Serious repeat offenders
53 Serious repeat offenders
A person (including a youth that is being dealt with as an adult) is, by force of this subsection, taken to be a serious repeat offender if the person has committed and been convicted of—
at least 3 serious offences committed on separate occasions (whether or not the same offence on each occasion); or
at least 2 serious sexual offences committed on separate occasions (whether or not the same offence on each occasion).
For the purposes of this section, when determining the number of occasions on which a person has committed a particular kind of offence—
offences committed by the person as a youth are not to be included unless the youth was dealt with as an adult; and
the offence for which the person is being sentenced is to be included if it is of the relevant kind.
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