New Zealand Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2002 - SECT 80M

80M Appeals in respect of substituted sentences

1 This section applies if a court orders—

a) cancellation of a sentence of home detention and substitution of another sentence under section 80F ; or

b) cancellation of a sentence of imprisonment and substitution of a sentence of home detention under section 80K .

2 For the purposes of any appeal or application for leave to appeal against the substituted sentence, a sentence substituted for a sentence imposed on the conviction of the offender on a charge is deemed to be a sentence imposed on the conviction of the offender on that charge.

History: Section 80M: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).   Section 80M(2): replaced, on 1 July 2013, by section 7 of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 93).