33AAPenalties for offences involving supply to persons under 16 years

33AA Penalties for offences involving supply to persons under 16 years

33AA Penalties for offences involving supply to persons under 16 years

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person is found guilty of an offence under section 25 (1A) or (2A), or

(b) a person is found guilty of—

(i) an offence under section 26 of conspiring to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a), or

(ii) an offence under section 27 of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, soliciting or inciting the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a), or

(iii) an offence under section 28 of conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, soliciting or inciting the commission of, an offence under a law in force outside New South Wales which corresponds to section 25 (1A) or (2A).

(2) The penalty for the offence is the penalty that would otherwise be imposed by this Act but increased—

(a) in the case of a penalty for imprisonment for 2 years—to a penalty of imprisonment for 2 years and 6 months, and

(b) in the case of the penalty for an offence under section 25 (2A)—to a penalty of a fine of 4,200 penalty units or imprisonment for 25 years, or both, and

(c) in the case of any other penalty, whether a pecuniary penalty or imprisonment by one-fifth.

(3) This section has effect despite any other provision of this Act.

s 33AA: Ins 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [6]. Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [6].