Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 14A

14A .         Video link, use of for sentencing

        (1)         A court sentencing an offender may, on its own initiative or on an application by the prosecutor or the offender, direct that the offender appear before it by video link from a place in this State.

        (2)         The court shall not make a direction under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied that —

            (a)         the video link is available or can reasonably be made available; and

            (b)         the direction is in the interests of justice.

        (3)         The place where an offender attends for sentencing by video link is taken to be part of the court for the purposes of the sentencing.

        (4)         In this section —

        video link means facilities (including closed circuit television) that enable, at the same time, a court at one place to see and hear a person at another place and vice versa.

        [Section 14A inserted: No. 48 of 1998 s. 14.]

        [Section 14A. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]

[ 14B.         Modified by the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Omnibus Act 2020 (34 of 2020) Part. 4 Division 4 Subdivision 1: See endnote 2M.]