Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) an offender has pleaded guilty to and been found guilty of an offence in the Local Court; and
(b) in sentencing the offender the Court has:
(i) had regard to the plea of guilty and the stage in the proceedings at which the offender pleaded guilty; and
(ii) imposed a sentence that is less severe than the sentence that the Court would have imposed but for the plea of guilty.
(2) In imposing the sentence, the person constituting the Court must also state and record the sentence that would have been imposed but for the plea of guilty.
(3) However, it is not an error of law if the person does not state and record the sentence mentioned in subsection (2).