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SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 78B

Aggravated property offences

    (1)     A court that finds a person guilty of an aggravated property offence must take into account the purpose of this Division before sentencing the person in relation to the offence.

    (2)     A court that records a conviction against an offender found guilty of an aggravated property offence must:

        (a)     order the offender to serve a term of imprisonment; or

        (b)     order the offender to participate in an approved project under a community work order;

unless there are exceptional circumstances in relation to the offence or the offender.

    (3)     A court that orders an offender to serve a term of imprisonment in accordance with subsection (2)(a) may only wholly suspend the sentence on the offender entering into a home detention order.

    (4)     Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken to affect the power of a court to make any other order authorised by or under this or any other Act in addition to an order made in accordance with the subsection.



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