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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.155Mandatory sentence provisions inapplicable
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### sec.155 Mandatory sentence provisions inapplicable
A court that sentences a child for an offence—
must disregard a requirement under any other Act that an amount of money or term of imprisonment must be the minimum penalty for the offence; and
must take a requirement under any other Act that an amount of money or term of imprisonment must be the only penalty for the offence as providing instead that the amount or term is the maximum penalty for the offence.
- (a) must disregard a requirement under any other Act that an amount of money or term of imprisonment must be the minimum penalty for the offence; and
- (b) must take a requirement under any other Act that an amount of money or term of imprisonment must be the only penalty for the offence as providing instead that the amount or term is the maximum penalty for the offence.