Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Before sentencing the offender, a court may—
(a) order the chief executive to prepare a report (a pre-sentence report ) for the offender; and
(b) adjourn the proceeding for the report to be prepared.
Note If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for an order under this section, the form must be used (see that Act, s 8 (2)).
(2) However, the court must order the chief executive to prepare a pre-sentence report before sentencing the offender to serve all or any part of a sentence by—
(a) periodic detention; or
(b) community service work under a good behaviour order; or
(c) undertaking a rehabilitation program under a good behaviour order.
(3) The court order for the preparation of a pre-sentence report may state 1 or more pre-sentence report matters, or any other matter, that the report must address.
(4) Subsection (2) (c) does not apply if relevant sentencing information, under section 97 (Rehabilitation programs—suitability), is already before the court.
(5) The chief executive must arrange for an assessor to prepare a pre-sentence report ordered by the court.
(6) In this part:
"assessor" means a public servant whose functions include preparing pre-sentence reports.
(7) In this section:
"chief executive" means—
(a) for a report about a young offender—the chief executive (CYP); and
(b) for any other report—the chief executive responsible for this Act.