New Zealand Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2002 - SECT 9L

9L General rule: no reduction to sentence

1 This section applies if—

a) offending of any kind is committed, in whole, after the commencement of this section, by an offender; and

b) the court in a sentencing for the offending—

i) imposed a sentence of any type on the offender; and

ii) reduced that sentence under the remorse mitigating factor; and

c) further offending of any kind (whether of a kind that is the same as, or different from, the offending) is committed, in whole, after the sentencing for the offending, by the offender.

2 In imposing a sentence of any type on the offender for the further offending, the court must not reduce that sentence under the remorse mitigating factor.

3 This section is subject to sections 9M and 9T .

History: Section 9L: inserted, on 29 June 2025, by section 10 of the Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 13).