Sentencing Act 1997
42ANCommunity correction orders
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42AN Community correction orders
[Section 42AN Inserted by No. 51 of 2017, s. 15, Applied:14 Dec 2018]
(1) A court may make a community correction order in relation to an offender if the court has found the offender guilty of, or convicted the offender of, an offence.
(2) Without limiting the discretion of the court, it may be appropriate to impose a community correction order in relation to an offender in circumstances where a court –
(a) would otherwise have sentenced the offender to a wholly or partly suspended sentence of imprisonment; or
(b) but for the operation of section 23A , would otherwise have sentenced the offender to a wholly or partly suspended sentence of imprisonment.