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Sentencing Amendment (Phasing Out Of Suspended Sentences) Act 2017
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### 2 Commencement
> > (1) The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.
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> > (2) Despite subsection (1), sections 8, 10 and 19 may not be commenced except if –
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> > > > (a) a copy of a report in relation to a review under this section has been laid before both Houses of Parliament under subsection (8)(a); and
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> > > > (b) at least 10 sitting-days of each of the Houses of Parliament have expired since a notice of intention to commence sections 8, 10 and 19 was laid before both Houses of Parliament under subsection (8)(b); and
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> > > > (c) a motion to disallow the commencement of sections 8, 10 and 19 has not been passed by a House of Parliament under subsection (9).
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> > (3) The Minister may lay before each House of Parliament a draft of the terms of the review that has been prepared in consultation with the Sentencing Advisory Council.
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> > (4) A House of Parliament may pass a motion approving, or refusing to approve, a draft of the terms of the review that has been laid before the House of Parliament under subsection (3).
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> > (5) The Minister, by notice to the Sentencing Advisory Council, may request the Council to –
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> > > > (a) conduct a review, in accordance with the terms of the review contained in a draft of the terms of review that is approved by each House of Parliament under subsection (4); and
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> > > > (b) to provide a report in relation to the review by the day specified in the notice.
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> > (6) The Minister may only make a request under subsection (5) –
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> > > > (a) not less than 18 months after; and
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> > > > (b) not more than 2 years after –
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> > the day by which both section 14 and 15 of this Act have commenced.
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> > (7) The Sentencing Advisory Council is to provide to the Minister a report in relation to the review within the period specified, in accordance with subsection (5)(b), in the notice under subsection (5).
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> > (8) The Minister –
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> > > > (a) must, within 5 sitting-days after being provided with a report under subsection (7), lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament; and
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> > > > (b) may, after or at the same time as a copy of a report is laid before a House of Parliament under paragraph (a), lay before that House of Parliament a notice of intention to commence sections 8, 10 and 19.
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> > (9) A House of Parliament may, within 10 sitting-days after a notice of intention to commence sections 8, 10 and 19 has been laid before the House of Parliament under subsection (8)(b), pass a motion disallowing the commencement of sections 8, 10 and 19.