A Drug and Alcohol Treatment Order under s 12A of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 (ACT) is an appropriate disposition for drug-motivated property offending where the offender's drug dependency substantially contributed to the offending, the offender has been accepted into a residential rehabilitation program, and the time already spent in custody has achieved the objectives of personal deterrence, punishment and denunciation. Where a fail to comply with a s 60 demand to identify a driver is charged alongside the underlying fail to stop offence, caution must be exercised to avoid effectively punishing the offender twice for the same conduct.
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