60BPower to impose provisional sentence

#### 60B Power to impose provisional sentence 60B Power to impose provisional sentence > > (1) A court that imposes a sentence on an offender for the offence of murder may impose a sentence for that offence as a provisional sentence if— > > > > > (a) the offender was less than 16 years of age when the offence was committed, and > > > > > (b) the offender is less than 18 years of age when the provisional sentence is imposed, and > > > > > (c) the sentence proposed to be imposed for the offence is or includes a term of imprisonment, and > > > > > (d) the court is of the opinion that it is not appropriate to impose an ordinary sentence on the offender because the information presently available does not permit a satisfactory assessment of whether the offender has or is likely to develop a serious personality or psychiatric disorder, or a serious cognitive impairment, such that the court cannot satisfactorily assess either or both of the following matters— > > > > > > > (i) whether the offender is likely to re-offend, > > > > > > > (ii) the offender’s prospects of rehabilitation. > > > (2) A court may impose a sentence as a provisional sentence of its own motion or on application of a party to the proceedings. > > > (3) A reference in this Division to a sentence for the offence of murder includes a reference to an aggregate sentence for the offence of murder and for one or more other offences. > > **ss 60B–60I:** Ins 2013 No 7, Sch 1 \[1\].