New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 10A

10A Conviction with no other penalty

(1) A court that convicts an offender may dispose of the proceedings without imposing any other penalty.

(2) Any such action is taken, for the purposes of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 and the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 , to be a sentence passed by the court on the conviction of the offender.

Note : The Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 and the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 provide for appeals against sentence, including (in some circumstances) by the prosecutor.