Sentencing Bench Book Update 34 published

Update 34 of the Sentencing Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Procedural fairness
• Obligations of the parties
• Fact finding at sentence
• Home detention orders
• Deferral for rehabilitation or other purpose
• Suspended sentences
• Setting terms of imprisonment
• Standard non-parole period offences – Pt 4 Div 1A
• Subjective matters taken into account (cf s 21A(1))
• Section 21A factors “in addition to” any Act or rule of law
• Guilty plea to be taken into account
• Power to reduce penalties for assistance to authorities
• Victims and victim impact statements
• Taking further offences into account (Form 1 offences)
• Sentencing Commonwealth offenders
• Sexual offences against children
• Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) offences
• Commonwealth drug offences
• Appeals