This legislation has been repealed.
(1) A request by an
offender under section 32 (1) of the Act is to be in a form approved by
the CEO.
(2) The request must
be filed with the Court at least 14 days prior to the date when the
offender is to be sentenced by the Court.
(3) The Court will
give a copy of the request —
(a) to
any court of petty sessions or Children’s Court (the
"lower court") in which the offender has indicated there are pending charges
against the offender; and
(b) to
the DPP.
(4) The clerk of the
lower court is to give —
(a) the
original complaints that relate to pending charges against the offender in
that lower court to the Court; and
(b) a
copy of those complaints to the DPP.
(5) The DPP is to
prepare a list of those pending charges against the offender that the Crown
will consent to being dealt with by the Court and is to give a copy of the
list and a copy of the complaints that relate to the listed pending charges to
the offender or the offender’s lawyer.
(6) The offender must
indicate on the list of pending charges —
(a) to
which of the listed pending charges of which the offender has not previously
been convicted the offender will plead guilty; and
(b) for
which of the listed pending charges the offender wants the Court to pass
sentence for,
and must sign the list
and return it to the DPP.
(7) The DPP is to file
the signed list of pending charges with the Court.
(8) When the signed
list of pending charges is filed the clerk of arraigns is to immediately send
back to the lower court concerned the original complaint of any charge against
an offender that is not listed or that will not be dealt with by the court by
reason of the offender’s intentions.
(9) After the Court
has sentenced the offender, the clerk of arraigns is to —
(a)
notify each lower court of any pending charge in that court that was dealt
with by the Court and of the sentence imposed on the offender for the charge;
and
(b) send
back to each lower court the original complaint relating to any pending charge
in that court that was not dealt with by the Court.