The mandatory 12-month licence disqualification under s 86A(2) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) for illegal interference with a motor vehicle is both a minimum and maximum period — the sentencing court has no discretion to impose a longer or shorter period. Time spent on remand in custody on charges that are wholly unrelated to the offences being sentenced cannot be taken into account as a mitigating factor. Where a District Court Judge exercises Magistrates Court jurisdiction, appeals lie under the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA), not the Criminal Law Consolidation Act.
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