a
methylamphetamine syndicate,
different persons are responsible for supplying the cold and flu
tablets, extracting the pseudoephedrine from the
tablets, supplying other necessary ingredients, and
cooking the
ingredients to
produce methylamphetamine. (ii)
have different
interests in,
or obtain different
benefits from, the serious criminal
activity; or Example— Of
the 3 persons
comprising a
group that
engages in
serious criminal activity, 1 person obtains
the profit from the activity and pays the other 2 persons an
amount for engaging in the activity.
(iii) change from time
to time. Example— a networked
online child exploitation forum (3)
In
this section— engage ,
in serious criminal
activity, includes
each of
the following— (a)
organise, plan, facilitate, support, or
otherwise conspire to engage in, serious criminal
activity; (b) obtain a
material benefit,
directly or
indirectly, from
serious criminal activity.
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161P Meaning of participant (1)
A
person is a participant , in a criminal
organisation, if— (a) the person
has been accepted
as a member
of the organisation and
has not ceased to be a member of the organisation;
or (b) the person is an honorary member of
the organisation; or (c) the person is a
prospective member of the organisation; or
(d) the person is an office holder of the
organisation; or (e) the person
identifies himself
or herself in
any way as
belonging to the organisation; or
Examples— •
using a theme-based naming convention or
icon to establish a screen name or profile for an online child
exploitation forum •
wearing or displaying the patches or
insignia, or a version of the patches or insignia, of a criminal
organisation (f) the person’s
conduct in
relation to
the organisation would
reasonably lead
someone else
to consider the
person to be a participant in the
organisation. Example of conduct for paragraph (f)—
doing any of the following for a criminal
organisation involved in the production and sale of
cannabis— • tending the cannabis plants
• packaging the cannabis for sale
• selling the cannabis
• laundering the profits from the sale
of the cannabis • managing the day-to-day business of
the organisation (2) For subsection (1)(a), a person may be
accepted as a member of a criminal organisation—
(a) informally; or (b)
through a process set by the organisation,
including, for example, by paying a fee or levy.
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161Q Meaning of serious
organised crime circumstance of aggravation (1)
It
is a circumstance of aggravation (a serious
organised crime circumstance of
aggravation )
for a prescribed offence
of which an offender is convicted that,
at the time the offence was committed, or
at any time
during the
course of
the commission of the offence, the
offender— (a) was a participant in a criminal
organisation; and (b) knew, or ought reasonably to have
known, the offence was being committed— (i)
at the direction
of a criminal
organisation or
a participant in a criminal
organisation; or (ii) in association
with 1 or more persons who were, at the time the
offence was committed, or at any time during the
course of the commission of the offence, participants in
a criminal organisation; or (iii)
for
the benefit of a criminal organisation. (2)
For
subsection (1)(b), an offence is committed for the benefit
of a
criminal organisation if the organisation obtains a benefit,
directly or indirectly, from the commission
of the offence. (3) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
a criminal organisation
mentioned in subsection (1)(b) need not be the criminal
organisation in which the offender was a participant.
Division 2 Term of
imprisonment for particular offenders
161R Court must impose term of
imprisonment (1) This section applies to the sentencing
of an offender convicted of a
prescribed offence
committed with
a serious organised
crime circumstance of aggravation.
(2) The court
must impose
on the offender
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(a) a sentence of imprisonment for the
prescribed offence imposed under the law apart from this part
and without regard to the following (the
base
component )— (i) the sentence
that must be imposed on the offender under paragraph
(b); (ii) the
control order
that must
be made for
the offender under section 161V;
(b) (other than if a sentence of life
imprisonment is imposed as the base component or the offender
is already serving a term of life imprisonment) a sentence of
imprisonment (the mandatory
component )
for the lesser
of the following
periods— (i) 7 years; (ii)
the
period of imprisonment provided for under the maximum penalty
for the prescribed offence. Note—
See
the Corrective Services Act 2006
,
sections 181(2A) and (2B) and 181A(3) and (4) in relation to the
parole eligibility date of an offender whose
sentence under this subsection does not include a mandatory
component. (3) The mandatory component—
(a) must be ordered to be served
cumulatively with the base component; and (b)
despite any
other provision
of this Act
under which
another sentence may be ordered, must be
ordered to be served wholly in a corrective services
facility; and (c) must not
be mitigated or
reduced under
this Act
or another Act or any law.
(4) Also, if the offender is serving, or
has been sentenced to serve, imprisonment for
another offence, the mandatory component must
be ordered to
be served cumulatively with
the imprisonment for the other
offence. (5) Despite subsection (3)(a),
if the base
component does
not require the
offender to
immediately serve
a sentence of
imprisonment in a corrective services
facility— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) the offender
is to immediately begin
to serve the
mandatory component; and (b)
the base component
is to have
effect, so
far as practicable, at
the end of the mandatory component. (6)
If the court
is sentencing the
offender for
more than
1 prescribed offence committed with a
serious organised crime circumstance of
aggravation, the
court must
impose the
mandatory component for only 1 of the
offences. (7) When deciding which prescribed offence
to use for imposing the mandatory component, the court must
choose the offence that will result in the offender serving the
longest period of imprisonment available under this Act or
another Act for the offences. 161S
Cooperation with law enforcement
agencies (1) Subject to
subsections (2)
and (3), sections
13A and 13B
apply for the sentencing of an offender who
is convicted of a prescribed offence committed with a serious
organised crime circumstance of aggravation.
(2) For section 13A, an offender mentioned
in subsection (1) is taken to have undertaken to cooperate
with law enforcement agencies in
a proceeding about
an offence, including
a confiscation proceeding, only
if— (a) the offender
has undertaken to
cooperate with
law enforcement agencies
in a proceeding about
a major criminal
offence; and (b) the court
is satisfied the
cooperation will
be of significant use
in a proceeding about a major criminal offence.
(3) For section 13B, an offender mentioned
in subsection (1) is taken to have significantly cooperated
with a law enforcement agency in its investigations about an
offence or a confiscation proceeding only if—
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(a) the offender
has significantly cooperated with
a law enforcement
agency in its investigations about a major criminal
offence; and (b) the court is satisfied the cooperation
has been, is or will be of significant use to the law
enforcement agency or another law
enforcement agency
in its investigations about a major
criminal offence. (4) This section applies despite section
161R(3) or (4). (5) In this section— major criminal
offence means an indictable offence for which
the
maximum penalty is at least 5 years imprisonment.
Division 3 Control
orders Subdivision 1 Making of
orders 161T Court may make control order whether
or not conviction recorded or other order made
A
court may make a control order under this subdivision for
an
offender whether or not it records a conviction or makes
another order for the offender under this
Act or another Act. 161U Conditions (1)
A
control order for an offender may impose— (a)
the
conditions the court considers appropriate to protect
the public by
preventing, restricting or
disrupting the
offender’s involvement in serious criminal
activity; and (b) the conditions the court considers
necessary to enforce the order. Example—
a
condition requiring the offender to advise a law enforcement
officer if the offender changes
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only (2) Without limiting
subsection (1)(a), a condition may— (a)
prohibit the offender from—
(i) associating with
a stated person or
a person of
a stated class,
including a
person with
whom the
offender has a personal relationship;
or (ii) entering or
being in the vicinity of a stated place or a place of a
stated class; or (iii) acquiring or
possessing a stated thing or a thing of a stated class;
or (b) restrict the means by which the
offender communicates with other persons; or
(c) require the offender—
(i) to give
a police officer
or another stated
person stated
information by
a stated time
or at stated
intervals; or Example of
stated information— the offender’s computer passwords
(ii) to attend before
a police officer or another stated person by a
stated time or at stated intervals. Example—
attending before the officer in charge of a
stated police station at weekly intervals
(3) The control order must require the
offender, within 24 hours after the order takes effect, to
deliver to the commissioner’s custody
at a stated
police station
anything the
offender is
prohibited from
possessing under
the order unless
the offender has
lawfully disposed
of possession of
the thing before the end
of that period. (4) Also, if
the control order
requires the
person to
give stated
information, the
order must
require the
information to
be given in writing. (5)
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subsection (2)(a)(i) prohibiting the offender from
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must
consider the effect of the condition on the relationship
and
whether the prohibition should relate only to a particular
class of activity or relate to activities
generally. (6) If the
control order
is made for
the offender under
section 161X,
the order may
not impose a
condition other
than a
condition mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or
(2)(a)(i) or (ii) or (b). (7)
The
control order may not require the offender to— (a)
give
information if giving the information— (i)
would disclose
information that
is the subject
of legal professional privilege;
or (ii) would be a
contravention of another Act; or (b)
if the offender
is an individual—give information relating
to an offence
with which
the offender is
charged. Note—
See
section 161ZH for restrictions on the admissibility in a
proceeding of information given under a control
order. (8) Subsections (6) and (7) apply despite
subsection (1). (9) In this section— information includes a
document. 161V When court must make order
(1) A court
sentencing an
offender for
a prescribed offence
committed with
a serious organised
crime circumstance of
aggravation must make a control order for
the offender. (2) However, if section 13A or 13B applies
for the sentencing of the offender, the court may, but need
not, make a control order for the offender. Note—
See
section 161S in relation to the application of sections 13A and
13B to the sentencing of an offender mentioned
in subsection (1). Current as at [Not applicable]
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161W When court may make order—offender who
was participant in criminal organisation
(1) A court sentencing an offender for an
indictable offence may make a control order for the offender
if— (a) section 161R
does not
apply to
the sentencing of
the offender; and (b)
the court is
satisfied the offender
was, at the time the offence was committed, or at any time
during the course of the commission of
the offence, a
participant in
a criminal organisation; and
(c) the court considers that making the
order is reasonably necessary to protect the public by
preventing, restricting or disrupting the
offender’s involvement in
serious criminal
activity. Notes— 1
See section 15
in relation to
the information and
sentencing submissions the
court may receive for sentencing the offender. 2
See
also the Evidence Act 1977 , section
132C. (2) For subsection (1)(b),
the offender’s participation in
a criminal organisation need
not be related
to the indictable offence for
which the offender is being sentenced. (3)
A control order
may be made
under subsection (1)
on the court’s own
initiative or on an application by the prosecutor.
(4) If the
prosecutor intends
to make an
application under
subsection (3), the prosecutor must inform
the court as soon as practicable after
the offender has
been convicted
of the indictable
offence. (5) This section applies whether the
offender is convicted of the indictable
offence summarily or on indictment. 161X
When
court may make order—offender convicted of habitual
consorting (1) A court
sentencing an
offender for
an offence against
the Criminal Code, section 77B may make a
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(a) section 161R
does not
apply to
the sentencing of
the offender; and (b)
the
court considers that making the order is reasonably
necessary to protect the public by
preventing, restricting or disrupting the
offender’s involvement in
serious criminal
activity. (2) A control
order may
be made under
subsection (1)
on the court’s own
initiative or on an application by the prosecutor.
161Y When court may make order—offender
convicted of contravening order (1)
A
court sentencing an offender for an offence against section
161ZI may make a control order for the
offender if the court considers that
making the
order is
reasonably necessary
to protect the public by preventing,
restricting or disrupting the offender’s
involvement in serious criminal activity. (2)
A control order
may be made
under subsection (1)
on the court’s own
initiative or on application by the prosecutor. 161Z
Control order to be explained
(1) Before making a control order for an
offender, the court must explain, or cause to be explained, to
the offender— (a) the purpose and effect of the order;
and (b) what may follow if the offender
contravenes the order; and (c)
that the
order may
be amended or
revoked on
the application of the offender, a Crown
prosecutor, a senior police officer
or an authorised corrective services
officer. (2)
The
explanation must be made in language or in a way likely
to
be readily understood by the offender. Current as at
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161ZA
Offender subject to existing control order (1)
This
section applies if— (a) the court
must, or
may, make
a control order
for an offender under
this subdivision; and (b) the
offender is
subject to
a control order
(an existing control
order ). (2) In
making a
further control
order for
the offender as
mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the court
must have regard to the conditions imposed
on the offender
under the
existing control
order. 161ZB Duration (1)
A
control order for an offender must state the day the order
takes effect. (2)
The
stated day must be— (a) if the sentence imposed on the
offender when the control order is made requires the offender to
immediately serve a term of imprisonment in a corrective
services facility, or the offender
is already in
custody in
a corrective services
facility for
another offence—the day
the offender is released from custody;
or (b) otherwise—the day the control order is
made. (3) Unless it
is sooner revoked
under subdivision 2,
a control order remains in
force until the day stated in the order, which must not be more
than— (a) for an order made under section 161X—2
years after the order takes effect; or (b)
otherwise—5 years after the order takes
effect. (4) However, the
period applying
for a control
order under
subsection (3)(a) or (b) is extended by, and
the order remains in force for, the following periods—
(a) any period
for which the
order is
suspended under
section 161ZC; Page 226
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(b) any period by which the order is
extended under section 161ZI(5)(a). (5)
For
subsection (2)(a), an offender is in custody in a corrective
services facility if the offender—
(a) is serving imprisonment in the
facility; or (b) is detained on remand in the
facility. 161ZC Effect if offender is detained on
remand or imprisoned (1) This section
applies if, while a control order is in force for an
offender, the offender is detained in
custody on remand or is serving a term of imprisonment.
(2) The control order is suspended for the
period the offender is detained or imprisoned.
Subdivision 2 Amendment and
revocation of orders 161ZD Application
for amendment or revocation (1)
The
following persons may apply, in the approved form, for
the
amendment or revocation of a control order— (a)
a
Crown prosecutor; (b) a senior police officer;
(c) an authorised corrective services
officer; (d) the person subject to the
order. (2) The application may be made to—
(a) a court of equivalent jurisdiction to
the court that made the control order; or (b)
a
court of higher jurisdiction, if the person subject to the
control order is before the court.
(3) An application under subsection (1) by
the person subject to the control order may be made only on
the ground that— Current as at [Not applicable]
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person can
no longer reasonably comply
with the
order; and (b)
the person’s inability
to comply with
the order is
because of
a material change
in the person’s
circumstances since— (i)
if the order
has previously been
amended under
this
subdivision—the order was last amended; or (ii)
otherwise—the order was made.
(4) The application must be accompanied
by— (a) any affidavit
the applicant intends
to rely on
at the hearing of the
application; and (b) if the
application is
for the amendment
of the control
order—a draft of the order the applicant is
seeking from the court. (5)
If
the applicant is not the person subject to the control
order, the applicant must
give a
copy of
the application, and
any documents required
to accompany the
application under
subsection (4), to the person subject to the
order. (6) If the applicant is the person subject
to the control order, a proper officer of the court must give
a copy of the application, and any
documents required
to accompany the
application under subsection
(4), to the prosecuting authority. (7)
The
applicant must give the documents under subsection (5)
or
(6)— (a) as soon as practicable after the
application is filed; and (b) at least 21 days
before the day on which the application is to be
heard. (8) In this section— prosecuting
authority means— (a)
if the prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the control order
was made was
a police officer—the commissioner or
a person authorised to
accept the
application on the commissioner’s behalf;
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(b) if the
prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the
control order was made was a Crown prosecutor— the
director of
public prosecutions or
a person authorised to
accept the
application on
the director’s behalf.
161ZE
Court may amend order or remit application (1)
A court may,
on an application made
to it under
section 161ZD for the
amendment of a control order, amend the order only if the
court considers— (a) the person subject to the order can no
longer reasonably comply with the order; and
(b) if the
applicant is
the person subject
to the order,
the person’s inability to comply with the
order is because of a material change in the person’s
circumstances since— (i) if
the order has
previously been
amended under
this
subdivision—the order was last amended; or (ii)
otherwise—the order was made; and
(c) it is
reasonable in
all the circumstances to
amend the
order. (2)
An order amending
the control order
takes effect
when the
order is made. (3)
If
the application is made under section 161ZD(2) to a court
of higher jurisdiction than
the court that
made the
control order
for the person,
the court of
higher jurisdiction may,
instead of
deciding the
application, remit
the application to
the
court that made the control order or a court of equivalent
jurisdiction to that court.
