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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) AMENDMENT (CHILDREN IN VEHICLES) BILL 2011





Crimes (Sentencing Procedure)
Amendment (Children in Vehicles) Bill
2011
No      , 2011


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 to make it an
aggravating factor in sentencing for certain traffic offences where a child was present
in the offender's vehicle.
Clause 1      Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Children in Vehicles) Bill 2011




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                               1

 1    Name of Act                                                                        2

           This Act is the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Children             3
           in Vehicles) Act 2011.                                                        4

 2    Commencement                                                                       5

           This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.                         6




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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Children in Vehicles) Bill 2011

Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92                  Schedule 1




Schedule 1              Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing                                     1
                        Procedure) Act 1999 No 92                                           2

[1]   Section 21A Aggravating, mitigating and other factors in sentencing                   3

      Insert after section 21A (2) (o):                                                     4
                     (p) without limiting paragraph (ea), the offence was a                 5
                           prescribed traffic offence and was committed while a child       6
                           under 16 years of age was a passenger in the offender's          7
                           vehicle.                                                         8

[2]   Section 21A (5C)                                                                      9

      Insert after section 21A (5B):                                                       10

            (5C)    For the purpose of subsection (2) (p), an offence under section        11
                    13 (2), 15 (4), 18B (2), 18D (2), 22 (2), 24D (1) or 29 (2) of the     12
                    Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 is             13
                    taken to have been committed while a child under 16 years of age       14
                    was a passenger in the offender's vehicle if the offence was part      15
                    of a series of events that involved the driving of the vehicle while   16
                    the child was a passenger in the vehicle.                              17

[3]   Section 21A (6)                                                                      18

      Insert in alphabetical order:                                                        19
                    prescribed traffic offence means an offence under any of the           20
                    following provisions:                                                  21
                     (a) sections 9, 11B (1) and (3), 12 (1), 13 (2), 15 (4), 18B (2),     22
                          18D (2), 22 (2), 24D (1) and 29 (2) of the Road Transport        23
                          (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999,                        24
                    (b) sections 51B (1) and 52A (1) (a) and (3) (a) of the Crimes         25
                          Act 1900,                                                        26
                     (c) section 52A (2) and (4) of the Crimes Act 1900 in the             27
                          circumstances of aggravation referred to in section              28
                          52A (7) (a), (c) or (d) of that Act.                             29




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Schedule 1    Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92




[4]   Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions                              1
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):                                                 2
                    Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Children in                 3
                    Vehicles) Act 2011                                                   4




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