The power to impose parole conditions under ss 50 and 51 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) is confined to sentences of 3 years imprisonment or less; for longer sentences, parole conditions are solely for the Parole Authority. Teenage alcohol exposure in the context of an otherwise stable and supportive family background does not engage the Bugmy principles regarding social deprivation reducing moral culpability. An error in imposing a parole condition beyond power does not necessarily vitiate the sentencing discretion where the non-parole period is unaffected.
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