South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts4—Amendment of section 9—Court to inform defendant of reasons etc for sentence
Section 9(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:
(1) A court must, on sentencing a defendant who is present in court (whether in person or by video or audio link) for an offence or offences, state the sentence that it is imposing for the offence or offences and its reasons for imposing that sentence, including (for example) any reason why a sentence that would otherwise have been imposed for the offence or offences has been reduced.
(1a) Nothing in subsection (1) requires a court to state any information that relates to a person's cooperation, or undertaking to cooperate, with a law enforcement agency.