Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING) ACT 2005 - SECT 41

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the Magistrates Court—

              (i)     finds an offender guilty of an offence in a proceeding before the court; or

              (ii)     accepts an offender's guilty plea for an offence; or

        (b)     the Magistrates Court commits an offender to the Supreme Court for sentence; or

Note     The Magistrates Court may commit a person to the Supreme Court for sentence under the Magistrates Court Act 1930

, s 92A.

        (c)     the Supreme Court—

              (i)     finds an offender guilty of an offence in a proceeding before the court; or

              (ii)     accepts an offender's guilty plea for an offence.

    (2)     If subsection (1) (b) applies—the Magistrates Court may—

        (a)     order a pre-sentence report in relation to the offender; and

        (b)     order the director-general to provide a copy of the report to the Supreme Court or any other person.

    (3)     If subsection (1) (a) or (c) applies—the court may—

        (a)     order a pre-sentence report in relation to the offender; and

        (b)     adjourn the proceeding for the report to be prepared; and

        (c)     order the director general to provide a copy of the report to the court or any other person.

Note     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004

for an order under this section, the form must be used (see that Act

,  s 8 (2)).

    (4)     However, the court must order the director-general to prepare a pre-sentence report before sentencing the offender to serve all or any part of a sentence by—

        (a)     community service work under a good behaviour order; or

        (b)     undertaking a rehabilitation program under a good behaviour order.

    (5)     The court order for the preparation of a pre-sentence report may state 1 or more pre-sentence report matters, or any other matter, that the report must address.

    (6)     Subsection (4) (b) does not apply if relevant sentencing information, under section 97 (Good behaviour orders—rehabilitation programs—suitability), is already before the court.

    (7)     The director-general must arrange for an assessor to prepare a pre-sentence report ordered by the court.

    (8)     In this section:

"director-general" means—

        (a)     for a report about a young offender—the CYP director-general; and

        (b)     for any other report—the director-general responsible for this Act.