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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 11

Matters to be considered in determining offender’s character

11 Matters to be considered in determining offender’s character

(1) In determining the character of an offender, a court may consider—
(a) the number, seriousness, date, relevance and nature of any previous convictions of the offender; and
(b) the history of domestic violence orders made or issued against the offender, other than orders made or issued when the offender was a child; and
(c) any significant contributions made to the community by the offender; and
(d) such other matters as the court considers are relevant.
(2) If oral submissions are to be made to, or evidence is to be brought before, the court about the history of domestic violence orders made or issued against the offender, the sentencing judge or magistrate may close the court for that purpose.
(3) In this section—

"domestic violence order" means—
(a) any of the following under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
(i) a domestic violence order;
(ii) a police protection notice;
(iii) an interstate order;
(iv) an order that corresponds to an interstate order made under a repealed law of another State;
(v) a New Zealand order; or
(b) a domestic violence order under the repealed Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989 .



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