New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 29

29 Victim impact statements discretionary

(1) The giving of a victim impact statement is not mandatory.

(2) A victim impact statement may not be received or considered by a court if the victim or any of the victims to whom the statement relates objects to the statement being given to the court.

(3) The absence of a victim impact statement does not give rise to an inference that an offence had little or no impact on a victim.