Legislation to note: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2007

23/10/2007

The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2007 was introduced by Attorney General John Hatzistergos in the NSW Legislative Council on 17 October 2007. Debate was adjourned for�five calendar days. The object of this Bill is to amend the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 as follows:

(a) to provide for a number of new aggravating factors that may be taken into account by a court in sentencing a person for an offence,

(b) to change the circumstances in which the remorse of an offender may be taken into account as a mitigating factor in sentencing,

(c) to establish standard non-parole periods for a number of offences,

(d) to increase the standard non-parole period for the offence of aggravated indecent assault of a child under 10 years of age,

(e) for statute law revision purposes.

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23 October 2007

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