Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Sentencing Act 1991 - SECT 6H

Definitions for purposes of this Part

6H. Definitions for purposes of this Part



(1) In this Part-

continuing criminal enterprise offence means an offence referred to in
Schedule 1A;

continuing criminal enterprise offender means an offender who is found guilty
of-

   (a)  a continuing criminal enterprise offence and who in another trial or
        hearing or more than one other trial or hearing had been found guilty
        of 2 or more relevant offences;

   (b)  2 continuing criminal enterprise offences and who in another trial or
        hearing had been found guilty of a relevant offence;

   (c)  3 or more continuing criminal enterprise offences;

relevant offence, in relation to a continuing criminal enterprise offence,
means a continuing criminal enterprise offence of which an offender has been
found guilty within the period of 10 years before the date on which the later
offence was committed.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of relevant offence in subsection (1),
if an offence of which an offender has been found guilty was committed between
two dates, the offence was committed on the earlier date.