161ZF
Court may revoke order (1) A
court may,
on an application made
to it under
section 161ZD for the
revocation of a control order, revoke the order only if the
court considers— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) the person subject to the order can no
longer reasonably comply with the order; and
(b) the person’s
inability to
comply with
the order is
because of
a material change
in the person’s
circumstances since— (i)
if
the order has been amended—the order was last amended;
or (ii) otherwise—the
order was made; and (c) it is
reasonable in
all the circumstances to
revoke the
order. (2)
The order revoking
the control order
takes effect
when the
order is made. 161ZG Order
amending or revoking control order to be given to
interested persons (1)
This
section applies if a court makes an order under section
161ZE or 161ZF (a relevant
order ) amending or revoking a control
order. (2) A proper officer of the court must
immediately— (a) reduce the relevant order to writing;
and (b) give a copy of the relevant order
to— (i) the person the subject of the control
order that was amended or revoked by the relevant order;
and (ii) if
the prosecutor who
appeared before
the court when
the relevant order
was made was
a Crown prosecutor—the
director of public prosecutions or a
person authorised to
accept the
order on
the director’s behalf; and
(iii) the commissioner
or a person authorised to accept the order on the
commissioner’s behalf; and (iv) the chief
executive (corrective services). (3)
Failure to comply with subsection (2) does
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[s
161ZH] Restrictions on use of particular
information Not
authorised —indicative only
161ZH
Restrictions (1) This section
applies to
information given
by a person
in compliance with a condition of a
control order, or registered corresponding
control order, that requires the person to give stated
information. (2) The information is
not admissible as
evidence against
the person in a proceeding other
than— (a) a proceeding against the person for an
offence against section 161ZI; or (b)
a proceeding in
which the
person has
adduced the
information. (3)
In
this section— information includes a
document. Subdivision 4 Enforcement 161ZI
Contravention of order (1)
A
person must not contravene a control order, or a registered
corresponding control order, made for the
person. Maximum penalty— (a)
for a first
offence in
relation to
the order—3 years
imprisonment; or (b)
for a later
offence in
relation to
the order—5 years
imprisonment. Note—
Under section 161Y, the court may also make
a control order for a person convicted of an offence against
this section. (2) An offence against subsection (1)
is— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) a misdemeanour, if
the offence is
a first offence
in relation to the control order or
registered corresponding control order; or (b)
a
crime, if the offence is a later offence in relation to the
control order or registered corresponding
control order. (3) An offence is a later offence to an
earlier offence if the person commits the
offence after the person is convicted of the earlier
offence. (4)
For a control
order, subsection (1)
applies whether
the contravention of the order happens in
or outside Queensland. (5) Without
limiting subsection (1),
if a person
contravenes a
control order made for the person (an
existing control order ),
the
court may, instead of making a further control order for
the person under
section 161Y,
amend the
existing control
order for the person by— (a)
extending the order by not more than—
(i) if the
order was
made under
section 161X—2
years; or (ii)
otherwise—5 years; or (b)
imposing any further conditions the court
could impose if a further control order were made for the
person. (6) In a
proceeding against
a person for
an offence against
subsection (1), it is a defence for the
person to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for
contravening the control order or the registered corresponding
control order. (7) It is not a reasonable excuse for a
person not to comply with a condition
of a control
order, or
registered corresponding control order,
requiring the person to give stated information that complying
with the condition might tend to incriminate the person or
expose the person to a penalty. Note—
See
section 161ZH for the restrictions applying to the use of the
stated information. Page 232
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(8) In a
proceeding against
a person for
a contravention of
a non-association condition, it is
irrelevant whether or not the association
related to the commission or potential commission
of
an offence. (9) In a
proceeding against
a person for
a contravention of
a non-association condition
that has
an exception about
associating with a person with whom the
person subject to the control order, or the registered
corresponding control order, has a personal
relationship, it is for the person subject to the
order to prove that the person had a
personal relationship with the other person at the relevant
time. (10) A person does
not commit an offence against subsection (1) in relation
to a control
order, or
a registered corresponding control order,
by possessing a thing the person is prohibited from
possessing under
the order unless
the person is
in possession of the thing after the end
of— (a) if the
person is
prohibited from
possessing the
thing under the order
as originally made and the order takes effect
when it
is made—24 hours
after the
order is
made; or (b)
if the person
is prohibited from
possessing the
thing under the order
as originally registered—24 hours after the order takes
effect; or (c) if the
person is
prohibited from
possessing the
thing because of an
amendment of the order—24 hours after the amendment
takes effect. (11) In this
section— non-association condition
means— (a)
a condition of
a control order
mentioned in
section 161U(2)(a)(i),
whether or not the condition includes an exception
about associating with
another person
with whom
the person subject
to the control
order has
a personal relationship; or
(b) a condition of a registered
corresponding control order that corresponds
to a condition mentioned in paragraph (a).
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only 161ZJ Initial power to
search and seize particular things (1)
The
power under this section— (a) may only be
exercised in relation to a person subject to a control
order, or
a registered corresponding control
order, within 7 days after—
(i) for a
control order
that takes
effect when
it is made—the order
is made; or (ii) for
a registered corresponding control
order—a copy
of the order
is given to
the person under
section 161ZZA; and (b)
may
only be exercised once for the premises occupied
by the person
or, if the
person occupies
2 or more
premises, once for each of the
premises. (2) A police officer may with the help,
and using the force, that is reasonably
necessary— (a) enter premises occupied by the person;
and (b) search for
and seize anything
the person is
prohibited from possessing
under the control order or the registered corresponding
control order. (3) Before first entering the premises,
the police officer must do, or make a
reasonable attempt to do, the following— (a)
locate the person; (b)
identify himself or herself to the
person; (c) tell the person— (i)
the
purpose of the entry; and (ii) that the police
officer is permitted under this Act to enter
the premises without
the person’s consent;
and (iii) about
the police officer’s
powers under
this section;
(d) give the person an opportunity to
allow the police officer to enter the premises without using
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(4) In this section— enter
includes re-enter. premises
includes— (a)
a
building or structure, or part of a building or structure,
of
any type; and (b) a group of buildings or structures, or
part of a group of buildings or structures, of any type;
and (c) the land
or water where
a building or
structure, or
a group of buildings or structures, is
situated; and (d) a vehicle or caravan; and
(e) a tent or cave; and
(f) a boat; and (g)
an
ocean-going vessel; and (h) premises held
under 2 or more titles or owners. 161ZK Things
seized within the first 24 hours (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a person possesses a thing the person
is prohibited from possessing under
a control order
or a registered corresponding
control order; and (b) a period of 24 hours has not passed
since— (i) for a
control order
that takes
effect when
it is made—the order
was made; or (ii) for
a registered corresponding control
order—a copy
of the order
was given to
the person under
section 161ZZA. (2)
A
police officer may seize the thing under section 161ZJ.
(3) The seized thing must be—
(a) kept in
the commissioner’s custody
while the
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(b) returned to
the person when
the control order
stops having
effect, if
the person is
entitled to
lawful possession of
the thing at that time. Not authorised
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161ZL
Police powers for preventing contravention of control
order (1)
This
section applies if a police officer reasonably suspects an
offence against section 161ZI has been
committed, is being committed, or is about to be committed in
relation to a control order or a registered corresponding
control order. (2) The police officer may exercise 1 or
more of the following powers in relation to the person
subject to the control order or registered
corresponding control order— (a)
if
the order prohibits the person from associating with a
stated person or a person of a stated
class—require the person subject to the order to leave a place
where the stated person or person of the stated class
is present and not to return to the place within a stated
reasonable time of not more than 24 hours;
(b) if the order prohibits the person from
entering or being in the vicinity
of a stated
place or
a place of
a stated class—require
the person subject to the order to leave— (i)
the
stated place or a place of the stated class; or (ii)
the
vicinity of a place mentioned in subparagraph (i).
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply
if requiring the person to leave the place may endanger the
safety of the person or another person. (4)
A requirement made
under this
section is
taken to
be a requirement made
under the
Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000
. Note— Failure to
comply with a requirement made under this section is an
offence against
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 791. Page 236
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(5) A person
does not
commit an
offence against
the Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 791 if— (a)
the person was
required to
do something under
subsection (2); and (b)
the
court is not satisfied the police officer, at the time of
giving the
direction, had
the suspicion mentioned
in subsection (1). (6)
In
this section— place see
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
schedule 6. 161ZM Authorised
corrective services officer may give direction (1)
If a
control order, or registered corresponding control order,
for a person
includes a
condition requiring
the person to
comply with
a reasonable direction
given by
an authorised corrective
services officer about a stated matter, an authorised
corrective services officer may give the
person a reasonable direction about the stated matter.
(2) In giving
a direction under
subsection (1),
an authorised corrective
services officer is subject to the directions of—
(a) for a control order—the court that
made the order; or (b) for a
registered corresponding control
order—the Supreme
Court. 161ZN Proceeding after order no longer in
force A proceeding for
a contravention of
a control order,
or a registered
corresponding control order, may be taken, and the
offender may
be dealt with,
under this
subdivision for
the contravention even if the order is no
longer in force. Current as at [Not applicable]
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161ZO
Charge must be heard and decided summarily on prosecution
election (1) This section applies to a charge
before a Magistrates Court of an offence
against section 161ZI. (2) The
charge must
be heard and
decided summarily
if the prosecution elects
to have the
charge heard
and decided summarily. (3)
This
section is subject to section 161ZQ. 161ZP Constitution
of Magistrates Court A Magistrates Court that summarily
deals with a charge under section 161ZO must be constituted by a
magistrate. 161ZQ When Magistrates Court must abstain
from jurisdiction (1) A Magistrates Court
must abstain
from dealing
summarily with a charge
under section 161ZO if satisfied, at any stage, and after
hearing any submissions by the prosecutor and the
defence, that
because of
the nature or
seriousness of
the offence or any other relevant
consideration the defendant, if convicted, may
not be adequately punished
on summary conviction. (2)
If
the court abstains from jurisdiction, the proceeding for the
charge must be conducted as a committal
proceeding. 161ZR Charge may be heard and decided where
defendant arrested or served Without limiting
the places at which a charge may be heard summarily
under section
161ZO, the
charge may
also be
heard and decided at a place appointed for
holding magistrates courts within the district in which the
defendant was arrested on the
charge or
served with
the summons for
the charge under the
Justices Act 1886 .
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161ZS
Time for prosecution If a Magistrates Court hears and
decides a charge summarily under section 161ZO, the Magistrates
Court has jurisdiction despite the
time that
has elapsed from
the time when
the matter of complaint of the charge
arose. 161ZT Maximum penalty for offence dealt with
summarily (1) The maximum
penalty that
may be imposed
on a summary
conviction for
an offence against
section 161ZI
is 3 years
imprisonment. (2)
Subsection (1) does not limit section
161Y. (3) However, in no case may a person be
punished more than if the offence had been dealt with on
indictment. 161ZU Appeals against decision to decide
charge summarily (1) This section
applies if
a person is
summarily convicted
or sentenced under section 161ZO.
(2) The grounds on which the person may
appeal include that the Magistrates Court
erred by
deciding the
conviction or
sentence summarily. (3)
The grounds on
which the
Attorney-General may
appeal against sentence
include that the Magistrates Court erred by deciding the
sentence summarily. (4) On an appeal against a sentence
relying on a ground that the Magistrates
Court erred by proceeding summarily, the court deciding
the appeal may,
if it decides
to vary the sentence,
impose the sentence the court considers
appropriate up to the maximum sentence that could have been
imposed if the matter had been dealt with on
indictment. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Subdivision 5 Corresponding
control orders 161ZV Definitions for subdivision
In
this subdivision— court means the
Supreme Court. registrar means a
registrar of the Supreme Court. respondent see section
161ZY(1)(b). 161ZW Regulation may prescribe orders
A regulation may
prescribe an
order to
be a corresponding control order if
the order— (a) is made under a law of another State;
and (b) has the same or a similar effect as a
control order. 161ZX Application for registration of
order (1) The commissioner may
apply to
the registrar for
the registration of a corresponding
control order. (2) The application must be accompanied
by— (a) an affidavit that includes or is
accompanied by— (i) a copy of the corresponding control
order; and (ii) enough
information to enable the registrar to find that the order
is a corresponding control order that is in force;
and (b) any other affidavit the commissioner
intends to rely on at the hearing of the application.
(3) Also, the application must
state— (a) whether the
commissioner believes
it is necessary
for the corresponding control
order to
be adapted or
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(b) if so,
the details of
the adaptation or
modification the
commissioner believes is necessary.
Example— A condition of a
corresponding control order is expressed in terms of
legislation of the State in which the order
was made. The application may state that the commissioner
believes it is necessary for the order to be modified to
refer to Queensland legislation. 161ZY Registration
of order (1) This section applies if the registrar
is satisfied— (a) the corresponding control order is in
force; and (b) the corresponding control
order was
served, or
was taken to be served, on the person for
whom it was made (the respondent ) under the law
of the State in which the order was made. (2)
The registrar must
register the
corresponding control
order, whether
or not the
respondent is
given notice
of the application to
the registrar. (3) A registered corresponding control
order is registered for the period
during which
the corresponding control
order, as
originally made, is in force.
(4) A regulation may— (a)
prescribe the
way the registrar
is to register
a corresponding control
order or
an amended corresponding
control order; and (b) provide for the keeping of the
register and access to it. (5) Subsection (2)
applies subject to section 161ZZ. 161ZZ Referral of
order to court for adaptation or modification (1)
This
section applies if— (a) under section
161ZX(3)(b), the
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believes is necessary for the effective
operation of the corresponding control order in Queensland;
or (b) the registrar
believes it
is necessary for
the corresponding control order to be
adapted or modified for its effective operation in
Queensland. (2) The registrar must refer the
corresponding control order to the court for
adaptation or modification. (3)
The
commissioner must give the respondent— (a)
a copy of
the application for
registration of
the corresponding control order;
and (b) a copy of any accompanying affidavit;
and (c) an appearance notice.
(4) The application may be heard in the
respondent’s absence if the court
is satisfied the
respondent has
been given
the documents mentioned in subsection
(3). (5) However, the
court may,
at any time
before deciding
the application, direct the commissioner
to give the respondent a further appearance notice.
(6) The court may amend the corresponding
control order for the purposes of its registration by
adapting or modifying it in a way the court
considers necessary or desirable for its effective
operation in Queensland. (7)
For
amending the corresponding control order as mentioned
in
subsection (6), the court must consider— (a)
anything the
court could
consider on
an application under
subdivision 1 for a control order; and (b)
any
changes in the respondent’s circumstances since the
order was made. (8)
The
registrar must register the corresponding control order as
amended by the court. (9)
In
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161ZZA] appearance notice
means a
notice in
the approved form
stating the
following in
relation to
a corresponding control
order— (a)
that
an application for the registration of the order has
been
referred to the court; (b) when and where
the application is to be heard; (c)
that the
respondent may
appear at
the hearing of
the application in person or be
represented by a lawyer; (d) that, if the
respondent fails to appear at the hearing of the application,
the court may register the order, or the order
as amended by
the court, in
the respondent’s absence.
161ZZA
Action by the registrar and commissioner after registration of
order (1) The registrar must, within 2 business
days after registering a corresponding control
order, give
the commissioner a
certificate of
the registration that
attaches a
copy of
the registered order. (2)
The
commissioner must, as soon as practicable after receiving
a
copy of the registered corresponding control order, give the
respondent a copy of the registered
order. (3) Failure to
comply with
subsection (2)
does not
affect the
validity of the registration of the
corresponding control order. (4)
However, the
registered corresponding control
order has
no effect on the respondent until the
respondent is given a copy of the registered order.
(5) The registrar may not ask the
commissioner for any fee, or reimbursement for
any expenses incurred,
under this
subdivision. 161ZZB Effect of
amended order if respondent not notified of amendment
(1) This section applies if—
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(a) a corresponding control order has been
amended under section 161ZZ; and (b)
the
respondent has not been notified of the amendment.
(2) Until the
respondent is
notified of
the amendment, the
registered corresponding control
order has
effect and
is enforceable against
the respondent as
if it had
not been amended.
161ZZC
Amendment or cancellation of registered order (1)
The
court may, on application, amend or cancel a registered
corresponding control order.
