Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING) ACT 2005 - SECT 90

For section 42 (3) (Pre-sentence reports by assessors), the matters for assessing the offender's suitability to serve a sentence (or a part of a sentence) by performing community service work are the matters mentioned in table 90, column 2.

Table 90     Assessment of suitability—community service work

column 1 item	column 2 matter	column 3 indication of unsuitability
1	degree of dependence on alcohol or a controlled drug	major problem with alcohol or a controlled drug
2	psychiatric or psychological condition	major psychiatric or psychological disorder
3	medical condition	potential unfitness to perform community service work
4	criminal record	serious criminal record
5	employment and personal circumstances	potential impracticability of regular reporting for community service work