Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 15AC

15AC Limitations for guideline judgments

(1) A guideline judgment, other than a guideline judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth Act, must be consistent with Queensland law.

(2) A guideline judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth Act must—

(a) be consistent with Commonwealth law; and

(b) set out non-binding considerations to guide the future exercise of discretion and not purport to establish a rule of binding effect; and

(c) articulate principles to underpin the determination of a particular sentence and not state the expected decisions in a future proceeding.