Crimes Act 1914
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(1)
Section 16AAA and subsection 16AAB(2) do not apply to a person who was aged under 18 years when the offence that the relevant provision specifies a minimum penalty for was committed.
Reduction of minimum penalty
(2)
A court may impose a sentence of imprisonment of less than the period specified in column 2 of an item of a table in section 16AAA or subsection 16AAB(2) only if the court considers it appropriate to reduce the sentence because of either or both of the following:
(a) the court is taking into account, under paragraph 16A(2)(g) , the person pleading guilty;
(b) the court is taking into account, under paragraph 16A(2)(h) , the person having cooperated with law enforcement agencies in the investigation of the offence or of a Commonwealth child sex offence.
(3)
If a court may reduce a sentence, the court may reduce the sentence as follows:
(a) if the court is taking into account, under paragraph 16A(2)(g) , the person pleading guilty - by an amount that is up to 25% of the period specified in column 2 of the applicable item in the relevant table;
(b) if the court is taking into account, under paragraph 16A(2)(h) , the person having cooperated with law enforcement agencies in the investigation of the offence or of a Commonwealth child sex offence - by an amount that is up to 25% of the period specified in column 2 of the applicable item in the relevant table;
(c) if the court is taking into account both of the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b) - by an amount that is up to 50% of the period specified in column 2 of the applicable item in the relevant table.
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