s. 6AAA 6AAA Sentence discount for guilty plea S. 6AAA inserted by (1) If— No. 8/2008 s. 3. (a) in sentencing an offender, a court imposes a less severe sentence than it would otherwise have imposed because the offender pleaded guilty to the offence; and (b) the sentence imposed on the offender is or includes— (i) an order under Division 2 of Part 3; or (ii) a fine exceeding 10 penalty units; or (iii) an aggregate fine exceeding 20 penalty units— the court must state the sentence and the parole period, if any, that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty. (2) If an offender is sentenced for more than one offence in the same proceeding and subsection (1)(a) and (b) apply, the court must state, in respect of any total effective period of imprisonment— (a) the sentence; and (b) the non-parole period, if any— that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty and need not state those matters in respect of each offence. (3) In the case of a sentence other than a sentence referred to in subsection (1)(b), the court may state the sentence that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty.
S. 6AAA inserted by No. 8/2008 s. 3. 6AAA Sentence discount for guilty plea (1) If— (a) in sentencing an offender, a court imposes a less severe sentence than it would otherwise have imposed because the offender pleaded guilty to the offence; and (b) the sentence imposed on the offender is or includes— (i) an order under Division 2 of Part 3; or (ii) a fine exceeding 10 penalty units; or (iii) an aggregate fine exceeding 20 penalty units— the court must state the sentence and the period, if any, that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty. (2) If an offender is sentenced for more than one offence in the same proceeding and subsection (1)(a) and (b) apply, the court must state, in respect of any total effective period of imprisonment— (a) the sentence; and (b) the non-parole period, if any— that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty and need not state those matters in respect of each offence. s. 6AAA (3) In the case of a sentence other than a sentence referred to in subsection (1)(b), the court may state the sentence that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty. parole
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