PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 160AA
Reduction of minimum period of imprisonment for particular offenders
PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 160AA
Reduction of minimum period of imprisonment for particular offenders
160AA Reduction of minimum period of imprisonment for particular offenders
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a court is imposing a term of imprisonment
on an offender for a prescribed offence committed with a serious organised
crime circumstance of aggravation; and
(b) either—
(i) the term of
imprisonment imposed is imprisonment for life; or
(ii) the offender is
serving a term of imprisonment for life; and
(b) does not reduce the minimum period of imprisonment the
offender must serve under section 181(2) or 181A(2) of that Act.
(3) Also,
no date fixed by the court as mentioned in subsection (2) can reduce the
minimum period of imprisonment the offender must serve under the
Corrective Services Act 2006, section 181(2) or 181A(2) .
(4) This section
applies despite section 160A(5) .