Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 22

22 .         Pre-sentence report: preparation

        (1)         The CEO (corrections) is to ensure that pre-sentence reports are made —

            (a)         by appropriately qualified people; and

            (b)         as soon as practicable and in any event within 21 days after being ordered.

        (2)         A pre-sentence report may be made by more than one person.

        (3)         A pre-sentence report may be made in writing or orally.

        (4)         A written pre-sentence report must not be given to anyone other than the court by or for which it was ordered and the CEO (corrections).

        (4a)         The CEO (corrections) may use the information in a pre-sentence report to assist with the management of the convicted or sentenced offender to whom the report relates.

        (5)         A court may make a pre-sentence report available to the prosecutor and to the offender, on such conditions as it thinks fit.

        [Section 22 amended by No. 65 of 2006 s. 46 and 49.]