Section 9 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), including as amended by the 1997 serious violent offences amendments, is a procedural provision that applies at the time of sentencing regardless of when the offence was committed. However, Part 9A (the stricter parole and remission regime) does not apply retrospectively to offences committed before 1 July 1997, following R v Mason & Saunders. In sentencing accessories, the court must scrutinise their actual involvement and draw sufficient distinction between their sentences and those of principal offenders.
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