(2) Subdivision 2,
other than
section 161ZD(2),
applies to
the registered corresponding control order
as if— (a) a reference in the subdivision to a
control order were a reference to
a registered corresponding control
order; and
(b) a reference
in the subdivision to
the revocation of
a control order were a reference to the
cancellation of a registered corresponding control order;
and (c) a reference in the subdivision to when
a control order was last amended under subdivision 2 were a
reference to when a
registered corresponding control
order was
last
amended under this section; and (d)
a
reference in the subdivision to when a control order
was made were
a reference to
when a
registered corresponding control
order was
registered under
this subdivision;
and (e) a reference
in the subdivision to
the prosecuting authority
were a
reference to
the commissioner or
a person authorised to accept an
application made under this section on the commissioner’s
behalf. (3) If the
court cancels
the registration of
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161ZZD
Operation of order not affected Sections
161ZZA(4) and
161ZZB(2) do
not affect any
operation that
a corresponding control
order would,
apart from this
division, have in Queensland. Subdivision
6 Miscellaneous 161ZZE Order not
affected by appeal The starting of an appeal against the making
of a control order for a person does not affect the
order. Part 10 Indefinite
sentences 162 Definitions In this
part— indefinite sentence means a sentence
of imprisonment for an indefinite term that—
(a) must be reviewed under this part;
and (b) is to continue until a court orders
that the indefinite term of imprisonment is discharged.
nominal sentence has the meaning
given by section 163(2). qualifying offence means an
indictable offence— (a) against a provision of the Criminal
Code mentioned in schedule 2, as
in force at
any time (a
relevant Code
provision ); or
(b) that involved counselling or procuring
the commission of, or attempting or
conspiring to
commit, a
relevant Code
provision. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Indefinite sentence—imposition
(1) A court
may, instead
of imposing a
fixed term
of imprisonment, impose an indefinite
sentence on an offender convicted of a qualifying offence
on— (a) its own initiative; or
(b) an application made by counsel for the
prosecution. (2) In imposing
sentence under
subsection (1), the
court must
state in
its order the
term of
imprisonment (the
nominal sentence
)
that it would have imposed had it not imposed an
indefinite sentence. (3)
Before a sentence is imposed under
subsection (1), the court must be satisfied— (a)
that
the Mental Health Act 2016 , chapter 5,
part 3, does not apply; and (b)
that
the offender is a serious danger to the community
because of— (i)
the
offender’s antecedents, character, age, health or
mental condition; and (ii)
the
severity of the qualifying offence; and (iii)
any
special circumstances. (4) In determining
whether the offender is a serious danger to the community, the
court must have regard to— (a) whether the
nature of the offence is exceptional; and (b)
the
offender’s antecedents, age and character; and (c)
any
medical, psychiatric, prison or other relevant report
in
relation to the offender; and (d)
the
risk of serious harm to members of the community if
an
indefinite sentence were not imposed; and (e)
the
need to protect members of the community from the
risk
mentioned in paragraph (d). Page 246
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 164] (5)
Subsection (4) does not limit the matters to
which a court may have regard in determining whether to impose
an indefinite sentence. 164
Counsel for prosecution to inform
court (1) If counsel for the prosecution intends
to make an application under section 163(1)(b), counsel must
inform the court after the offender has been convicted of the
offence. (2) The application must be made within 15
business days after the conviction. (3)
The
court must allow any necessary adjournment to allow a
consent under section 165(1) to be
obtained. (4) On being
informed under
subsection (1), the
court must
remand the
offender in
custody and
must not
grant the
offender bail. 165
Attorney-General’s consent
(1) An application under section 163(1)(b)
may be made only if the Attorney-General has consented, in
writing, to the making of the request. (2)
Consent must
not be given
under subsection
(1) before the
offender is convicted of the qualifying
offence. 166 Adjournment A
court may
impose an
indefinite sentence
on the offender
only
if— (a) the offender is advised at, or shortly
after, the time of conviction that
the court may
consider imposing
an indefinite sentence on—
(i) its own initiative; or
(ii) an
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by counsel for
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 166A] (b)
the court has,
after advising
the offender under
paragraph (a),
adjourned the
offender’s sentencing for
not less than
20 business days
from the
day of conviction of
the qualifying offence so that evidence on sentence may be
received by the court. 166A Reports about
offender (1) This section
applies when
the court adjourns
the offender’s sentencing. (2)
The court must
make an
order that
the chief executive
(corrective services) must—
(a) prepare for the court a report about
the offender; and (b) give the court the report within a
stated period. (3) The court
may also order
the chief executive
(corrective services) to
provide or obtain any other report that the court
considers appropriate to
enable it
to impose the
proper sentence.
(4) In this section— report
includes an
assessment of,
or information about,
the prisoner. 166B
Distribution of reports (1)
On
receipt of a report under section 166A the court must give
a
copy to— (a) the prosecution; and
(b) the offender’s lawyers.
(2) The court
must ensure
the prosecution and
the offender’s lawyers have
sufficient time before the sentencing to consider
and
respond to the report. (3) The court may
order the report, or part of the report, not be shown to the
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 166C] 166C
Use
of reports (1) The offender’s lawyers may, before the
offender’s sentencing is to
take place,
file with
the court a
notice of
intention to
dispute the
whole or
any part of
a report given
under section
166A. (2) If a
notice is
filed under
subsection (1), the
court must
not take the report or the part in dispute
into consideration on the sentencing unless the offender’s
lawyers have been given the opportunity— (a)
to
lead evidence on the disputed matters; and (b)
to
cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.
167 Evidence (1)
Subject to
the admissibility of
the evidence, before
a court imposes an
indefinite sentence it must— (a)
hear
evidence called by the prosecution; and (b)
hear evidence
given or
called by
the offender, if
the offender elects to give or call
evidence. (2) Subject to subsection (3), ordinary
rules of evidence apply to evidence given or called under
subsection (1). (3) In deciding
whether the
offender is
a serious danger
to the community, the
court may have regard to anything relevant to the issue
contained in the transcript of, or any medical or other
report tendered in, any proceeding against
the offender for a qualifying offence. (4)
Subsections (1) and
(2) do not
affect the
admissibility of
a report given
under section
166A or any matter
contained in
the
report. (5) In this section— transcript , of a
proceeding, means a transcription of a record under the
Recording of Evidence Act 1962
of
the proceeding. Current as at [Not applicable]
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 168] 168
Court
to give reasons (1) If a court imposes an indefinite
sentence, it must give detailed reasons for
imposing the sentence. (2) The reasons must
be given at the time the indefinite sentence is
imposed. Not authorised —indicative
only 169 Onus of
proof The prosecution has the onus of proving that
an offender is a serious danger to the community.
170 Standard of proof A
court may
make a
finding that
an offender is
a serious danger to the
community only if it is satisfied— (a)
by
acceptable, cogent evidence; and (b)
to a
high degree of probability; that the
evidence is of sufficient weight to justify the finding.
171 Review—periodic (1)
A
court that imposes an indefinite sentence, or a court of
like jurisdiction— (a)
must for
the first time
review the
indefinite sentence
within 6 months after an offender has served
the period of time stated in subsection (2) or (2A);
and (b) must review
the indefinite sentence
at subsequent intervals of not
more than 2 years from when the last review was
made. (2) For subsection
(1)(a), the period of
time the
offender must
have
served is— (a) for an
offender whose
nominal sentence
is life imprisonment for
an offence of murder— (i) if
the Criminal Code,
section 305(2) applies
on sentence—30 years; or
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(ii) if
the Criminal Code,
section 305(4) applies
on sentence—25 years; or
(iii) otherwise—20
years; or (b) if the offender’s nominal sentence is
life imprisonment and paragraph (a) does not apply—15 years;
or (c) if the
offender’s nominal
sentence is
a term of
imprisonment other than life for an offence
against the Criminal Code,
section 314A—the lesser
of the following— (i)
80%
of the offender’s nominal sentence; (ii)
15
years; or (d) otherwise—50% of the offender’s
nominal sentence. (2A) However,
for subsection (1)(a),
if the indefinite sentence
is imposed on the offender as the base
component of a sentence under section 161R(2), the period of
time the offender must have served
is worked out
by adding the
relevant further
period to the period of time the offender
would otherwise be required to have served under subsection
(2). (3) Subject to
section 172, the
director of
public prosecutions must
make any
application that
is required to
be made to
cause the
reviews mentioned
in
subsection (1) to be carried
out. (4)
A court that
imposes an
indefinite sentence
for which the
nominal sentence is, under section 161E(2),
life imprisonment or a court of like jurisdiction must for the
first time review the indefinite sentence
within 6
months after
the offender has
served 20 years and not the 15 years or 50%
of the nominal sentence as prescribed under a previous
subsection. (5) In this section— relevant
further period
, in relation
to an offender
whose indefinite sentence
is imposed as
the base component
of a sentence
under section
161R(2), means
the period of
the mandatory component
of the sentence
imposed on
the offender under that section.
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Review—application by offender
imprisoned (1) An offender imprisoned on an
indefinite sentence may apply to the court for
the indefinite sentence to be reviewed at any time
after the
court makes
its first review
under section
171(1)(a) if a court gives leave to apply on the ground
that there
are exceptional circumstances that
relate to
the offender. (2)
The
court must immediately forward a copy of the application
to
the director of public prosecutions. (3)
Within 10 business days after the making of
the application, the court must give directions to enable the
application to be heard. (4)
Subject to any directions given by the
court, the application must be heard within 20 business days
from the day on which it is made. 172A
Distribution of reports (1)
The court must,
a reasonable time
before a
review under
section 171 or 172 is to take place, cause a
copy of a report ordered by it under section 176 to be
provided to— (a) the director of public prosecutions;
and (b) the legal practitioner representing
the offender; and (c) the offender, if the court has so
directed; and (d) any victim, within the meaning of
the Victims of Crime Assistance Act
2009 , section 5, of the offence for which
the
indefinite sentence was imposed, if the court has so
decided. (2)
If
the prosecution or the defence has caused a report about the
offender to be prepared for a review under
section 171 or 172, it must, a reasonable time before the review
is to take place— (a) file the report with the court;
and (b) provide a
copy of
the report to
the director of
public prosecutions or
the legal practitioner representing the
offender, as the case requires.
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 172B] 172B
Disputed report (1)
The
director of public prosecutions or the offender may file
with
the court a notice of intention to dispute the whole or any
part
of a report provided under section 172A. (2)
If a
notice is filed under subsection (1) before the review is to
take
place, the court must not take the report or the part in
dispute into consideration on the hearing of
the review unless the party that filed the notice has been
given the opportunity— (a) to lead evidence
on the disputed matters; and (b)
to
cross-examine the author of the report on its contents.
172C Review hearing On the hearing
of a review under section 171 or 172, a court must—
(a) give both
the director of
public prosecutions and
the offender the opportunity to lead
admissible evidence on any relevant matter; and
(b) subject to
section 172B, take
into consideration any
report in
respect of
the offender that
is filed with
the court; and (c)
have
regard to any submissions on the review made to it;
and (d) have
regard to
the rights stated
in the victims
charter under the
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
. 172D Court not to have
regard to possible order under Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 A court hearing
a review under section 171 or 172 must not have regard to
whether or not the offender— (a)
may
become, or is, the subject of a dangerous prisoners
application; or (b)
may
become subject to an order because of a dangerous
prisoners application. Current as at
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 173] Note—
See
also section 9(9)(b) (Sentencing guidelines). Not
authorised —indicative
only 173 Indefinite
sentence discharged (1) Unless it is satisfied that the
offender is still a serious danger to the community
when a review is made under section 171 or 172, the court
must— (a) order that the indefinite sentence is
discharged; and (b) impose a
sentence (a
finite sentence
) on the
offender under this Act
for the qualifying offence for which the indefinite
sentence was imposed. (2) If a court does
not make an order under subsection (1)(a), the indefinite
sentence continues in force. (3)
A
finite sentence— (a) is taken
to have started
on the day
the indefinite sentence was
originally imposed; and (b) takes the place
of the indefinite sentence; and (c)
must
be not less than the nominal sentence. 174
Parole application if finite sentence
imposed (1) An offender on whom a finite sentence
has been imposed may apply under the Corrective
Services Act 2006 for release on parole under
that Act. (2) However, an application under
subsection (1) can not be made less than 6
months before the relevant period of imprisonment
for
the offender ends. (3) If the decision on the application is
to grant the parole, the Queensland board must decide the
parole period. (4) The board can not on the application
decide a parole period that ends before the relevant period
of imprisonment ends. (5) The
board may
decide a
parole period
that ends
after the
relevant period of imprisonment ends.
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 174A] (6)
The parole period
decided by
the board must
be 5 years,
subject to subsections (7) and (8).
(7) The parole period may be more than 5
years if— (a) the rest
of the offender’s period
of imprisonment immediately
before deciding the parole period is more than 5 years
(the remaining period ); and
(b) the parole period is the remaining
period. (8) The parole period may be less than 5
years only if the board considers that
period is
appropriate having
regard to
any relevant board guidelines.
(9) In this section— relevant period
of imprisonment , for the offender, means a
period of
imprisonment for
the offender consisting of
or including a finite term of
imprisonment, whether or not the finite term has
ended. 174A When parole order must be made
(1) This section applies if an offender on
whom a finite sentence has been imposed is not currently on
parole 6 months before the relevant period of imprisonment
for the offender ends (the 6-month period ).
(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that this section applies even if the offender made an
application under section 174 (an offender
application ) that has not been not decided.
(3) The Queensland board must, within the
6-month period, make a parole
order under
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
section 194. (4)
If the offender
has made an
offender application, subsection (3)
applies even if the decision on the application was not or would
not have been to grant the parole. (5)
If the offender
has not made
an offender application, subsection (3)
applies as if the offender had lawfully made an offender
application. Current as at [Not applicable]
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The word ‘lawfully’ is
necessary because
ordinarily an
offender application within
the 6-month period
would be
prevented under
section 174(2). (6)
The
parole order may order the offender’s release at any time
during or at the end of the 6-month period
for a parole period ending after the relevant period of
imprisonment ends. (7) The board must decide the parole
period which is to start from the
release. (8) The parole
period decided
by the board
must be
5 years, subject to
subsection (9). (9) The parole period may be less than 5
years only if the board considers that
period is
appropriate having
regard to
any relevant board guidelines.
(10) In this
section— relevant period of imprisonment
,
for the offender, see section 174(9).
174B Provisions for parole orders under
part (1) This section
applies if
a parole order
is made under
section 174 or 174A. (2)
The Corrective Services Act 2006
,
chapter 5, part 1, divisions 5 and 6 apply to
the parole order. (3) The Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual
Offenders) Act
2003 continues
to apply to
a prisoner, within
the meaning of
section 5(6) of
that Act,
who is or
has been subject
to the application of
section 174 or 174A. Note— See
also the
Dangerous Prisoners
(Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 ,
section 51 (Parole). (4)
During the parole period decided under
section 174 or 174A, the offender must be under the
authority of the Queensland board and the
supervision of an authorised corrective services
officer. Page 256
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 174C] (5)
Subsections (6) and (7) apply if (other than
for this section) there would exist a period (the
gap
period ) between the end of the relevant
period of imprisonment for the offender and the last day of the
parole period. (6) The finite
term included
in the relevant
period of
imprisonment is taken to be extended by the
gap period. (7) Any term of imprisonment ordered to be
served cumulatively with the
finite term
is taken to
be ordered to
be served cumulatively
with the finite term as extended. (8)
In
this section— relevant period of imprisonment
,
for the offender, see section 174(9).
174C Parole provisions on cancellation of
parole order (1) This section
applies if
a parole order
under section
174 or 174A is made for an offender and the
order is cancelled. (2) No further
parole order
may be made
under either
section against the
offender. (3) Any extension
of the finite
term under
section 174B(6) continues to
apply and is not affected by the cancellation. (4)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not
limit the offender’s ability under
the Corrective Services Act 2006
to
apply for, or to be granted, further parole. (5)
The
Queensland board must hear and decide any application
for
the further parole. 176 Registrar of court to give
report (1) For a review under section 171 or 172,
the court may direct the registrar of the court to give to
the court— (a) reports provided
by the chief
executive (corrective services)
or the chief
executive of
the department in
which the
Hospital and
Health Boards
Act 2011 is
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 177] administered or
such other similar persons or bodies as the court
considers appropriate; and (b) such other
reports as the court considers appropriate. (2)
A person who
is requested by
the registrar to
give to
the registrar reports
mentioned in
subsection (1) must
comply with the
request. (3) Reports mentioned in subsection (1)(a)
are to be relevant to the period from the time the
indefinite sentence was imposed on the offender
or the last review was made by the court. (4)
The Hospital and
Health Boards
Act 2011 ,
section 142(1), does not apply
to a designated person under part 7 of that Act who gives a
report or information to a court or the registrar of
the
court for this part. (5) Reports
mentioned in
subsection (1) are
in addition to
any other evidence that may be placed
before the court. 177 Appeals—general For the purposes
of the Criminal Code, chapter 67— (a)
an
indefinite sentence imposed under section 163; and
(b) if a
court, on
making a
review under
section 171 or
172— (i)
refuses to act under section 173—the
refusal; or (ii) acts under
section 173—the sentence imposed; is taken to be a
sentence imposed on conviction. 178
Appeals—Attorney-General The
Attorney-General may
appeal to
the Court of
Appeal against—
(a) the making of an order under section
173(1)(a); and (b) a sentence imposed under section
173(1)(b). Page 258 Current as at
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10 Indefinite sentences [s 179] 179
Hearings—offender to be present
(1) Subject to this section, the offender
must be present during the hearing of— (a)
evidence under section 167; and
(b) an application made under section 171
or 172. (2) A court may order that, at the time
evidence under section 167 is to be heard, the chief executive
(corrective services) bring the offender
before the court. (3) On the hearing of an application made
under section 171 or 172, the
court may
order the
chief executive
(corrective services) to
bring the offender before the court. (4)
If the offender
acts in
a way that
makes the
hearing of
the evidence or
application in
the offender’s presence
impracticable, the court may order
that— (a) the offender be removed; and
(b) the hearing of the application
continue in the offender’s absence. (5)
If
the court is satisfied that the offender is unable to be
present during the hearing of the evidence or
application because of the offender’s illness or another
reason, the court may allow the
offender to
be absent during
the whole or
a part of
the hearing if it is satisfied
that— (a) the offender’s interests
will not
be prejudiced by
the hearing continuing in the offender’s
absence; and (b) the interests
of justice require
that the
hearing should
continue in the offender’s absence.
