New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 100I

100I Constitution of New South Wales Sentencing Council

(1) There is constituted by this Act a New South Wales Sentencing Council.

(2) The Sentencing Council is to consist of 16 members appointed by the Minister, of whom--

(a) one is to be a retired judicial officer (not being a retired Magistrate), and

(a1) one is to be a retired Magistrate, and

(b) one is to have expertise or experience in law enforcement, and

(c) four are to have expertise or experience in criminal law or sentencing (of whom one is to have expertise or experience in the area of prosecution and one is to have expertise or experience in the area of defence), and

(d) one is to be a person who has expertise or experience in Aboriginal justice matters, and

(e) four are to be persons representing the general community, of whom two are to have expertise or experience in matters associated with victims of crime, and

(f) one is to have expertise or experience in corrective services, and

(g) one is to have expertise or experience in juvenile justice, and

(h) one is to be a representative of the Department of Justice, and

(i) one is to have academic or research expertise or experience of relevance to the functions of the Sentencing Council.

(3) Schedule 1A has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Sentencing Council.