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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 161ZU
Appeals against decision to decide charge summarily
161ZU Appeals against decision to decide charge summarily
(1) This section applies if a person is summarily convicted or sentenced under
section 161ZO .
(2) The grounds on which the person may appeal include that
the Magistrates Court erred by deciding the conviction or sentence summarily.
(3) The grounds on which the Attorney-General may appeal against sentence
include that the Magistrates Court erred by deciding the sentence summarily.
(4) On an appeal against a sentence relying on a ground that the Magistrates
Court erred by proceeding summarily, the court deciding the appeal may, if it
decides to vary the sentence, impose the sentence the court considers
appropriate up to the maximum sentence that could have been imposed if the
matter had been dealt with on indictment.
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