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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 15A

15A Audio visual link or audio link may be used to sentence

(1) The court may allow anything that must or may be done in relation to the sentencing of an offender to be done over an audio visual link or audio link, if the prosecutor and the offender agree to the use of the link.

(2) For sections 10(1) and 13(3) or (4), anything done, for an offender's sentencing, over an audio visual link or audio link between the offender and the court sitting in open court is taken to be done in open court.

(3) The provisions of the Evidence Act 1977 relating to the use of an audio visual link or audio link in criminal proceedings apply for, and are not limited by, subsection (1).



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