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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2025
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92 3
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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2025
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A Bill for
This PUBLIC BILL, originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY and, having this day passed, is now ready for presentation to the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for its concurrence.
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An Act to amend the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 in relation to sentencing discounts.
The LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL has this day agreed to this Bill with/without amendment.
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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2025 [NSW]
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The Legislature of New South Wales enacts—
1 Name of Act This Act is the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2025.
2 Commencement This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2025 [NSW] Schedule 1 Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92
[1] Section 25E Sentencing discounts to apply in certain cases where guilty plea offer made for different offences and refused when made Omit “made before the offender was committed for trial,” from section 25E(3)(a). Insert instead—
made— (i) before the offender was committed for trial, or
(ii) for an offender found fit to be tried after being committed for trial and whose matter was not remitted to a Magistrate for continued committal proceedings—as soon as practicable after the offender was found fit to be tried,
[2] Section 25E(4) Insert after section 25E(3)—
(4) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (3)(a)(ii), whether the offer was made by the offender as soon as practicable after the offender was found fit to be tried, the court must take into account whether the offender had a reasonable opportunity to obtain legal advice and instruct a legal representative.
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