Northern Territory Numbered Acts

SENTENCING AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO 20 OF 2024) - SECT 8

After section 78DA

insert

78DBA     Offence against section 189A of Criminal Code – community correction order

    (1)     The court must sentence an offender in accordance with this section if:

    (a)     the court finds the offender guilty of an offence against section 189A of the Criminal Code; and

    (b)     the court is not required to impose a minimum sentence of actual imprisonment or impose a term of actual imprisonment under section 78DA in relation to the offender; and

    (c)     the court has decided not to impose a custodial order under Division 5 for the offence.

    (2)     The court must:

    (a)     make a community correction order in relation to the offender (with or without recording a conviction); and

    (b)     if the conditions mentioned in section 36 can be satisfied in relation to the offender – impose a condition mentioned in section 34(1)(a) on the community correction order.