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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
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65 Cancellation of intensive correction order on further
conviction etc
(1) This section applies if, after an offender was sentenced to serve
intensive correction, the offender commits, and is convicted or found
guilty of—
(a) an offence against a territory law, or a law of the
Commonwealth, a State or another Territory, that is punishable
by imprisonment; or
(b) an offence outside Australia that, if it had been committed in
Australia, would be punishable by imprisonment.
(2) The sentencing court must, as soon as practicable—
(a) cancel the intensive correction order, unless cancellation is not
in the interests of justice; and
(b) if the court cancels the intensive correction order—order that the
remainder of the offender’s sentence be served by full-time
detention.
(3) If the offender is convicted or found guilty of an offence mentioned
in subsection (1) by the Supreme Court and the intensive correction
order was made by the Magistrates Court, the Supreme Court is taken
to be the sentencing court for this section.
(4) If the offender is convicted or found guilty of an offence mentioned
in subsection (1) by the Magistrates Court and the intensive
correction order was made or amended by the Supreme Court—
(a) the Supreme Court is taken to be the sentencing court for this
section; and
(b) the Magistrates Court—
(i) must, in addition to dealing with the offender for the
offence mentioned in subsection (1), commit the offender
to the Supreme Court to be dealt with in accordance with
subsection (2); and
(ii) may remand the offender in custody until the offender can
be brought before the Supreme Court.
(5) If the court makes an order under subsection (2) (b), the court—
(a) must state when the period of full-time detention starts and ends;
and
(b) may set a nonparole period for the period of full-time detention
if—
(i) the sentence of imprisonment for which the intensive
correction order was made is more than 12 months; and
(ii) the period of full-time detention is more than 30 days.
(6) To remove any doubt, the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005, part 5.2,
applies to a nonparole period set under subsection (5) (b) as if the
nonparole period had been set under that part.
Note The Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005, pt 5.2 deals with setting and review
of nonparole periods.
(7) If the court decides that it is not in the interests of justice to cancel the
intensive correction order, the court must give reasons for the
decision.
(8) If the offender is convicted or found guilty of an offence mentioned
in subsection (1) by a court other than an ACT court, the board must
refer the offender to the sentencing court as soon practicable after
becoming aware of the conviction or finding of guilt.