Second or subsequent offence
16AAB Second or subsequent offence
This section applies in respect of a person if:
the person is convicted of a Commonwealth child sexual abuse offence (a current offence); and
the person has, at an earlier sitting, been convicted previously of a child sexual abuse offence.
Subject to section 16AAC, if the person is convicted of a current offence described in column 1 of an item in the following table, the court must impose for the current offence a sentence of imprisonment of at least the period specified in column 2 of that item.
Minimum penalty | ||
|---|---|---|
Item | Column 1 Current offence | Column 2 Sentence of imprisonment |
1 | offence against subsection 272.12(1) of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
2 | offence against subsection 272.12(2) of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
3 | offence against subsection 272.13(1) of the Criminal Code | 2 years |
4 | offence against subsection 272.13(2) of the Criminal Code | 2 years |
5 | offence against subsection 272.14(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
6 | offence against subsection 272.15(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
7 | offence against subsection 272.15A(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
8 | offence against subsection 272.20(1) of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
9 | offence against subsection 272.20(2) of the Criminal Code | 1 year |
10 | offence against subsection 273.6(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
10A | offence against section 273A.1 of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
11 | offence against subsection 471.19(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
12 | offence against subsection 471.19(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
13 | offence against subsection 471.20(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
14 | offence against subsection 471.24(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
15 | offence against subsection 471.24(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
16 | offence against subsection 471.24(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
17 | offence against subsection 471.25(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
18 | offence against subsection 471.25(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
19 | offence against subsection 471.25(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
20 | offence against subsection 471.25A(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
21 | offence against subsection 471.25A(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
22 | offence against subsection 471.25A(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
23 | offence against subsection 471.26(1) of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
24 | offence against subsection 474.22(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
24A | offence against subsection 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
25 | offence against subsection 474.23(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
26 | offence against subsection 474.26(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
27 | offence against subsection 474.26(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
28 | offence against subsection 474.26(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
29 | offence against subsection 474.27(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
30 | offence against subsection 474.27(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
31 | offence against subsection 474.27(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
32 | offence against subsection 474.27AA(1) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
33 | offence against subsection 474.27AA(2) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
34 | offence against subsection 474.27AA(3) of the Criminal Code | 4 years |
35 | offence against subsection 474.27A(1) of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
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