South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (SENTENCING) (CHARACTER EVIDENCE) AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO 5 OF 2014) - SECT 5

5—Amendment of section 20AAC—Sentence of imprisonment not to be suspended

        (1)         Section 20AAC(2)(a)—delete "primary policy of the criminal law in respect of firearms offences as set out in section 10(3a)" and substitute:

need for general and personal deterrence to be the paramount consideration in the sentencing (as set out in section 10(2)(e))

        (2)         Section 20AAC—after subsection (2) insert:

        (3)         If subsection (2) applies, section 10(2)(e) is taken not to apply in relation to the sentencing.