SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 6 Fixed terms: alternative to minimum and additional terms

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 6

6 Fixed terms: alternative to minimum and additional terms

(1) When sentencing a person to imprisonment for an offence, a court may decline to set minimum and additional terms for the offence and may set instead a fixed term of imprisonment that the person must serve for the offence.

(2) A court may decline to set minimum and additional terms for a person if it appears to the court that it is appropriate to set a fixed term:

(a) because of the nature of the offence or the antecedent character of the person, or

(b) because of other sentences already imposed on the person, or

(c) for any other reason that the court considers sufficient.

(3) A court is required to state the reason for its decision to set a fixed term instead of minimum and additional terms.