Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPeople aged under 18
(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:
(i) in relation to any of items 1A to 1E of the table in section 16AAA--the offence or an offence against subsection 80.2H(1) or 80.2HA(1) or Part 5.3 or 5.5 of the Criminal Code ; or
(ii) in relation to any of items 1 to 15 of the table in section 16AAA or any of the items in the table in subsection 16AAB(2)--the offence or 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:
(i) in relation to any of items 1A to 1E of the table in section 16AAA--the offence or an offence against subsection 80.2H(1) or 80.2HA(1) or Part 5.3 or 5.5 of the Criminal Code ; or
(ii) in relation to any of items 1 to 15 of the table in section 16AAA or any of the items in the table in subsection 16AAB(2)--the offence or 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.