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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 17C
Request for assessment report
17C Request for assessment report
(1) Except as provided by section 17D- (a) the sentencing court may request,
but is not obliged to request, an assessment report on an offender, and
(b)
such a request may be made at the following times only- (i) after finding an
offender guilty of an offence and before a sentence is imposed,
(ii) during
sentencing proceedings after a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed on
the offender,
(iii) during proceedings to impose, vary or revoke an
additional or further condition on a community correction order or
conditional release order that has been made in respect of the offender,
(iv)
during proceedings to correct a sentencing error in accordance with
section 43,
(v) during proceedings to re-sentence an offender after a court
has revoked the offender’s community correction order or
conditional release order,
(vi) during proceedings to determine an appeal
against a sentence,
(vii) any other times prescribed by the regulations.
(2)
If a court refers an offender for assessment in relation to a sentence and a
sentence of imprisonment has been imposed in respect of the offence concerned-
(a) the referral stays the execution of the sentence and the operation of
section 48, and
(b) the offender is to be remanded in custody, or granted
bail in accordance with the Bail Act 2013 ,
until the court decides whether
or not to make an intensive correction order.
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