Sentencing Act 1995

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

ammunition 106(5)

approved electronic monitoring device 4(1)

approved expert 124D

award 115(2)

bail 4(1)

breach 4(1)

CBO 4(2)

CCO 4(2)

CEO 136G

CEO (corrections) 4(1)

circumstances of aggravation 145A(1)

COC Act 9A(1)

COC Act offence 9A(1)

commencement 150A(1), 150AB(1)

community based order 4(1)

community corrections centre 4(1)

community corrections officer 4(1)

community order 4(1)

community work 4(1)

conditional order 136G

conditional release order 4(1)

conditional suspended imprisonment 4(1)

court 136B

criminal property confiscation 8(6)

CRO 4(2)

CSI 4(2)

CSI requirement 84G

declared criminal organisation 9A(1)

derived property 8(6)

designated family relationship 4(1)

disqualification order 4

DPP 4(2)

driver’s licence 105(5)

early release order 76(4), 81(4)

electronic monitoring requirement 33HA(3), 67A(3), 76A(2)

and (2C), 84CA(2) and (3C)

excluded offence 33A(1)

explosive 4(1)

family relationship 97A(1)

family victim 23A

family violence offence (category A) 4(1)

family violence offence (category B) 4(1)

family violence restraining order 4(1)

fine 57(1)

firearm 106(5), 124D

firearms offence 106(5)

fixed term 9AA(1), 85(1)

full sentence 37A(1)

head sentence 9AA(1)

imprisonable offence 33A(1)

indefinite imprisonment 85(1)

intensive supervision order 4(1)

intimate personal relationship 4(1A)

ISO 4(2)

joint offenders 55(3)

mandatory minimum sentence 85(1)

marine offence 107(5)

member of the primary victim’s immediate family 23A

motor vehicle 105(5)

motor vehicle offence 105(5)

nominal sentence 98(1)

offence 4(1), 97A(1)

offender 4(1), 60D(1), 79(1), 84E(1), 129(1)

original offence 32(1)

parole eligibility order 4(1), 89(1)

parole order 85(1)

parole term 85(1)

passport offence 108(6)

pending charge 31

period of imprisonment 59(7)

personal harm 23A

prescribed 4(1)

prescribed offence 85(1), 124D

prescribed term 85(1)

pre-sentence order 4(1)

primary victim 23A

prisoner 85(1)

Prisoners Review Board 4(1)

property 116

PSO 4(2)

reduced sentence 37A(1)

release 85(1)

release order 89(8)

relevant indictable offence 9A(1)

relevant simple offence 9A(1)

reparation order 109

requirement 33L(1)

requirements 125(1)

requiring care 23A

sentence 37(5), 37A(5)

sentencing 150A(1)

sentencing day 33B(1)

serial family violence offender 4(1)

speciality court 4(1), 84N(2)

specified 33H(15), 75(15), 84C(15)

specified place 33H(2), 75(2), 84C(2)

spent conviction order 4(1)

statutory penalty 4(1)

superior court 4(1)

term 85(1)

term imposed 35(1)

third party 118(1), 120(1)

translated sentence 85(1)

vessel 107(5)

victim 9AA(1), 13, 23A, 97A(1), 116, 120(1)

victim impact statement 23A

video link 14A(4)

WA marine qualification 107(5)

WDO 57A(4)

written reasons 4(1), 80(5A)

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