Sentencing Bench Book Update 39 published

Update 39 of the Sentencing Bench Book includes amendments to the following chapters:

• Fact finding at sentence
• Intensive correction orders (ICOs)
• Home detention orders
• Community service orders (CSOs)
• Deferral for rehabilitation or other purpose
• Setting terms of imprisonment
• Standard non-parole period offences – Pt 4 Div 1A
• Concurrent and consecutive sentences
• Subjective matters taken into account (cf s 21A(1))
• Section 21A factors “in addition to” any Act or rule of law
• Court to take other matters into account (including pre-sentence custody)
• Victims and victim impact statements
• Taking further offences into account (Form 1 offences)
• Sexual offences against children
• Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) offences
• Offences against justice/in public office
• Domestic violence offences
• Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990.