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JUSTICE LEGISLATION MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO. 48 OF 2018) - SECT 3

At the end of section 586 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 insert —

    "(2)     In sentencing a child aged 16 years or more but under 18 years at the time of the commission of an indictable offence, the Supreme Court or the County Court must have regard to any requirement in the Sentencing Act 1991 that a specified minimum non-parole period of imprisonment be fixed or a specified minimum term of imprisonment be imposed, had the offence been committed by an adult.".