ACTIn ForceAct
Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
98Good behaviour orders—rehabilitation programs—
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 98
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005.
98 Good behaviour orders—rehabilitation programs—
pre-sentence report matters
For section 42 (4) (Pre-sentence reports by assessors), the matters for
assessing the offender’s suitability to serve a sentence (or a part of a
sentence) by taking part in a rehabilitation program are whether the
offender was—
(a) under the influence of alcohol or a controlled drug when the
offence was committed; or
(b) motivated to commit the offence by a desire—
(i) to administer a controlled drug to himself or herself; or
(ii) to obtain a controlled drug for self-administration; or
(iii) to obtain resources to enable the offender to obtain a
controlled drug for self-administration.