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Application of the Act
[2-000] Short statutory history
[2-010] Primacy of the Act
Purposes of sentencing
[2-200] The common law
[2-210] Section 3A
[2-230] To ensure that the offender is adequately punished for the offence: s 3A(a)
[2-240] To prevent crime by deterring the offender and other persons from committing similar offences: s 3A(b)
[2-250] To protect the community from the offender: s 3A(c)
[2-260] To promote the rehabilitation of the offender: s 3A(d)
[2-270] To make the offender accountable for his or her actions: s 3A(e)
[2-280] To denounce the conduct of the offender: s 3A(f)
[2-290] To recognise the harm done to the victim of the crime and the community: s 3A(g)
[2-297] Retribution
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