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10A Offender levy [s 179A] Part 10A
Offender levy Not
authorised —indicative
only 179A Purpose of pt
10A The purpose of this part is to provide for a
levy imposed on an offender on sentence to help pay generally
for the cost of law enforcement and administration.
179B Definition for part
In
this part— proper officer of the court
,
for an offender levy, means the proper officer
of the court that imposed the sentence for which
the
offender is liable to pay the levy. 179C
Imposition of offender levy
(1) On being sentenced for an offence, an
offender becomes liable to pay the State a levy (the
offender levy ).
(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not
a conviction is recorded. (3) If in the same
sentencing proceeding the court sentences the offender for
more than 1 offence, only one levy is payable for
all
the offences. Examples— 1
An
offender is sentenced in the same proceeding for more than 1
offence charged in a single indictment,
complaint or other form of charge. 2
An
offender is sentenced in the same proceeding on more than 1
indictment, complaint or other form of
charge. (4) The imposition of
the levy is
not a sentence
(including punishment) and
is in addition to any sentence imposed by the court for the
offence. (5) The levy is the amount prescribed
under a regulation. Note— This
Act does not
prescribe a
limit to
the amount that
may be prescribed under
a regulation. Page 260 Current as at
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10A Offender levy [s 179D] (6)
This
section does not apply to an offence under the Bail Act
1980 , section 29 or
33. (7) This section is subject to section
179D. 179D Subsequent sentences
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the sentencing court
sentences the
offender for
an offence (the original
sentence ); and (b)
subsequently, a
court, whether
or not differently constituted,
resentences the offender. (2) The liability of
the offender to pay the levy for the original sentence is
unaffected but the offender is not liable to pay an
offender levy for the resentence.
(3) In this section— resentence includes, on
appeal or otherwise, in relation to the sentencing of
the offender, any of the following— (a)
substitute another sentence;
(b) further deal with the offender
including make a further order; (c)
confirm, vary or amend the sentence or order
made on the original sentence. Examples of
resentences under this Act— Orders
made under
section 20(1)(a), 20(2), 27(1)(c),
27(2), 33A(1),
33A(3), 33B(1)(a), 33B(2),
33C(7), 38(1),
39A, 43D(8),
43F(4), 43L(7), 43O(4),
60(1), 68(1), 74(7), 80(1), 120(1), 121(1), 125(4)(a),
126(4), 127(1),
147(1), 159A(5)(b), 173(1),
173(2), 182(5)(a), 182(7)(b),
185(1), 188(3), 188(4) or 195(5). 179E
Payment of offender levy (1)
The
offender must pay the offender levy under subsection (2)
or
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10A Offender levy [s 179F] (2)
If
the particulars of the levy have been registered with SPER
under section 179F, the offender must pay
the levy under the SPE Act. (3)
However, if the particulars of the levy have
not been registered with SPER under section 179F, the offender
must pay the levy to the proper officer of the court.
179F Enforcement of offender levy by
registration (1) When an
offender becomes
liable to
pay the offender
levy under section
179C, the proper officer of the court must give the
same particulars in
relation to
the levy to
the SPER registrar for
registration that it would give if— (a)
the
court made an order fining the offender the amount
of
the levy for the offence; and (b)
the
proper officer were the registrar of the court; and
Note— The SPE Act uses
the term ‘registrar of the court’. (c)
the particulars were
the prescribed particulars of
an unpaid court debt under the SPE
Act. Editor’s note— Paragraph (c) is
an uncommenced amendment—see 2017 Act No. 13 sch 1
amdt 1. (2) The SPER
registrar must
register the
offender levy
under section 34 of
the SPE Act as if the levy were an unpaid court debt.
Editor’s note— Subsection (2)
is an uncommenced amendment—see 2017 Act No. 13 sch 1 amdt
2. (3) For the purposes of registration, and
on registration, the SPE Act, other
than the
excluded provisions, applies,
with all
necessary and
convenient changes,
to the levy
and to the
offender in the same way as it
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10A Offender levy [s 179G] (a)
to
the unpaid amount of a fine, for an offence, imposed
by a court
on a person
the particulars of
which are
registered; and (b)
to
that person. (4) The requirement under
subsection (1)(c) to
give prescribed particulars is
subject to a regulation made under the SPE Act for offender
levies. (5) The proper officer may give amended
particulars to SPER for registration if
amendment of
the particulars is
necessary because of
error. (6) This section does not apply if all of
the amount of the levy is paid under section 179E(3) before the
particulars have been given under subsection (1).
(7) In this section— excluded
provisions means
the following provisions of
the SPE Act— (a)
provisions of that Act relating to
infringement notices; (b) section
52 to the extent
it applies to
an arrest and
imprisonment warrant, and the other
provisions of that Act relating to arrest and imprisonment
warrants; (c) section 54; (d)
part
6; (e) part 8. prescribed
particulars see the SPE Act, schedule 2.
registration means
registration under the SPE Act, section 34. SPER
registrar means the registrar under the SPE
Act. 179G Amounts to be satisfied before
satisfying offender levy An amount paid under section 179E(3)
must first be applied by the
proper officer
towards satisfying an
unpaid amount,
known to
the proper officer,
ordered by
a court for
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(a) compensation; (b)
restitution; (c)
damages; (d)
a
fixed portion of a penalty. Note—
See
also the Justices Act 1886 , section
175A. 179H Effect of appeal against relevant
convictions (1) This section applies if—
(a) the offender
has paid all
or part of
the offender levy
under section 179E(3); and
(b) on appeal all convictions that
resulted in the imposition of the offender levy are
quashed. (2) The proper
officer must
refund to
the offender any
amount paid to the
proper officer for the offender levy. Part 10B
Victim impact statements 179I
Definitions for part In this
part— harm means physical,
mental or emotional harm. victim see the
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
,
section 5, including a victim mentioned in section
5(3) of that Act. victim impact statement means a written
statement that— (a) is signed and dated; and
(b) states the particulars of the harm
caused to a victim by an offence; and (c)
may
have attached to it— (i) documents
supporting the
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(ii) photographs,
drawings or other images. Not authorised
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179J Application of part
This
part applies for sentencing an offender for an offence that
is a crime
within the
meaning of
the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act
2009 , section 6. 179K
Giving details of impact of crime on victim
during sentencing (1)
A victim of
the offence is
to be permitted
to give the
prosecutor for the offence details of the
harm caused to the victim by
the offence, for
the purpose of
the prosecutor informing the
sentencing court. Notes— 1
If
the offender’s mental condition relating to the offence is
referred to the Mental Health Court under the
Mental Health Act 2016 , see
section 162 of that Act for the information
a victim of the offence may give that court to help it make a
decision on the reference. 2 See also the
victim’s rights set out in the victims charter under the
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
. (2) The prosecutor
may continue with the sentencing proceeding without having
permitted the victim to give details of the harm
if
it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances, having
regard to the following matters—
(a) the interests of justice;
(b) whether permitting the details of the
harm to be given would unreasonably delay
the sentencing of
the offender; (c)
anything else
that may
adversely affect
the reasonableness or
practicality of
permitting details
of the harm to be given.
(3) If details
of the harm
are given to
the prosecutor, the
prosecutor must— (a)
decide what, if any, details are appropriate
to be given to the sentencing court; and
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(b) give the
appropriate details
to the sentencing court,
whether or not in the form of a victim
impact statement under section 179L. Note—
In
sentencing the offender, the sentencing court must have regard to
the harm done to, or impact of the offence on,
the victim under— (a) section 9(2)(c)(i); or
(b)
if the offender is
a child—the Youth
Justice Act
1992 ,
section 150(1)(h). (4)
In
deciding what details are appropriate, the prosecutor may
have
regard to the victim’s wishes. (5)
The fact that
details of
the harm caused
to a victim
by the offence are
absent at the sentencing does not, of itself, give
rise
to an inference that the offence caused little or no harm to
the
victim. (6) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that it is not mandatory for a victim to give
the prosecutor details of the harm caused to the victim by
the offence. (7) Subject to section 179M, the
sentencing court is to decide if, and how, details
of the harm are to be given to the court in accordance with
the rules of evidence and the practices and procedures
applying to the court. Example of how details of harm may be
given to sentencing court— production of a victim impact
statement to the sentencing court 179L
Preparation of victim impact
statement (1) For section 179K(3), details of the
harm caused to a victim by the offence may be given to the
prosecutor in the form of a victim impact
statement prepared by— (a) the victim;
or (b) another person if the victim can not
give the statement because of the victim’s age or impaired
capacity. Page 266 Current as at
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(2) If a
victim impact
statement is
given to
the prosecutor electronically,
the statement is taken to have been signed by the person who
gives it. Not authorised —indicative only
179M Reading aloud of victim impact
statement during sentencing (1)
This
section applies if a person has prepared a victim impact
statement under section 179L.
(2) The prosecutor for
the offence may
request, orally
or in writing, that
all or part of the victim impact statement be read
aloud before the court by—
(a) if the person who prepared the
statement wishes to read it—the person; or (b)
if the person
who prepared the
statement wishes
the prosecutor to read it—the
prosecutor. (3) If a request is made under subsection
(2), the court must allow the person stated in the request to
read the whole of the victim impact
statement, or
a part of
the victim impact
statement identified in
the request, aloud
before the
court unless
the court considers
that, having
regard to
all relevant circumstances,
it is inappropriate to do so. (4)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that— (a)
the purpose of
the reading aloud
of the victim
impact statement
before the
court is
to provide a
therapeutic benefit to the
victim; and (b) it is not necessary for a person,
reading aloud the victim impact statement before the court
under this section, to read the statement under oath or
affirmation. 179N Special arrangements for reading aloud
of victim impact statement during sentencing
(1) This section applies if a person who
is to read aloud a victim impact statement (the
reader ) is the person
who prepared the statement. Current as at
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(2) The sentencing court
may, on
its own initiative or
on the application of
the prosecutor for the offence, direct that any of
the
following arrangements be made that the court considers,
having regard to all relevant circumstances,
are appropriate— (a) that, while the reader is reading
aloud the victim impact statement before
the court, the
offender be
obscured from the view of
the reader; (b) that, while the reader is reading
aloud the victim impact statement before the court, all
persons other than those specified by the court be excluded
from the courtroom; (c) that a person approved by the court be
present while the reader is reading aloud the victim impact
statement to provide emotional support to the
reader; (d) if there
is an audiovisual link
within the
court precincts—that
the reader read aloud the victim impact statement
outside the
courtroom and
the reading be
transmitted to
the courtroom by
means of
the audiovisual link. (3)
For
subsection (2)(c), the person providing emotional support
to
the reader must be permitted to be in close proximity to the
reader, and
within the
reader’s sight,
while the
reader is
reading aloud the victim impact statement
before the court. (4) For subsection (2)(d)—
(a) the place outside the courtroom from
which the reader reads aloud the victim impact statement is
taken to be part of the sentencing court; and
(b) it is
not necessary that
the place be
within the
court precincts. (5)
The
court may, on its own initiative or on the application of
the prosecutor, vary
or revoke a
direction made
under subsection
(2). Page 268 Current as at
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11 General Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 11 General [s 180]
180 Effect of alterations in
sentences (1) If a provision of this or another Act
increases the sentence, or the maximum
or minimum sentence,
for an offence,
the increase applies
only to
offences committed
after the
commencement of the provision.
(2) If a provision of this or another Act
reduces the sentence, or the maximum
or minimum sentence,
for an offence,
the reduction— (a)
extends to
offences committed
before the
commencement of the provision; but
(b) does not
affect any
sentence imposed
before the
commencement. 180A
Meaning of certain sentence
provisions A provision of
an Act that
provides to
the effect that
the maximum penalty
for an offence
may be a
fine or
imprisonment means that the sentencing court
may order the offender— (a)
to
pay a fine; or (b) to be imprisoned; or
(c) to pay a fine and also to be
imprisoned. Example— ‘Maximum
penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years’
means the offender is liable to—
(a) a maximum fine of 100 penalty units;
or (b) maximum imprisonment of 2 years;
or (c) a maximum
fine of
100 penalty units
and also maximum
imprisonment of 2 years. Current as at
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Part
11 General [s 181] 181
Corporations entitled to aggrieved party
payments If under this
Act or another
Act a penalty
or forfeiture is
payable to a party aggrieved, it is payable
to a corporation if the corporation is the party
aggrieved. Not authorised —indicative
only 181A Corporations to
be fined if imprisonment is the only penalty
(1) If— (a)
an Act provides
that the
punishment for
an offence against a
provision of the Act is imprisonment only; and (b)
a
body corporate is convicted of having committed the
offence; the court by or
before which the body corporate is convicted may impose a
fine on the body corporate determined under subsection
(2). (2) The fine mentioned in subsection (1)
may be— (a) if the
imprisonment is
not more than
6 months—not more than 415
penalty units; or (b) if the imprisonment is more than 6
months but not more than 1 year—not more than 835 penalty units;
or (c) if the imprisonment is more than 1
year but not more than 2 years—not more than 1,660 penalty
units; or (d) if the term of imprisonment is more
than 2 years—an unlimited amount. (3)
Subsection (1) does
not apply to
an offence if
the Act concerned
provides another way of enforcing the punishment
mentioned in subsection (1)(a) against a
body corporate. 181B Corporation fines under penalty
provision (1) This section
applies to
a provision prescribing a
maximum fine for an
offence only if the provision does not expressly
prescribe a maximum fine for a body
corporate different from the maximum fine for an
individual. Page 270 Current as at
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11 General [s 181C] (2)
The
maximum fine is taken only to be the maximum fine for
an
individual. (3) If a body corporate is found guilty of
the offence, the court may impose a maximum fine of an amount
equal to 5 times the maximum fine for an individual.
Not authorised —indicative only
181C Corporation fines under provision
authorising subordinate legislation (1)
This
section applies to a provision of an Act prescribing the
maximum fine
for an offence
that may
be imposed under
subordinate legislation under
the Act only
if the provision
does not
expressly prescribe
a maximum fine
for a body
corporate different from the maximum fine
for an individual. (2) The maximum fine is taken only to be
the maximum fine for an individual that
may be imposed
under the
subordinate legislation. (3)
The maximum fine
for a corporation that
may be imposed
under the
subordinate legislation is
taken to
be 5 times
the maximum fine for an individual.
182 Enforcement of order for penalty for
an offender dealt with on indictment (1)
If
an offender dealt with on indictment fails to pay a penalty,
or
an instalment of a penalty, that a court ordered the
offender to pay, the prosecution may apply to the
court for the offender to be further dealt with for the
offence according to law. (2) Notice may be
served on the offender requiring the offender to
appear before the court at the time and
place mentioned in the notice for
the hearing of
the application mentioned
in subsection (1). (3)
The
court may issue a warrant directing that the offender be
arrested and brought before the court or a
justice to be dealt with according to law— (a)
in the first
instance instead
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way of notice mentioned
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if
the offender fails to appear as required by the notice.
