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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
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#### 66 Community safety and other considerations
66 Community safety and other considerations
> > (1) Community safety must be the paramount consideration when the sentencing court is deciding whether to make an intensive correction order in relation to an offender.
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> > (2) When considering community safety, the sentencing court is to assess whether making the order or serving the sentence by way of full-time detention is more likely to address the offender’s risk of reoffending.
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> > (3) When deciding whether to make an intensive correction order, the sentencing court must also consider the provisions of section 3A (Purposes of sentencing) and any relevant common law sentencing principles, and may consider any other matters that the court thinks relevant.
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> **s 66:** Am 2002 No 74, Sch 2 \[2\]; 2004 No 68, Sch 4 \[3\]. Subst 2010 No 48, Sch 1 \[16\]. Am 2010 No 136, Sch 2 \[18\]. Subst 2017 No 53, Sch 1 \[29\].