Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if a court is sentencing a young offender to imprisonment under section 10.
Note Section 10 allows a court to sentence an offender to imprisonment if satisfied that no other penalty is appropriate.
(2) The sentence of imprisonment must be a last resort and for the shortest appropriate term.
(3) The court must consider making a combination sentence consisting of—
(a) the sentence of imprisonment; and
(b) a good behaviour order with a supervision condition.
Note There is no provision for the setting of a nonparole period for a sentence of imprisonment imposed on a young offender (see s 64 (2), def excluded sentence of imprisonment ).
(4) The court must not sentence the young offender to imprisonment for life.