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Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
2A child’s parents trusted the offender to care for the child because of the
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2 A child’s parents trusted the offender to care for the child because of the offender’s authority in their community. The offender held authority in the community in part because of the offender’s good character. The offender sexually abused the child including while the child was in the offender’s care. Note A sentence is limited to the maximum sentence that applied to the offence when it was committed (see Human Rights Act 2004, s 25 (2)).