Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 253

253 Victim impact statements

(1) Part 10B applies to the sentencing of an offender after the commencement whether the offence or conviction happened before or after the commencement.

(2) A victim impact statement given under the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, repealed section 15(5) before the commencement, including a statement given electronically, is taken to have been given under section 179L.

(3) In this section—

"repealed section 15(5)" , of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, means section 15 (5) of that Act as it was in force from time to time before its repeal by the Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 .