An offence of knowingly possessing child abuse computer games under s 26(3) of the Classification of Computer Games and Images Act 1995 (Qld) is not an offence 'committed in relation to a child under 16 years' for the purposes of s 9(5) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), so the imprisonment-as-a-last-resort principle in s 9(2)(a) applies. Sentences imposed under s 26(3) are no longer comparable for offences committed after 4 April 2005, which fall under s 228D of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
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