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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 60F Progress reports to be provided by person responsible for detention of an offender

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 60F

Progress reports to be provided by person responsible for detention of an offender

60F Progress reports to be provided by person responsible for detention of an offender

(1) When a progress review is conducted by a court, the person responsible for the detention of the offender who is the subject of the progress review is to provide a report to the court about the offender's progress.
(2) The report is to include the following--
(a) an assessment of the care and treatment of the offender while in custody,
(b) an assessment of the offender's psychiatric, cognitive and psychological development since the provisional sentence was imposed,
(c) such other matters as the court requires to be addressed in the report.
(3) A court that conducts a progress review may also request any other person who, or body that, has responsibilities with respect to the care and treatment of the offender to provide information about the offender.
(4) A court that conducts a progress review may have regard to the information obtained under this section, in addition to any other relevant evidence provided by a party to the proceedings, in deciding whether or not it is appropriate at that time to impose a final sentence on the offender.