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Hon Judith Collins

Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill

Government Bill

17—3

As reported from the committee of the whole House

Contents

Part 1
Amendments to Sentencing Act 2002

4 Principal Act amended

4A Interpretation

5 New sections 86A to 86H and heading inserted

Additional consequences for repeated serious violent offending

86A Interpretation

86B Stage-1 offence: offender given first warning

86C Stage-2 offence other than murder: offender given final warning and must serve full term of imprisonment

86D Stage-3 offences other than murder: offender sentenced to maximum term of imprisonment

86E When murder is a stage-2 or stage-3 offence

86F Continuing effect of warnings

86FA Consequences of cancellation of record on later sentences

86G Appeal against orders relating to imprisonment

86H Sections 86B to 86E prevail over inconsistent provisions

5A Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment

5B Presumption in favour of life imprisonment for murder

6 Heading above section 103 amended

7 Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment if life imprisonment imposed for murder

8 Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment of 17 years or more

9 Transitional provision

9A Consequential amendments to other Acts

Part 2
Amendments to Parole Act 2002

10 Principal Act amended

11 Parole eligibility date

12 Non-parole periods

13 Release date of sentence

Schedule
Consequential amendments to other Acts

Legislative history

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: