Other impact statements
15A Other impact statements
If a person has died or suffered an injury resulting in total incapacity as a result of any conduct occurring in connection with the commission of an offence, the sentencing court may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, allow a person who has suffered injury, loss or damage from that death or injury to provide a written personal statement.
Subsections (2) to
(inclusive) of section 14 apply to a statement provided under this section as if it were provided under that section.
Nothing in this section requires the court to have regard to a statement provided under this section in determining sentence.
For the purposes of this section, conduct will be taken to occur
in connection with an offence if it occurs in circumstances arising out of the offence or as a result of any physical element of the offence or otherwise arises from any act or omission by the offender that is proximate to the offence.
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