Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

In this Schedule—

existing life sentence means a sentence of imprisonment for life imposed before, on or after 12 January 1990 (the date on which the Crimes (Life Sentences) Amendment Act 1989 commenced), but does not include a sentence for the term of a person’s natural life under section 19A, 61JA or 66A (2) of the Crimes Act 1900 or section 33A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 or another sentence to which this Act, section 61A applies.

non-release recommendation, in relation to an offender serving an existing life sentence, means a recommendation or observation, or an expression of opinion, by the sentencing court that (or to the effect that) the offender should never be released from imprisonment, and includes any such recommendation, observation or expression of opinion that (before, on or after the date of assent to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Existing Life Sentences) Act 2005) has been quashed, set aside or called into question.

Review Council means the Serious Offenders Review Council constituted by section 195 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999.

sentencing court, in relation to an offender who has been resentenced as a result of a re-trial or other appeal proceedings, includes both the court by which a penalty was originally imposed for the offence and the court (whether the same court or a different court) by which a penalty was finally imposed for the offence.