PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 15AC
Limitations for guideline judgments
PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 15AC
Limitations for guideline judgments
15AC Limitations for guideline judgments
(1) A guideline judgment, other than a guideline judgment for an offence under
a Commonwealth Act, must be consistent with Queensland law.
(2) A guideline
judgment for an offence under a Commonwealth Act must— (a) be consistent
with Commonwealth law; and
(b) set out non-binding considerations to guide
the future exercise of discretion and not purport to establish a rule of
binding effect; and
(c) articulate principles to underpin the determination
of a particular sentence and not state the expected decisions in a future
proceeding.