South Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2017 - SECT 4

4—Secondary sentencing purposes

        (1)         The secondary purposes for sentencing a defendant for an offence are as follows:

            (a)         to ensure that the defendant—

                  (i)         is punished for the offending behaviour; and

                  (ii)         is held accountable to the community for the offending behaviour;

            (b)         to publicly denounce the offending behaviour;

            (c)         to publicly recognise the harm done to the community and to any victim of the offending behaviour;

            (d)         to deter the defendant and others in the community from committing offences;

            (da)         to deter the defendant and others in the community from harming or assaulting prescribed emergency workers (within the meaning of section 20AA of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ) acting in the course of official duties;

            (e)         to promote the rehabilitation of the defendant.

        (2)         Nothing about the order in which the secondary purposes are listed in subsection (1) implies that any 1 of those secondary purposes is to be given greater weight than any other secondary purpose.