(4) If an
offender is
brought before
a justice under
a warrant issued
under subsection
(3), the justice may
commit the
offender to prison or may remand the
offender on bail to be brought before the court that ordered
the penalty to be paid. (5) On the hearing
of an application under subsection (1), if the court is
satisfied that the offender failed to pay the penalty, or
an
instalment of the penalty, it may— (a)
set
aside the sentence imposed for the offence and deal
with
the offender in a way in which the court could have
dealt with
the offender if
the offender had
just been
convicted by or before it of the offence;
or (b) dismiss the application.
(6) If the
court deals
with the
offender under
subsection (5)(a) and imposes a
fine, the court must inform the offender that the
offender may
immediately verbally
apply to
the court for
a fine option order in relation to the
fine. (7) If an application is made under
subsection (6), the court— (a) must
immediately proceed
to hear the
application but
may adjourn the
application to
obtain further
information; and (b)
may
make a fine option order. 182A Court may make
order for default payment of penalty (1)
A court that
orders an
offender to
pay a penalty
may also order that, if
the offender fails to pay the penalty immediately
or within the
time allowed
by the court
in its order,
the offender is to be imprisoned for a
term calculated— (a) under subsection (2)(a); or
(b) by dividing the amount of the penalty
by the cut-out rate mentioned in the SPE Act, schedule 2,
definition cut-out rate
,
paragraph (a), rounded down to the nearest whole
number and expressed as a number of
days. Page 272 Current as at
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11 General [s 183] (2)
The
term of imprisonment— (a) must be—
(i) the term that, in the court’s opinion,
will satisfy the justice of the case; but (ii)
not more than
14 days imprisonment for
each penalty
unit, or
part of
a penalty unit,
that the
offender was ordered to pay; and
(b) must be
served cumulatively with
any term of
imprisonment the
offender is
serving, or
has been sentenced to
serve, unless the court orders otherwise. (3)
This
section has effect— (a) subject to the Act under which the
penalty is ordered to be paid; and (b)
despite section
152, whether or
not a conviction is
recorded. 183
Imprisonment unless penalty paid
If— (a) an Act under
which a penalty is ordered to be paid does not provide, or
a court that orders an offender to pay a penalty does not
make an order, for default in payment of the penalty;
and (b) an offender ordered to pay the penalty
does not pay the penalty; the
offender may
be imprisoned for
a period prescribed by
section 185. 184
Imprisonment unless act done
Unless an
Act otherwise provides,
if an offender
who is ordered by a
court to do an act fails to do the act, the court
may
order the offender to be imprisoned for a term not longer
than
2 years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Scale
of imprisonment for non-payment of penalty (1)
If— (a) an offender is
ordered to pay a penalty; and (b)
the court may
order imprisonment of
the offender or
execution against
the property of
the offender if
the penalty is not paid; and
(c) either of the following subparagraphs
applies— (i) the penalty is not paid;
(ii) execution to
recover the amount of the penalty is to be against
property of the offender and execution does not satisfy
the amount; the court may order the offender to be
imprisoned for a term calculated under subsection
(2)(a). (2) The term of imprisonment—
(a) must be— (i)
such as,
in the court’s
opinion, will
satisfy the
justice of the case; but (ii)
not more than
14 days imprisonment for
each penalty
unit, or
part of
a penalty unit,
that the
offender was ordered to pay; and
(b) must be
served cumulatively with
any term of
imprisonment the
offender is
serving, or
has been sentenced to
serve, unless the court otherwise orders. (3)
This
section has effect— (a) subject to
the provisions of
the Act under
which the
penalty is ordered to be paid; and
(b) despite section
152 whether or
not a conviction is
recorded. Page 274
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11 General [s 185A] 185A
If
offender does not pay penalty under s 182A or 185
(1) If the
offender does
not pay the
penalty mentioned
in section 182A or 185 immediately or
within the time allowed by the court, the proper officer of
the court must either— (a) issue a warrant
for the arrest and imprisonment of the offender for the
term ordered by the court; or (b)
give
to the registrar under the SPE Act, the information
and
particulars the registrar requires under that Act for
registration under that Act of the unpaid
amount of the penalty. (2)
However, if the proper officer of the court
intends to act under subsection (1)(a) and the court did
not order a default period of imprisonment for the offender, the
proper officer must first refer the matter to the court for an
order for the imprisonment of the offender under section
185. (3) A warrant
under subsection
(1)(a) is to be
directed to
all police officers. 185B
Power
of proper officer to postpone warrant (1)
The
proper officer of the court may postpone the issue of a
warrant under section 185A if the officer
considers it just to postpone the issue of the
warrant. (2) The postponement of
the warrant may
be subject to
the reasonable conditions the proper
officer considers necessary in the
circumstances. (3) Application for a postponement under
subsection (1)— (a) must be in writing; and
(b) may be made by a party to the
proceedings in which the warrant is to be issued.
(4) If the offender fails to comply with a
condition to which the postponement is subject, the proper
officer must deal with the offender under section 185A(1)(a) or
(b) as if the offender had only just failed to pay the penalty
mentioned in section 182A or 185. Current as at
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Power
of proper officer to recall warrant and issue new
warrant on part payment of penalty
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the proper
officer of
the court issues
a warrant under
section 185A(1); and (b)
before the
warrant is
executed, the
offender pays
an amount in part satisfaction of the
penalty. (2) The proper officer may—
(a) recall the warrant; and
(b) issue a new warrant for the reduced
penalty for the arrest and imprisonment of the
offender. (3) For subsection
(2)(b) the term of
imprisonment is
to be reduced in the
way stated in section 186(1). (4)
If
the offender pays a further amount in part satisfaction of
the penalty, the proper officer may recall a
warrant issued under subsection (2)(b) if it has not been
executed and issue further warrants in
accordance with
subsection (2)(b) until
the penalty is fully paid.
186 Reduction of imprisonment
(1) If it appears to the proper officer of
the court that the amount of the
penalty has
been reduced
by the offender
who was ordered to pay
the penalty by— (a) payment of part of the penalty;
or (b) an amount realised by execution
against the property of the offender; the
term for
which the
offender may
be imprisoned is
the number of whole days worked out by
dividing the balance of the penalty by the original penalty
and multiplying the result by the
number of
days ordered
to be served
in default of
payment of the penalty. (2)
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an
offender is imprisoned for failing to pay a penalty;
and (b) an
amount is
paid to
the chief executive
(corrective services)
in satisfaction or
part satisfaction of
the penalty; imprisonment the
offender is serving is reduced to the number of
whole days
worked out
by dividing the
balance of
the penalty by the original penalty and
multiplying the result by the number of days ordered to be
served in default of payment of the
penalty. (2A) For
subsections (1) and
(2), a
fraction of
a day is
to be disregarded. (3)
The
chief executive (corrective services)— (a)
must— (i)
accept payment
of all amounts
tendered under
subsection (2); and (ii)
pay
every amount tendered to the proper officer of the court;
and (b) must release the offender from custody
when the penalty is fully paid,
unless the
offender is
in custody for
another matter. 187
Disqualification from holding Queensland
driver licence (1) If— (a)
an offender is
convicted of
an offence in
connection with or arising
out of the operation, or the interference in any way with
the operation, of a motor vehicle by the offender;
and (b) the court by or before which the
offender is convicted is satisfied having regard to the nature
of the offence, or to the circumstances in which it was
committed, that the offender should,
in the interests
of justice, be
disqualified from
holding or
obtaining a
Queensland driver
licence; Current as at [Not applicable]
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in addition to any sentence that it may impose, order
that the
offender is,
from the
time of
the conviction, disqualified
absolutely, or for such period as is ordered by the
court, from holding or obtaining a
Queensland driver licence. (2) Subsection (1)
applies whether or not a conviction is recorded.
(3) The proper officer of the court must
send a copy of the order to the chief executive of the
department that administers the Transport
Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 .
188 Court may reopen sentencing
proceedings (1) If a court has in, or in connection
with, a criminal proceeding, including a
proceeding on appeal— (a) imposed
a sentence that
is not in
accordance with
the law; or (b)
failed to impose a sentence that the court
legally should have imposed; or (c)
imposed a sentence decided on a clear
factual error of substance; or (d)
failed to
fix a date
for the offender
to be released
on parole as required under part 9,
division 3; the court, whether or not differently
constituted, may reopen the proceeding. (2)
Also, if— (a)
a court has
in, or in
connection with,
a criminal proceeding
reduced a sentence because the offender has undertaken in
a written declaration to
cooperate with
law enforcement agencies
in a proceeding about
an offence, including a confiscation
proceeding; and (b) the offender,
without reasonable excuse,
does not
cooperate under the undertaking;
the
court, whether or not differently constituted, may reopen
the
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must
give the parties an opportunity to be heard; and
(b) may resentence the offender—
(i) for a
reopening under
subsection (1)(a)—to a
sentence in accordance with law; or
(ii) for
a reopening under
subsection (1)(b)—to a
sentence the court legally should have
imposed; or (iii) for
a reopening under
subsection (1)(c)—to a
sentence that takes into account the factual
error; or (iv) for
a reopening under
subsection (2)—to a
sentence under subsection (4); and
(c) may amend
any relevant conviction or
order to
the extent necessary
to take into
account the
sentence imposed under
paragraph (b). (4) On an application under subsection
(2)— (a) if the court is satisfied that the
offender has completely failed to
cooperate, the
court must
resentence the
offender having
regard to
the sentence that
would otherwise
have been
imposed if
an undertaking under
section 13A had not been given; or
(b) if the court is satisfied that the
offender has partly failed to cooperate, the
court may
substitute for
the reduced sentence
the sentence it
considers appropriate, not
greater than the sentence that would have
been imposed if the undertaking had not been
given. (5) The court may reopen the
proceeding— (a) on its own initiative at any time;
or (b) for a
reopening under
subsection (1)—on the
application of a party to the proceeding
made within— (i) 28 days after the day the sentence was
imposed; or (ii) any further time
the court may allow on application at any time;
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for a reopening
under subsection
(1)(d)—on the application of the chief executive
(corrective services); or (d)
for a reopening
under subsection
(2)—on the application of
the prosecution made
at any time,
whether or
not the appeal
period under
the Criminal Code, section
671(2) has expired. (6) Subject to subsection (7), this
section does not affect any right of
appeal. (7) For an appeal under any Act against a
sentence imposed under subsection (3) or (4), the time within
which the appeal must be made
starts from
the day the
sentence is
imposed under
subsection (3) or (4). (8)
This
section applies to a sentence imposed, or required to be
imposed, whether before or after the
commencement of this section. 189
Outstanding offences may be taken into
account in imposing sentence (1)
A
court that sentences an offender for an offence may proceed
under this section if— (a)
the
prosecution consents; and (b) it is satisfied
that— (i) there has been lodged in court a form
that includes, or has attached, a list of other offences,
that are not excluded offences,
that it
is alleged the
offender has committed
but of which the offender has not been convicted;
and (ii) a copy of the
form has been given to the offender; and
(iii) in all the
circumstances of the case it is proper to do so.
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(2) The court may take all or any of the
offences contained in the list mentioned
in subsection (1)(b)(i)
into account
if the offender—
(a) is represented by counsel or a
solicitor; and (b) pleads guilty to the offences;
and (c) asks that
they be
taken into
account by
the court in
imposing sentence for the offence of which
the person has been convicted. (3)
The
court must not impose a sentence that is more than the
maximum sentence
that may
be imposed for
the offence of
which the person has been convicted.
(4) The court
must certify
on the form
mentioned in
subsection (1)(b)(i) the
offences mentioned
in the list
that have
been taken
into account
in imposing sentence
on the offender.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), proceedings
or further proceedings for offences
contained in
the certification mentioned
in subsection (4) can not be taken
against the offender. (6) Proceedings or
further proceedings mentioned
in subsection (5) may be taken if the
court’s decision is quashed or set
aside. (7) If the court’s decision is quashed or
set aside, an admission of guilt for an offence made by the
offender for the purposes of this section is
not admissible in evidence— (a)
in
proceedings or further proceedings taken against the
offender; or (b)
in
proceedings or further proceedings for the offence if
the
offence was not taken into account under this section
in
imposing sentence. (8) Subject to section 35(4), an offence
taken into account under this section in imposing sentence on
an offender for another offence must
not, because
it was taken
into account,
be regarded for any purpose as an offence
of which the offender has been convicted.
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If, under this
section, an
offence is
taken into
account in
imposing sentence on an offender for another
offence, then, in criminal proceedings— (a)
if
reference may lawfully be made to the fact that the
person was
convicted of
the other offence—reference may also be made
to the fact that the first offence was taken into
account; and (b) if evidence may lawfully be given of
the fact that the offender was convicted of the other
offence—evidence may also be given of the fact that the first
offence was taken into account. (10)
The
fact that an offence was taken into account may be proved
in
the same way as the conviction for the offence in relation
to which it was taken into account may be
proved. (11) Subsection (8)
has effect despite subsection (9). (12)
In
this section— excluded offence means an offence
against section 123(1) if the community based order to which the
offence relates is a graffiti removal order.
190 Magistrates Court may release
offender (1) If a
Magistrates Court
convicts an
offender of
an offence relating
to property, it
may release the
offender without
imposing any
sentence if
the offender pays
to the person
entitled to the property the amount that the
court orders. (2) The amount mentioned in subsection
(1)— (a) is to be for damages assessed by the
court; and (b) may include costs. 191
Effect of order under s 190
(1) If an offender mentioned in section
190(1) pays the amount ordered by the court, the person
aggrieved can not take civil proceedings
against the offender for damages arising out of a
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of action that
gave rise
to the damages
mentioned in
section 190(2)(a). (2)
The
order made is taken to be a sentence for the purposes of—
(a) section 7 or 179C; and
(b) an Act that gives a right of appeal
from an order made by a Magistrates Court. 192
Magistrates Court to assess value of
property If a Magistrates Court imposes a penalty for
an offence on the basis of— (a)
the
value of property taken, killed or destroyed; or
(b) the amount of damage done to
property; the value or amount must be assessed in
money by the court. 193 Payment of value or amount assessed
under s 192 (1) If the value or amount mentioned in
section 192 is recovered, it must be paid— (a)
to
the person aggrieved; or (b) if
the person aggrieved
is unknown or
the property is
public property—to the
consolidated fund
or to the
relevant public authority, as the case may
be. (2) If a Magistrates Court under section
192 imposes a penalty on several offenders for a single
offence— (a) the person
aggrieved must
not be paid
more than
the value or amount assessed under section
192; and (b) any amount that is left after paying
the assessed value or amount to
the person aggrieved
must be
paid to
the consolidated fund. Current as at
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authorised —indicative
only 194 Restoration of
property (1) If an offender is convicted on
indictment on a charge of which the
unlawful obtaining
of property by
the offender is
an element, then, on the complaint
of— (a) the owner of property; or
(b) a person
who is legally
entitled to
possession of
the property; the court may
order the property to be restored to the owner or
person. (2)
The
order— (a) may be enforced as a judgment;
and (b) is binding
on the offender,
and any person
claiming through the
offender, as determining the ownership of the
property; but, as
regards any
other person,
has the effect
only of
changing the possession of the property, and
does not affect any right of property or right of
action. (3) In a case to which subsection (1)
applies, the court may order that any
personal property— (a) that is found in the offender’s
possession; and (b) that appears to the court to have been
obtained, directly or indirectly, from the unlawful obtaining
mentioned in subsection (1); be
delivered to
the person who
appears to
the court to
be entitled to the personal
property. (4) This section does not apply to a
valuable security if it appears that—
(a) the security has been paid or
discharged in good faith by a person liable
to make payment of the security; or (b)
if
the security is a negotiable instrument—the security
has been taken
or received by
transfer or
delivery in
good faith
by a person
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that the security had been unlawfully obtained.
(5) In subsection (4)— valuable
security includes any document that—
(a) is the property of any person;
and (b) is evidence of the ownership of any
property or of the right to recover or receive any
property. 195 Passport orders (1)
If
an offender is convicted of an offence and the court records
a
conviction, it may make 1 or more of the orders mentioned
in
subsection (2) in addition to any other order it may make
under this Act. (2)
An order made
under subsection
(1) may order that
the offender— (a)
must
remain in Australia or the State; or (b)
must
not apply for, or obtain, an Australian passport; or
(c) must surrender any passport held by
the offender. (3) An offender
who contravenes an
order under
subsection (1) commits an
offence. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(4) An order under subsection (1) stays in
force for the duration of the
sentence (whether
or not the
sentence is
one that involves, in
whole or part, a term of imprisonment). (5)
The
court may, by order, amend an order under subsection (1).
