New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 9

9 Conditional release orders

(1) Instead of imposing a sentence of imprisonment or a fine (or both) on an offender, a court that finds a person guilty of an offence may make a conditional release order discharging the offender, if--

(a) the court proceeds to conviction, or

(b) the court does not proceed to conviction but makes an order under section 10 (1) (b).

(2) In deciding whether to make a conditional release order with a conviction, the sentencing court is to have regard to the following factors--

(a) the person's character, antecedents, age, health and mental condition,

(b) whether the offence is of a trivial nature,

(c) the extenuating circumstances in which the offence was committed,

(d) any other matter that the court thinks proper to consider.

Note : These factors are considered under section 10 in respect of an order under section 10 (1) (b) in connection with a conditional release order without a conviction.

(3) To avoid doubt and without limitation--

(a) a fine and a conditional release order cannot be imposed in relation to the offender in respect of the same offence, and

(b) a conditional release order with a conviction may be made as an alternative to imposing a fine.

(4) This section is subject to the provisions of Part 8.