New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CRIMINAL APPEAL RULES - REG 86

86 Application for guideline judgment

(1) Application may be made for a guideline judgment under section 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 by sending to the Registrar an application in Form XXIV.

(2) The Attorney General shall, unless the Court or a Judge of the Court otherwise orders, send to the Senior Public Defender:

(a) a copy of the application--on the day the application is sent to the Registrar,

(b) a statement or summary of any submissions that the Attorney General proposes to make on the hearing of the application--within a reasonable time before the hearing, and

(c) a copy of any written submissions sent by the Attorney General to the Registrar and not previously sent to the Senior Public Defender--on the day the submissions are sent to the Registrar.

(3) The Senior Public Defender shall, unless the Court or a Judge of the Court otherwise orders, send to the Attorney General:

(a) a statement or summary of any submissions that the Senior Public Defender proposes to make on the hearing of the application--within a reasonable time before the hearing, and

(b) a copy of any written submissions sent by the Senior Public Defender to the Registrar and not previously sent to the Attorney General--on the day the submissions are sent to the Registrar.

(4) Subrules (2) and (3) apply to the Director of Public Prosecutions as they apply to the Senior Public Defender.