(6) If the court makes an order under
subsection (1) or (5), the proper officer of the court must, as
soon as practicable, give a copy
of the order
to the secretary
to the department of
the Commonwealth responsible for
matters arising
under the
Australian Passports
Act 2005 (Cwlth)
and the Foreign
Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act
2005 (Cwlth). Current as at
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If
an order under subsection (1) states that the offender must
surrender any passport held by the
offender— (a) the passport must be given to the
proper officer of the court; and (b)
the
proper officer must cause the passport to be kept in
such
custody as the proper officer considers appropriate
until— (i)
the
passport must be returned under subsection (8); or
(ii) the
authority that
issued the
passport requests
its return; whichever
happens first. (8) If the passport is still in the
custody of the proper officer of the court when the
order under subsection (1) finishes, the proper officer must
cause it to be returned to the offender. (9)
This
section does not affect any other powers of the court.
195A Failure to perform community service
in a satisfactory way (1) For
the purposes of
sections 66(1)(b), 103(1)(d)
and 114(1)(e), an
offender is
taken not
to perform community
service in a satisfactory way if the
offender— (a) reports to
perform community
service under
the influence of intoxicating liquor or a
dangerous drug; or (b) is under
the influence of
intoxicating liquor
or a dangerous
drug while
performing community
service; or
(c) unlawfully damages—
(i) anything supplied to the offender for
the purpose of performing community service; or
(ii) property
in relation to
which the
offender is
required to perform community
service. Page 286 Current as at
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Subsection (1) does not limit the
circumstances in which an offender does not perform community
service in a satisfactory way. (3)
In
this section— dangerous drug means a
dangerous drug within the meaning of the
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 .
195B Access to court files by
representative of community justice group in offender’s
community (1) This section applies if an offender is
an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
(2) A representative of
the community justice
group in
the offender’s community may inspect a
court file, or a document in a court file, or obtain a copy of
information from a court file or
document, that
may be relevant
to making a
submission about the
offender under section 9(2)(p). (3)
However, subsection (2) applies only if the
court directs that the information be
made available
or given to
the representative. (4)
The court may
make the
direction whether
or not the
representative has
made an
application to
the court for
the direction. (5)
In deciding whether
to direct that
information be
made available or
given to the representative, the court may have regard to the
following— (a) whether the representative would
otherwise have access to the information;
(b) whether the offender consents to the
information being made available or given to the
representative. (6) Subsection (5) does not limit the
matters to which the court may have regard. Current as at
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Confidentiality (1)
A
person who is a member of a community justice group must
not— (a)
record or use information the person, or
another person who is a member of the community justice
group, gains through performing a
function under
this Act,
or intentionally disclose
it to anyone,
other than
under subsection (2);
or (b) recklessly disclose the information to
anyone. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
A person who
is a member
of a community
justice group
may— (a)
record, use or disclose the information if
the recording, use or disclosure— (i)
is
done as part of making submissions to the court under section
9(2)(p); or (ii) is otherwise
required or permitted by law; or (b)
disclose the
information to
another member
of the community
justice group. (3) In this section— disclose
information to someone else means—
(a) orally disclose the information to the
other person; or (b) produce to
the other person,
or give the
other person
access to, a document containing the
information; or (c) disclose the information to the other
person in another way. 195D Protection from
liability (1) This section applies to a person
who— (a) is a
member of
the community justice
group in
an offender’s community; and
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(b) is responsible for the making of a
submission about the offender to a court under section
9(2)(p). (2) For subsection (1)(b), it does not
matter that the person did not personally make the submission to
the court. (3) The person is not civilly liable for
an act done, or an omission made,
honestly and
without negligence in
relation to
the making of the submission.
196 Regulation-making power
(1) The Governor
in Council may
make regulations under
this Act.
(2) A regulation may prescribe matters
relating to the recording of convictions for domestic violence
offences, or the making of entries
in criminal histories
about domestic
violence offences,
including, for example, the way in which, and time
within which, the records or entries are to
be made. 197 Forms The chief
executive may approve forms for use under this Act.
Part
12 Queensland Sentencing Advisory
Council Division 1 Establishment
and functions 198 Establishment The Queensland
Sentencing Advisory Council is established. 199
Functions of council (1)
The
functions of the council are— Current as at
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(a) if asked by the Court of Appeal, to
give the court the council’s views,
in writing, about
the giving or
reviewing of a guideline judgment;
and (b) if asked
by the Attorney-General, to
advise the
Attorney-General on matters relating to
sentencing; and (c) to give
information to
the community to
enhance knowledge
and understanding of
matters relating
to sentencing; and (d)
to
publish information about sentencing; and (e)
to research matters
about sentencing and
publish the
outcomes of the research; and
(f) to obtain
the community’s views
on sentencing and
matters about sentencing.
(2) To help in performing its functions,
the council may consult with, and ask for information from,
the judiciary, government departments and other entities.
Example of information that may be
requested— statistical information about crime held by
a government department (3) In this
section— publish includes
give information to
the judiciary, government
departments and other entities. 200
Powers of council The
council has
the power to
do anything necessary
or convenient to be done in the
performance of its functions. Division 2
Membership 201
Appointment of members (1)
The
council consists of not more than 12 members appointed
by the Governor
in Council, by
gazette notice,
on the recommendation
of the Attorney-General. Page 290 Current as at
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(2) At least
1 member of
the council must
be an Aboriginal person or Torres
Strait Islander. (3) In recommending a
person to
the Governor in
Council, the
Attorney-General must be satisfied the
person has expertise or experience relevant to the functions
of the council, including, for example, in relation to the
following— (a) victims of crime; (b)
justice matters relating to Aboriginal
people or Torres Strait Islanders; (c)
justice matters relating to domestic and
family violence; (d) vulnerable persons facing the criminal
justice system; Examples of vulnerable persons—
• persons who have a mental
illness • persons who have an intellectual or
other disability • persons who have a substance abuse
problem • homeless persons (e)
law
enforcement; (f) crime prevention; (g)
criminal prosecutions; (h)
criminal defence representation;
(i) civil liberties; (j)
corrective services, including offender
rehabilitation; (k) juvenile justice matters;
(l) criminal justice policy;
(m) criminal law, including
sentencing; (n) criminology. (4)
In
this section— corrective services
see the Corrective Services
Act 2006 ,
schedule 4. Current as at
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202 Chairperson and deputy
chairperson (1) The Governor in Council may, on the
recommendation of the Attorney-General, appoint—
(a) a member
of the council
to be the
chairperson of
the council; and (b)
another member
of the council
to be the
deputy chairperson of
the council. (2) A member
may be appointed
as the chairperson or
deputy chairperson at
the same time
the person is
appointed as
a member. (3)
The chairperson or
deputy chairperson holds
office for
the term, ending not later than the
person’s term of appointment as
a member, stated
in the person’s
appointment as
chairperson or deputy chairperson.
(4) The deputy chairperson must act as
chairperson— (a) during a vacancy in the office of
chairperson; and (b) during all periods when the
chairperson is absent from duty or for another reason can not
perform the duties of the office. 203
Term
of appointment (1) A member of the council holds office
for the term, not longer than 3
years, stated
in the member’s
instrument of
appointment. (2)
Subsection (1)
does not
prevent a
member from
being reappointed. 203A
Conditions of appointment
(1) A member
is entitled to
be paid the
remuneration and
allowances decided by the Governor in
Council. (2) A member holds office on the terms,
not provided for by this Act, decided by the Governor in
Council. Page 292 Current as at
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(3) The members are appointed under this
Act and not the Public Service Act
2008 . 203B Vacancy in
office (1) A member’s office becomes vacant
if— (a) the member resigns office by signed
notice given to the Attorney-General; or (b)
the member’s appointment is
terminated by
the Governor in Council under subsection
(3). (2) A notice given by a member under
subsection (1)(a)— (a) must— (i)
state the day the member’s resignation takes
effect; and (ii) be given to the
Attorney-General at least 30 days before the
stated day; and (b) takes effect
on the stated
day or another
day agreed between the
member and the Attorney-General. (3)
The
Governor in Council may terminate the appointment of a
member if
the Attorney-General recommends that
the member’s appointment be
terminated. (4) The Attorney-General may
recommend that
a member’s appointment be
terminated only if satisfied that the member— (a)
is
incapable of performing the member’s duties; or (b)
has
been convicted, including by summary conviction,
of
an indictable offence; or (c) has
neglected the
member’s duties
or performed them
incompetently or inefficiently.
203C Council decision not invalidated by
defect in appointment or vacancy A decision of
the council is not invalidated by— Current as at
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
12 Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council [s 203D]
(a) a defect or irregularity in the
appointment of a member of the
council, including
in the appointment of
the chairperson or deputy chairperson;
or (b) a vacancy in the membership of the
council. Not authorised —indicative
only Division 3 Proceedings 203D
Conduct of business Subject to this
division, the council may conduct its business, including its
meetings, in the way it considers appropriate. 203E
Quorum A quorum for a
meeting of the council is a majority of the council’s
members for the time being. 203F Presiding at
meetings (1) The chairperson presides
at all meetings
of the council
at which the chairperson is
present. (2) If the
chairperson is
absent from
a meeting, the
deputy chairperson
presides. (3) If neither the chairperson nor deputy
chairperson is present at a meeting, a member of the council
chosen by the members present is to preside.
203G Conduct of meetings
(1) A question at a council meeting is
decided by a majority of the votes of the
members present at the meeting. (2)
Each
member present at a meeting has a vote on each question
to
be decided. (3) If there
is an equality
of votes at
a meeting, the
member presiding at the
meeting also has a casting vote. Page 294
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Part
12 Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council [s 203H]
(4) A member present at a meeting may
abstain from voting. (5) A
meeting may
be held using
any technology allowing
reasonably contemporaneous and continuous
communication between members. Example of use
of technology— teleconferencing (6)
A
member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (5) is
taken to be present at the meeting.
203H Minutes The council must
keep minutes of its meetings. Division 4
Other matters 203I
Council may engage persons to help in
performing functions (1)
The
council may, with the chief executive’s approval, engage
persons with suitable qualifications and
experience to help the council in performing its
functions. (2) The engagement may
be in an
honorary capacity
or for remuneration. 203J
Reports (1)
The council must
give the
Attorney-General a
written report—
(a) each financial year, by the date
requested in writing by the Attorney-General; and
(b) otherwise, as
requested in
writing by
the Attorney-General. (2)
A
report under subsection (1)(a)— (a)
must
include information about— Current as at [Not applicable]
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295
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
13 Miscellaneous [s 204] (i)
performance of
the council’s functions, in
particular about the provision of
information to the community to
enhance knowledge
and understanding of matters about
sentencing; and (ii) the
work to
be carried out
by the council
in the future in
performing the council’s functions; and (b)
must be
tabled in
the Legislative Assembly
by the Attorney-General within
14 sitting days
after the
Attorney-General receives the report.
Part
13 Miscellaneous 204
General transitional provisions
(1) This Act
applies to
any sentence imposed
after the
commencement of
this section,
irrespective of
when the
offence was committed. (2)
However, this Act (the original
Act ) as in force immediately
before the
commencement of
the Penalties and
Sentences Legislation Amendment
Act 1993 (the
amending Act
) continues to
apply to
sentences imposed
after the
commencement of
the original Act
and before the
commencement of the amending Act.
(3) An offender
in relation to
whom a
sentence is
in force immediately before
the commencement of
this section
continues to be subject to the requirements
of the sentence in all respects as if this Act had not been
enacted. (4) A sentence mentioned in subsection (3)
may be amended, and any failure to comply with it may be dealt
with, under this Act as it if were a sentence imposed after
the commencement of this section. (6)
For the purposes
of this section,
a sentence imposed
by an appeal
court after
the commencement of
this section,
on setting aside
a sentencing order
made before
the commencement, is taken to have been
imposed at the time the original sentencing order was
made. Page 296 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 205] (7)
If
an offender fails to comply with a requirement of a sentence
mentioned in
subsection (3) that
is not amended
under subsection (4),
the failure may be dealt with under this Act as if
the sentence were
a sentence imposed
after the
commencement of this section.
Not authorised —indicative only
205 Penalty Units Act 1985
references In an Act or document, a reference to
the Penalty Units Act 1985
may,
if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to
this
Act. Part 14 Transitional
provisions Division 1 Transitional
provisions before Criminal Law Amendment Act 2012
206 Transitional provisions for Penalties
and Sentences (Serious Violent Offences) Amendment Act
1997 (1) Section 157(7)(b) applies
to a recommendation made
under section 157 even
if the recommendation was made before the commencement of
section 157(7). (2) For subsection
161C(2)(b), sentences of
imprisonment imposed
on the offender
for offences mentioned
in section 161C(1)(c) or (d) must be
taken into account even if the sentences were imposed before the
commencement of part 9A. 207
Transitional provisions for State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999 (1)
This
section applies if, on the commencement of this section,
an
offender or surety has not paid an amount under an order
under the
Crown Proceedings Act
1980 ,
section 13 (the
repealed law ).
Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
297
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 208] (2)
Despite the
repeal of
the repealed law,
the following provisions have
effect— (a) the order continues to have effect as
if it were an order made under section 33A of this Act;
(b) any amount that has not been paid
under the order under the repealed law continues to be
payable until it is paid or otherwise satisfied;
(c) despite the repeal of the
Crown Proceedings Act 1980
, section 15, an
application may
be made under
section 33B as
if the order
forfeiting the
recognisance were an order
under section 33A; (d) any warrant that has not been enforced
may be enforced according to its terms as if the repealed
law had not been repealed; (e)
any proceeding commenced
before the
repeal for
an order under the repealed law may be
continued as if it were a proceeding for an order under section
33A. 208 Transitional provisions for Criminal
Law Amendment Act 2000 (1)
The
definition of violent offence
in
section 162 applies as if the reference in the definition to the
provision of the Criminal Code mentioned
in column 1
included a
reference to
the provision of the Criminal Code
mentioned in column 2 as in force at any
time before the commencement of this section. Column 1
Column 2 215
215 349 347
352 337 (2)
The Criminal Code
items in
the schedule (Serious
violent offences) apply
as if the reference in the item mentioned in column 1 to the
provision of the Criminal Code mentioned in column 2
included a reference to the provision of the Criminal
Page
298 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 209] Code mentioned
in column 3 as in force at any time before the commencement of
this section. Column 1 9
35 36 37
38 39 Column 2
215 349 350
351 352 354
Column 3 215
347 349 336
337 351 or 354 209
Transitional provision for Penalties and
Sentences (Non-contact Orders) Amendment Act
2001 Part 3A
applies only
to an offence
committed after
the commencement of this section.
210 Transitional provisions for Criminal
Law Amendment Act 2002 (1)
For
applying section 92(1)(b)(i) for the purpose of making or
amending a probation order under part 5,
division 1 in relation to an
offence, it
does not
matter whether
the offence was
committed before or after the commencement
of this section. (2) For applying
section 147(1)(a), it
does not
matter when
the order mentioned in section 146(1)(a)
or (b) was made under section 144. (3)
Section 171(1)(a), as
in force immediately before
the commencement of
the Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2002 ,
section 64, continues
to apply in
relation to
an indefinite sentence that
was imposed in relation to an offence committed before the
commencement. Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
299
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 211] 211
Transitional provision for the Sexual
Offences (Protection of Children) Amendment Act 2003
Section 9 as amended by the
Sexual Offences
(Protection of
Children) Amendment
Act 2003 ,
section 28, applies
to the sentencing of an
offender whether the offence or conviction happened before
or after the commencement of that section. 212
Transitional provisions for the 2004
amendments— approved forms and serious violent
offences (1) A form approved by the chief executive
(corrective services) for a purpose under this Act, and in
force immediately before section 4 was
amended by
the 2004 Amendment
Act, continues as the
approved form for the purpose under this Act after the
amendment. (2) The amendment of section 161 by the
2004 Amendment Act applies in
relation to
a declaration to
be made under
section 161(3)(c) or
(3B)(c) after
the commencement of
the amendment— (a)
whether the offences were committed before
or after the commencement of the amendment; and
(b) whether the
offender was
convicted of
the offences before or after
the commencement of the amendment. (3)
The
amendment of the schedule by the 2004 Amendment Act
applies for the purposes of sections 161A to
161C— (a) whether the offences were committed
before or after the commencement of the amendment; and
(b) whether the
offender was
convicted of
the offences before or after
the commencement of the amendment. (4)
In
this section— 2004 Amendment
Act means the
Justice and
Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2004 . Page 300 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 213] Not
authorised —indicative only
213 Transitional provision for s 157
(Eligibility for post-prison community based
release) (1) The date recommended under former
section 157 as the date that an offender be eligible for
post-prison community based release
is, after the
commencement, taken
to be the
parole eligibility date
fixed for the offender under part 9, division 3.
