Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING) ACT 2005 - SECT 46C

    (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 an intensive correction assessment in relation to the offender; and

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

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

        (a)     order an intensive correction assessment in relation to the offender; and

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

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

    (4)     However, the court must order the director-general to prepare an intensive correction assessment before sentencing the offender to a sentence of imprisonment by intensive correction.

    (5)     The director-general must arrange for an assessor to prepare an intensive correction assessment ordered by the court.

    (6)     The intensive correction assessment must address the matters mentioned in section 46D.