Where an offender is sentenced for both procuring a child (s 66EB(2)) and travelling to meet a groomed child (s 66EB(2A)) arising from a single course of conduct with one victim, a high degree of accumulation (66%) may be excessive notwithstanding that the offences involve distinct elements. The grooming element is referable solely to the s 66EB(2A) offence and does not form part of the procuring offence under s 66EB(2), so there is no double counting, but the common factual matrix and single course of conduct warrant a lower degree of accumulation.
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