(2) However, if— (a)
there is
more than
1 recommendation in
force immediately
before the commencement; and (b)
the
recommendations recommend different dates as the
date
the offender is eligible for post-prison community
based release; the date that is
latest in time is taken to be the parole eligibility
date
fixed for the offender under part 9, division 3.
Example— Recommendation A
was made on 1 August 2005 and recommends that the offender be
eligible for post-prison community based release on 1
January 2007. Recommendation B
was made on 1 March 2005 and recommends that the offender be
eligible for post-prison community based release on 1
July
2007. The date taken to be the current parole
eligibility date fixed for the offender under
part 9, division 3 is 1 July 2007. (3)
The
date that a period recommended under former section 157
as the non-release period
for an offender
ends is,
after the
commencement, taken to be a parole
eligibility date fixed for the offender under part 9, division
3. (4) However, if— (a)
there is
more than
1 recommendation in
force immediately
before the commencement; and (b)
the
recommendations recommend different non-release periods for the
offender; the date of the last non-release period to
end is taken to be the parole eligibility date
fixed for
the offender under
part 9,
division 3. Current as at
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 214] Example—
Recommendation A was made on 1 August 2005
and recommends that the offender’s non-parole period ends on 1
January 2007. Recommendation B was made on 1 March 2005
and recommends that the offender’s non-parole period ends on 1
July 2007. The date taken to be the current parole
eligibility date fixed for the offender under
part 9, division 3 is 1 July 2007. (5)
In
this section— commencement means the
commencement of this section. former section
157 means section 157 as in force before
the commencement. recommendation means a
recommendation made by a court under former
section 157 before the commencement that is in force.
214 Transitional provision for pt 9, div
3 Part 9, division 3 applies in relation to an
offence for which a court imposes
a term of
imprisonment after
the commencement of
this section
whether the
offence or
the finding of guilt for the offence
happened before or after the commencement. 215
Transitional provision for State Penalties
Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2007 (1) This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement of this section—
(a) a probation
order was
subject to
requirements under
section 94(1)(c), (d) or (e); or
(b) a community service order was subject
to requirements under section 104; or (c)
an intensive correction order
was subject to
requirements under section 115(1)(c), (d) or
(e). (2) On the
commencement, the
probation order,
community service
order or
intensive correction order
continues to
be Page 302 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 216] subject to the
requirements as if the amendment Act had not commenced. 216
Transitional provision for Criminal Code and
Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 (1)
The definition offence
of a sexual
nature in
section 15E(4) applies as if
the reference to the Criminal Code, section 208 included a
reference to the Criminal Code, section 209 as in
force at any time before its repeal by
the Criminal Code and Other Acts
Amendment Act 2008 . (2) The
Criminal Code
items in
the schedule apply
as if the
reference in the item mentioned in column 1
to the provision of the Criminal
Code mentioned
in column 2
included a
reference to the provision of the Criminal
Code mentioned in column 3 as in force at any time before the
commencement of this section. Column 1
2 5 23
Column 2 61
208 319 Column 3
63 209 319A
217 Transitional provision for Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2010 (1) Section 9(7B) and
amended part
10, other than
new sections 172D and 174 to 174C, apply
to the sentencing of an offender and to a review under that
part no matter when the relevant offence happened or
happens. (2) However, section 9(7B) and amended
part 10, other than new sections 172D and 174 to 174C, only
apply if the conviction for the
offence took
place after
the date of
assent of
the amending Act. (3)
New
sections 172D and 174 to 174C apply to an offender on
whom
a finite sentence has been imposed no matter when the
Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
303
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 218] relevant offence
or conviction happened or happens, or when the finite
sentence was made. (4) Subsections (1) and (3) apply despite
the Acts Interpretation Act 1954
,
section 20C. (5) In this section— amended
part 10
means part
10 as amended
under the
amending Act. amending
Act means the
Dangerous Prisoners
(Sexual Offenders) and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 .
new
sections 172D and 174 to 174C means those
numbered sections of the post-amended Act, as
affected by any relevant definitions under the post-amended
Act. post-amended Act
means this
Act as amended
by the amending
Act. 218 Transitional provision for Civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act
2010 On the commencement of
this section,
section 152A, as
amended by the Civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation
Amendment Act 2010 , has effect in relation to
a proceeding, regardless of
when the
proceeding was
commenced. 219
Transitional provision for the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010
This Act
as amended by
the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2010 , part 25 applies to a sentence
imposed after the commencement of part 25, whether
the offence was committed before or after the commencement
of part 25. 220 Transitional provision for Liquor and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (1)
Part 3B,
as inserted by
the Liquor and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2010 ,
section 55 applies
in relation to
an Page 304 Current as at
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 221] offence only if
the offender was convicted for the offence after
the
commencement of this section. (2)
For
subsection (1), it is irrelevant whether the act or omission
constituting the
offence happened
before or
after the
commencement. Division 2
Transitional provisions for Criminal
Law
Amendment Act 2012 221 Transitional provision for s
171 (1) For section 171(2)(a)(i) as inserted
by the amendment Act, the period of
time an
offender must
have served
before the
offender’s indefinite sentence must be
reviewed for the first time continues to be 20 years
if— (a) the Criminal
Code, section
305(2) as amended by
the amendment Act does not apply on
sentence; but (b) that section
as it existed
before the
commencement applies on
sentence. (2) Section 171(2)(a)(iii), as inserted by
the amendment Act, only applies to an offender who is serving
an indefinite sentence for an offence of murder committed
after the commencement. (3) In this
section— amendment Act
means the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2012 .
commencement means the
commencement of the amendment Act, section
16. Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
305
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 223] Division 3
Transitional provision for Criminal
Law
(Two Strike Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2012
Not authorised —indicative
only 223 Transitional
provision for s 161E (1) For
applying section
161E, it does not
matter whether
the previous offence
was committed, or
the offender was
convicted of
the previous offence,
before or
after the
commencement. (2)
For
a previous offence mentioned in subsection (1) as having
been committed
before the
commencement, a
reference in
schedule 1A to the provision to which the
offence relates is taken to be a reference to the provision as
in force at any time before the commencement.
(3) This section applies despite
the Acts Interpretation Act 1954
, section 20C(3) and the Criminal Code,
section 11. (4) In this section— commencement means the
commencement of this section. previous
offence ,
for applying section
161E, means an
offence mentioned in section
161E(1)(b). Division 4 Transitional
provisions for Penalties and Sentences and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2012
224 Retrospective application of s 179C in
particular circumstances (1)
Section 179C applies in relation to an
offence for which the offender is
sentenced after
the commencement, even
if the offence was
committed, or the offender was charged with or convicted of the
offence, before the commencement. (2)
In
this section— Page 306 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 226] commencement means the
commencement of section 179C. sentenced
does not
include resentenced as
defined under
section 179D. Not
authorised —indicative only
Division 5 Transitional
provision for Criminal Proceeds Confiscation
(Unexplained Wealth and Serious
Drug
Offender Confiscation Order) Amendment Act
2013 226 Retrospective application of pt 9C in
particular circumstances (1)
Part 9C
applies in
relation to
a serious drug
offence if
the offender is
charged with
the offence on
or after the
commencement, regardless of
whether the
offence was
committed before or after the
commencement. (2) In this section— commencement means the
commencement of this section. Division 6
Transitional provisions for expiry of
Drug
Court Act 2000 227 Definitions for div 6
In
this division— Drug Court Act means the
Drug
Court Act 2000 as in force before its
expiry. intensive drug
rehabilitation order
means an
order made
under the Drug Court Act, section 19.
228 Application of div 6
This
division applies from 1 July 2013. Current as at
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 229] 229
Continuation of warrants (1)
This
section applies to a warrant issued under the Drug Court
Act,
section 40, for an offender before 30 June 2013—
(a) but not enforced; or
(b) enforced but not returned before a
drug court magistrate before that day. (2)
The
warrant is taken to be a warrant— (a)
issued by a magistrate; and
(b) that authorises any police officer to
arrest the offender and bring the offender before a
magistrate. 230 Dealing with offences after
enforcement of warrant (1) This section
applies if— (a) an offender
is arrested on
a warrant mentioned
in section 229; and (b)
the
offender is brought before a magistrate. (2)
The
magistrate must— (a) order that the record of the
conviction for the offence be revoked;
and Note— For the effect
of not recording a conviction, see section 12. (b)
vacate the offender’s intensive drug
rehabilitation order; and (c)
deal
with the offender according to law. (3)
Also, the
magistrate must,
under the
Justices Act
1886 ,
section 113, commit
the offender to
the District Court
for sentence if— (a)
the offence, in
relation to
which the
intensive drug
rehabilitation order
for the offender
was made, is
a prescribed drug offence under the Drug
Court Act; or Page 308 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 231] (b)
the magistrate is
satisfied, under
the Criminal Code,
section 552D, the
offender, if
dealt with
under subsection
(2)(c), may not be
adequately punished
on summary conviction.
Note— For
the maximum penalty
for indictable offences
dealt with
summarily, see the Criminal Code, section
552H. (4) Subsection (3) applies
even though
the magistrate has
not addressed the
defendant as
required under
the Justices Act
1886 , section
104(2). (5) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that— (a) the Bail Act
1980 applies to the offender; and
(b) the offender has pleaded guilty to the
offence under the Drug Court Act, section 19(c).
231 Sentencing an offender after
enforcement of warrant (1) This section
applies if a magistrate sentences an offender to
whom
section 230 applies. (2) In sentencing
the offender, the magistrate must have regard to
the
initial sentence contained in the offender’s intensive drug
rehabilitation order. (3)
To remove any
doubt, it
is declared that,
in applying section
159A to a sentence
for a term
of imprisonment imposed
on an offender
under this
section, time
spent in
custody under
the Drug Court
Act, other
than under
section 32(1)(f) of
that Act,
is taken to
be imprisonment already served
under the sentence. Current as at [Not applicable]
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309
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 232] Division 7
Transitional provision for Justice
and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013
Not authorised —indicative
only 232 Transitional
provision for sch 1 Schedule 1, as amended by the
Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2013 , is taken to
have had effect on and from 13 August
2013. Division 8 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations
Disruption) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2013 233
Application of amended s 15A
Section 15A, as
amended by
the Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations
Disruption) and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2013 ,
applies to
the sentencing of
an offender for
an offence whether
the proceeding for
the offence was
started before, on or
after the commencement of this section. Division 9
Transitional provision for Youth
Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2014 234
Sentencing guidelines This Act applies
to the sentencing of an offender convicted after the
commencement of this section even if 1 or both of
the
following happened before the commencement— (a)
the commission of
the offence the
subject of
the conviction; (b)
the
start of the proceeding for the offence. Page 310
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Sentences Act 1992 Part 14 Transitional provisions
[s
235] Transitional provisions for Criminal
Law
Amendment Act 2014 Not authorised —indicative only
235 Application of s 13B
(1) Section 13B applies
to the sentencing of
an offender for
an offence on or after the commencement,
even if— (a) the proceeding for
the offence was
started before
the commencement; or (b)
some or
all of the
offender’s cooperation with
a law enforcement agency
occurred before
the commencement. (2)
In
this section— commencement means the
commencement of section 13B. Division
11 Transitional provisions for Safe
Night Out Legislation Amendment
Act
2014 236 Sentencing guidelines
Section 9(9A) applies to the sentencing of
an offender if the offender is convicted of the offence after
the commencement of this section,
even if
the offence was
committed, or
the offender was
charged with
the offence, before
the commencement of this section.
237 Banning orders A
court may
make a
banning order
under section
43I, as amended by the Safe
Night Out
Legislation Amendment
Act 2014 ,
if the offender
is convicted of
the offence after
the commencement of
this section,
even if
the offence was
committed, or
the offender was
charged with
the offence, before the
commencement of this section. Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 311
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 238] 238
Community service orders required under s
108B Section 108B does not apply to an offence
committed before the commencement of that section.
Division 12 Transitional
provision for Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence
Legislation Amendment Act 2016
239 Imposition of DAAR condition
(1) Section 19(2B), as inserted by the
amending Act, applies to an order made under
section 19(1)(b) in relation to an offender on or after the
commencement. (2) For subsection (1), it is irrelevant
whether the act or omission constituting the
offence for which the order is made happened, or the
proceeding for the offence was started, before or after
the
commencement. (3) In this section— amending
Act means the Tackling
Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2016
. Division 13 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law (Domestic Violence)
Amendment Act 2016 240
Sentencing submissions The
amendments made
to section 15
by the Criminal
Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act
2016 apply in relation to sentencing an
offender even
if the offence
or conviction happened before
the commencement. Page 312 Current as at
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Division 14 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 14 Transitional provisions
[s
241] Transitional provision for Youth
Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016
241 Sentencing guidelines
Section 9,
as amended by
the Youth Justice
and Other Legislation Amendment
Act (No. 1)
2016 ,
applies to
the sentencing of
an offender after
the commencement whether
the offence or
conviction happened
before or
after the
commencement. Division
15 Transitional provision for Health
and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016
242 Offence of a sexual nature
taken
to include references to Criminal Code, ss 208 and 209
The definition offence
of a sexual
nature in
section 15E(4)
applies as if the reference to the Criminal
Code, section 215 included a reference to— (a)
the
Criminal Code, section 208 as in force at any time
before its
repeal by
the Health and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2016 ; and (b)
the
Criminal Code, section 209 as in force at any time
before its repeal by the Criminal Code
and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 .
Current as at [Not applicable]
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313
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 243] Division
16 Transitional provisions for Serious
and
Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act
2016 Subdivision 1 Transitional
provisions for repeal of Vicious Lawless Association
Disestablishment Act 2013
243 Definitions for subdivision
In
this subdivision— commencement means the
commencement of the Serious and Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act 2016 , part
35. repealed VLAD Act means the
Vicious Lawless
Association Disestablishment Act
2013 repealed
by the Serious
and Organised Crime Legislation Amendment
Act 2016 , part 35. 244
Application of subdivision
This subdivision applies
if a court
has in, or
in connection with,
a criminal proceeding, including, for
example, a
proceeding on appeal, sentenced a person as
a vicious lawless associate for
a declared offence
under the
repealed VLAD
Act,
section 7. 245 Application to Supreme Court to reopen
sentencing proceedings (1)
The person may
apply to
the Supreme Court
to reopen the
proceeding to
the extent the
court imposed
on the person
either or both of the following—
(a) a further
sentence of
15 years imprisonment served
wholly in
a corrective services
facility under
the repealed VLAD Act, section
7(1)(b); Page 314 Current as at
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 246] (b)
a further sentence
of 10 years
imprisonment served
wholly in
a corrective services
facility under
the repealed VLAD Act, section
7(1)(c). (2) The application must
be made within
3 months after
the commencement. (3)
The
court may, at any time, extend the period mentioned in
subsection (2). (4)
The
court must give a copy of the application to the director of
public prosecutions. (5)
Within 10 business days after the making of
the application, the court must give directions to enable the
application to be heard. 246
Supreme Court may reopen sentencing
proceedings (1) On the
hearing of
an application under
section 245,
the Supreme Court
may reopen the
proceeding to
the extent mentioned in
section 245(1). (2) The Supreme
Court may
also, at
any time, reopen
the proceeding to the extent mentioned in
section 245(1) if a court reopens the proceeding under section
188. (3) If the Supreme Court reopens the
proceeding under subsection (1) or (2), the
court must— (a) give the parties an opportunity to be
heard; and (b) if the person was sentenced under the
repealed VLAD Act, section
7(1)(a) to
a sentence other
than life
imprisonment or an indefinite
sentence—resentence the person to a further sentence as if the
law applicable to the further sentence were the law mentioned
in section 161R(2)(b); and (c)
if
the person was sentenced under the repealed VLAD
Act,
section 7(1)(a) to life imprisonment or an indefinite
sentence—resentence the person to a further
sentence as if the law
applicable to
the further sentence
were the
Corrective Services Act 2006
. Current as at [Not applicable]
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315
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Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 247] (4)
The
court may have regard to— (a) relevant
material admitted
before the
court during
the previous trial and sentence of the
person; and (b) any other material relevant to the
further sentence. (5) If the previous sentencing court
reduced, under section 13A, the further
sentence imposed under the repealed VLAD Act, section
7(1)(b) or
(c), the
court must
have regard
to the material placed
on the court file under section 13A(7)(c). (6)
Subsection (5) does not— (a)
affect an
order prohibiting publication that
has been made in relation
to the material under section 13A(8); or (b)
limit the reopening of a proceeding under
section 188. (7) Also, if
the Supreme Court
reopens the
proceeding under
subsection (2),
and the court
that reopened
the proceeding under section
188 was a court other than the Supreme Court, the Supreme
Court may remit the resentencing of the person under subsection
(3)(b) or (c) to the other court. (8)
In
this section— indefinite sentence
means an indefinite sentence under
part 10. 247 Appeals
If a
further sentence is imposed under section 246, the person,
and the Attorney-General, have
the same rights
to appeal against the
further sentence as if it were the further sentence
originally imposed on the person.
