New Zealand Acts

SENTENCING AMENDMENT ACT 2007

- As at 3 June 2017
- Act 27 of 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Principal Act amended
   4.      Interpretation
   5.      New section 6A inserted
   6.      Principles of sentencing or otherwise dealing with offenders
   7.      New heading and section 10A inserted
   8.      Heading amended
   9.      Discharge or order to come up for sentence if called on
   10.     New sections 15A and 15B inserted
   11.     New sections 19 and 20 substituted
   12.     New heading and section 21A inserted
   13.     Pre-sentence reports
   14.     New section 26A inserted
   15.     General requirement to give reasons
   16.     Power to impose fine instead of imprisonment or community-based sentence
   17.     Community-based sentences
   18.     Sentence of supervision
   19.     Standard conditions of supervision
   20.     Programmes
   21.     Other special conditions
   22.     Variation or cancellation of sentence of supervision
   23.     Application of section 54 during epidemic
   24.     New heading and sections 54B to 54L inserted
   25.     Sentence of community work
   26.     Guidance on use of sentence of community work
   27.     Concurrent and cumulative sentences of community work
   28.     New section 57A inserted
   29.     Length of sentence of community work
   30.     Authorised work for person sentenced to community work
   31.     New sections 66A to 66D inserted
   32.     Extension during epidemic of period within which community work must be done
   33.     New heading and sections 69B to 69M inserted
   34.     New section 70A inserted
   35.     Offences relating to breach of sentence of community work
   36.     Jurisdiction and procedure
   37.     Order must be drawn up and copy given to offender, etc
   38.     Commencement of community-based sentences
   39.     New sections 75A and 75B inserted
   40.     Commencement of community-based sentence after temporary surrender under Extradition Act 1999
   41.     Effect of subsequent sentence of imprisonment
   42.     Period of suspension not counted towards sentence
   43.     Resumption of community-based sentence if sentence of imprisonment quashed
   44.     New subparts 2A and 2B inserted
   45.     New section 81A inserted
   46.     Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment in relation to determinate sentence of imprisonment
   47.     Offender must be notified that sentence of preventive detention will be considered, and reports must be obtained
   48.     Warrant of commitment for sentence of imprisonment
   49.     Imposition of conditions on release of offender sentenced to imprisonment for short term
   50.     Heading and sections 97 to 99 repealed
   51.     Court may defer start date of sentence of imprisonment
   52.     Non-association order
   53.     Cumulative orders and sentences
   54.     Effect of subsequent sentences on non-association order

   PART - Transitional provisions

   55.     Transitional arrangements for intensive supervision
   56.     Transitional arrangements for community detention
   57.     Transitional arrangements for home detention
   58.     Amendments to other enactments
           SCHEDULE - Amendments to other enactments