24AMandatory requirements for supervision and other prohibitions to be disregarded in sentencing

24A Mandatory requirements for supervision and other prohibitions to be disregarded in sentencing

24A Mandatory requirements for supervision and other prohibitions to be disregarded in sentencing

(1) In sentencing an offender, the court must not take into account, as a mitigating factor in sentencing, the fact that the offender—

(a) has or may become a registrable person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 as a consequence of the offence, or

(b) has or may become the subject of an order under the Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004, or

(c) as a consequence of being convicted of the offence, has become a disqualified person within the meaning of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, or

(d) has or may become the subject of an order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, or

(e) has or may become the subject of an order under the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017.

(2) This section has effect despite any Act or rule of law to the contrary.

s 24A: Ins 2008 No 105, Sch 2.4 [3]. Am 2010 No 136, Sch 1.2 [7]; 2013 No 4, Sch 2.9 [1] [2]; 2013 No 31, Sch 3.6; 2017 No 54, Sch 2.2; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.10 [1].