248 No cause of action No
cause of
action may
be started or
continued against
the State in
relation to
any period of
imprisonment the
person may
have actually
served that
is more than
the period of
imprisonment the
person would
have served
if originally sentenced to the
further sentence imposed under section 246. Page 316
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Subdivision 2 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 14 Transitional provisions
[s
249] Other transitional provisions
249 Making of control order for offender
convicted of committing indictable offence before
commencement Section 161W
applies to
the sentencing of
an offender convicted
of an indictable offence
after the
commencement whether
the offence was
committed before
or after the
commencement. 250
Application of amended s 187
Section 187, as amended by the
Serious and Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act 2016
,
applies to the sentencing of an offender for
an offence after the commencement whether the proceeding
for the offence was started before or after the commencement. 251
Application of s 161Q to particular
prescribed offences (1) This section applies if—
(a) an offender is convicted of an offence
against— (i) the Criminal Code, section 218B, 229B
or 229HB; or (ii) the
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section 5 or
9D; or (iii) the
Weapons Act 1990 , section 65;
and (b) the offence is committed partly, but
not wholly, after the commencement. (2)
Section 161Q applies in relation to the
offence only if, at a time after the commencement, the
offender— (a) was a participant in a criminal
organisation; and (b) knew, or
ought reasonably to
have known,
a matter mentioned in
section 161Q(1)(b). Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
317
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Part
14 Transitional provisions [s 252] Division
17 Transitional provision for Criminal
Law
Amendment Act 2017 252 Warrant for arrest of offender failing
to enter into recognisance under order made before
commencement Part 3, division 3AA applies in relation to
an original order whether the
order was
made before
or after the
commencement. Division
18 Transitional provision for Victims of
Crime Assistance and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2017
253 Victim impact statements
(1) Part 10B
applies to
the sentencing of
an offender after
the commencement whether the offence or
conviction happened before or after the commencement.
(2) A victim impact statement given under
the Victims of Crime Assistance Act
2009 ,
repealed section
15(5) before
the commencement, including a statement
given electronically, is taken to have been given under section
179L. (3) In this section— repealed section
15(5) , of the Victims of Crime
Assistance Act 2009 , means section
15(5) of that Act as it was in force from time
to time before
its repeal by
the Victims of
Crime Assistance and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 .
Page
318 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 19 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Part 14 Transitional provisions
[s
254] Transitional provision for Liquor
and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017
254 Banning orders A court may make
a banning order under section 43J if the offender
is convicted of
an offence mentioned
in section 43J(1)(a)(i) or
(ii) after
the commencement, even
if the offence was
committed, or the offender was charged with the offence, before
the commencement. Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
319
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1 Schedule 1
Serious violent offences Not
authorised —indicative
only sections 156A(1)(a), 161A(a),
161B(3)(a) and 161C(1)(c) and (d) Criminal
Code 2 section 61 (Riot) 3
section 75 (Threatening violence)
4 section 142 (Escape by persons in
lawful custody) 7 section 210 (Indecent treatment of
children under 16) 8 section 213 (Owner
etc. permitting abuse
of children on
premises) 9
section 215 (Carnal knowledge with or of
children under 16) 10 section 216 (Abuse
of persons with
an impairment of
the mind) 11
section 217 (Procuring young
person etc.
for carnal knowledge) 12
section 218 (Procuring sexual acts by
coercion etc.) 12A section 219 (Taking child for immoral
purposes) 13 section 222 (Incest)
14 section 229B (Maintaining a sexual
relationship with a child) 14A section
229G(1) (Procuring engagement in
prostitution), if
section 229G(2) applies 14B
section 236(2) (Misconduct with regard to
corpses) 15 sections 303 (Definition of
manslaughter )
and 310 (Punishment of
manslaughter) 16 section 306 (Attempt to murder)
16A section 309 (Conspiring to
murder) 17 section 313 (Killing unborn
child) Page 320 Current as at
[Not applicable]
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1 Not
authorised —indicative only
18 section 315 (Disabling in order to
commit indictable offence) 19 section
316 (Stupefying in
order to
commit indictable offence)
20 section 317 (Acts intended to cause
grievous bodily harm and other malicious acts)
21 section 317A(1) (Carrying
or sending dangerous
goods in
a vehicle) 22
section 318 (Obstructing rescue
or escape from
unsafe premises)
23 section 319 (Endangering the safety of
a person in a vehicle with intent) 25
section 320 (Grievous bodily harm)
26 section 320A (Torture)
27 section 321 (Attempting to
injure by
explosive or
noxious substances) 28
section 321A (Bomb hoaxes)
29 section 322 (Administering poison with
intent to harm) 30 section 323 (Wounding)
31 section 326 (Endangering life of
children by exposure) 32 section 328A
(Dangerous operation of a vehicle) 33
section 339 (Assaults occasioning bodily
harm) 34 section 340 (Serious assaults)
35 section 349 (Rape) 36
section 350 (Attempt to commit rape)
37 section 351 (Assault with intent to
commit rape) 38 section 352 (Sexual assaults)
39 section 354 (Kidnapping)
40 section 354A (Kidnapping for
ransom) 40A section 364 (Cruelty to children under
16) 41 section 411(1) (Punishment of
robbery) Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
321
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1 42
section 411(2) (Punishment of
robbery) 43 section 412 (Attempted robbery)
43A section 417A (Taking control of
aircraft) 44 section 419(1) (Burglary), if
section 419(3)(b)(i) or
(ii) applies
Criminal Code (Provisions repealed by
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997) 1
section 208 (Unlawful anal
intercourse) 2 section 221 (Conspiracy to
defile) 3 section 222 (Incest by man)
4 section 223 (Incest by adult
female) 5 section 318 (Preventing escape from
wreck) Criminal Code (Provision repealed by
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2016) 1 section 208 (Unlawful sodomy)
Corrective Services Act 2006
1 section 122(2) (Unlawful assembly,
riot and mutiny) 2 section 124(a) (Other offences)
Page
322 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1 Corrective
Services Act 2000 (Provisions repealed by
Corrective Services Act 2006) 1
section 92(2) (Unlawful assembly, riot and
mutiny) 2 section 94(a) (Other offences)
Drugs
Misuse Act 1986 1 section 5 (Trafficking in dangerous
drugs), if the offender is sentenced for the offence on or after
the commencement of the Serious and Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act 2016 ,
section 164,
whether the
offence or
conviction happened before
or after that commencement 2 section 6
(Supplying dangerous drugs), if the offence is one of
aggravated supply as mentioned in that
section 3 section 8 (Producing dangerous
drugs), if
the circumstances mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b) of the penalty apply Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 323
Not authorised —indicative
only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1A Schedule
1A Serious child sex offences
section 161D Criminal
Code Section 213
215 219 222
229B 349 352
Section heading or description of
offence Owner etc. permitting abuse of children on
premises Carnal knowledge with or of children under
16 Taking child for immoral purposes
Incest Maintaining a
sexual relationship with a child Rape
Sexual assaults Criminal Code
(Provisions repealed by Criminal Law Amendment Act
1997) Section 208
222 Section heading Unlawful anal
intercourse Incest by man Page 324
Current as at [Not applicable]
Not authorised —indicative only
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1A Criminal Code
(Provisions amended, renumbered or repealed by Criminal
Law Amendment Act 2000) Section
215 337 347
Section heading Carnal knowledge
of girls under 16 Sexual assaults Rape
Criminal Code (Provision repealed by
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2016) Section 208
Section heading Unlawful
sodomy Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
325
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only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1B Schedule
1B Serious drug offences section
161F Drugs Misuse Act 1986 Part 1
Category A offences Column 1
Section 5
Part
2 Column 2 Section
heading Trafficking in dangerous drugs
Category B offences Column 1
Section 6(1)
7 8 Page 326
Column 2 Column 3
Section heading Relevant
circumstance Supplying dangerous drugs
The
quantity of the dangerous drug is of or exceeds the
quantity specified in the Drugs
Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3
in respect of that drug. Receiving
or possessing property obtained
from trafficking or supplying
Producing dangerous The
circumstances mentioned in drugs paragraph (a),
(b), (c) or (d) of the penalty apply. Current as at
[Not applicable]
Not authorised —indicative only
Column 1 Section
10B Part 3 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Schedule 1B Column 2
Column 3 Section
heading Relevant circumstance Possession of
a prohibited combination of
items Category C offences Column 1
Section 8
9 Column 2 Column 3
Section heading Relevant
circumstance Producing dangerous The
circumstances mentioned in drugs paragraph (e) of
the penalty apply and the court has made a
finding of fact that the offender
committed the offence with a
commercial purpose. Note—
See
the Evidence Act 1977 ,
section 132C. Possessing
dangerous The circumstances mentioned in
drugs paragraph (a),
(b) or (c) of the penalty apply and the court has
made
a finding of fact that the offender committed the offence
with
a commercial purpose. Note— See the
Evidence Act 1977 ,
section 132C. Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 327
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1C Schedule
1C Prescribed offences Not
authorised —indicative
only section 161N, definition
prescribed offence Criminal
Code • section 61 (Riot) •
section 87 (Official corruption)
• section 92A (Misconduct in relation to
public office) • section 119B (Retaliation against or
intimidation of judicial officer, juror, witness etc.)
• section 122 (Corruption of
jurors) • section 127 (Corruption of
witnesses) • section 140 (Attempting to pervert
justice) • section 210 (Indecent treatment of
children under 16) • section 213
(Owner etc.
permitting abuse
of children on
premises) •
section 215 (Carnal knowledge with or of
children under 16) • section 217
(Procuring young
person etc.
for carnal knowledge) •
section 218 (Procuring sexual acts by
coercion etc.) • section 218A
(Using internet
etc. to
procure children
under 16)
• section 218B (Grooming children under
16) • section 219 (Taking child for immoral
purposes) • section 228A
(Involving child
in making child
exploitation material)
• section 228B (Making child
exploitation material) • section 228C
(Distributing child exploitation material) Page 328
Current as at [Not applicable]
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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1C •
section 228D (Possessing child exploitation
material) • section 228DA
(Administering child
exploitation material
website) •
section 228DB
(Encouraging use
of child exploitation material
website) • section 228DC
(Distributing information about
avoiding detection) •
section 229B (Maintaining a sexual
relationship with a child) • section 229G
(Procuring engagement in prostitution) •
section 229H
(Knowingly participating in
provision of
prostitution) •
section 229HB (Carrying on business of
providing unlawful prostitution) •
section 229K
(Having an
interest in
premises used
for prostitution etc.) •
section 229L (Permitting young person etc.
to be at place used for prostitution) •
sections 302 (Definition of
murder ) and 305
(Punishment of murder) •
sections 303
(Definition of
manslaughter )
and 310 (Punishment of
manslaughter) • section 306 (Attempt to murder)
• section 307 (Accessory after the fact
to murder) • section 308 (Threats to murder in
document) • section 309 (Conspiring to
murder) • section 314A (Unlawful striking
causing death) • section 317 (Acts intended to cause
grievous bodily harm and other malicious acts)
• section 317A
(Carrying or
sending dangerous
goods in
a vehicle) •
section 320 (Grievous bodily harm)
Current as at [Not applicable]
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329
Not authorised —indicative
only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1C •
section 320A (Torture) •
section 321
(Attempting to
injure by
explosive or
noxious substances) •
section 339 (Assaults occasioning bodily
harm), if the offence is committed in circumstances where
the offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years
• section 340(1)(b)
(Serious assaults), if
the offence is
committed in
circumstances where
the offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 14 years
• section 349 (Rape) •
section 350 (Attempt to commit rape)
• section 351 (Assault with intent to
commit rape) • section 352 (Sexual assaults)
• section 354 (Kidnapping)
• section 354A (Kidnapping for
ransom) • section 359
(Threats), if
the offence is
committed in
circumstances where
the offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 10
years • section 359E (Punishment of unlawful
stalking) • section 398
(Punishment of
stealing), if
item 14
(Stealing firearm for use
in another indictable offence) or 15 (Stealing firearm or
ammunition) applies • section 408C
(Fraud), if
the offence is
committed in
circumstances where
the offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 14 or more
years • section 408D
(Obtaining or
dealing with
identification information) •
sections 409
(Definition of
robbery )
and 411(1) or
(2) (Punishment of robbery)
• section 412 (Attempted robbery)
• section 415 (Extortion)
Page
330 Current as at [Not applicable]
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1C •
section 419(1), but only if section 419(3)
applies, or 419(4) (Burglary) •
section 433 (Receiving tainted
property) Not authorised —indicative only
Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act
2002 • section 250 (Money laundering)
Drugs
Misuse Act 1986 Note— See the
Evidence Act 1977 , section 132C
in relation to findings of fact on
sentencing. • section 5 (Trafficking in dangerous
drugs) • section 6
(Supplying dangerous
drugs), if
the offence is
committed with a commercial purpose
• section 7
(Receiving or
possessing property
obtained from
trafficking or supplying)
• section 8
(Producing dangerous
drugs), if
the offence is
committed with a commercial purpose
• section 9B
(Supplying relevant
substances or
things), if
the offence is committed with a commercial
purpose • section 9C
(Producing relevant
substances or
things), if
the offence is committed with a commercial
purpose • section 9D (Trafficking in relevant
substances or things) Weapons Act 1990 •
section 50B
(Unlawful supply
of weapons), if
either of
the following applies— •
the
penalty, paragraph (a), (b) or (c)(i) or (ii) Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 331
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 1C •
the penalty, paragraph
(c)(iii) for
a category A
or B weapon or
category M crossbow • section 65 (Unlawful trafficking in
weapons) Not authorised —indicative
only Page 332 Current as at
[Not applicable]
Schedule 2 Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 Schedule 2 Qualifying
offences section 162, definition qualifying
offence , paragraph (a) Criminal
Code Not authorised —indicative only
Section 54A
210 213 215
216 217 218
219 221 222
229B 302, 305 303, 310
306 309 311
313 314A Section heading
or description of offence Demands with menaces upon agencies of
government Indecent treatment of children under
16 Owner etc. permitting abuse of children on
premises Carnal knowledge with or of children under
16 Abuse of persons with an impairment of the
mind Procuring young person etc. for carnal
knowledge Procuring sexual acts by coercion
etc. Taking child for immoral purposes
Conspiracy to defile Incest
Maintaining a sexual relationship with a
child Murder Manslaughter Attempt to
murder Conspiring to murder Aiding
suicide Killing unborn child Unlawful
striking causing death Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
333
Not authorised —indicative
only Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 2 Section
315 317 320A
321 322 349
350 351 352
411(2) 412
Section heading or description of
offence Disabling in order to commit indictable
offence Acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm
and other malicious acts Torture
Attempting to injure by explosive or noxious
substances Administering poison with intent to
harm Rape Attempt to
commit rape Assault with intent to commit rape
Sexual assaults Robbery with
circumstance of aggravation Attempted
robbery Criminal Code (Provisions repealed by
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997) Section
208 221 222
223 Section heading Unlawful anal
intercourse Conspiracy to defile Incest by
man Incest by adult female Page 334
Current as at [Not applicable]
Not authorised —indicative only
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
Schedule 2 Criminal Code
(Provisions amended, renumbered or repealed by Criminal
Law Amendment Act 2000) Section
215 336 337
347 349 Section
heading Carnal knowledge of girls under 16
Assault with intent to commit rape
Sexual assaults Rape
Attempt to commit rape Criminal Code
(Provision repealed by Criminal Code and Other
Acts Amendment Act 2008) Section 209
Section heading Attempted
sodomy Criminal Code (Provision repealed by
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2016) Section 208
Section heading Unlawful
sodomy Current as at [Not applicable]
Page
335