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Community Correction Orders- Community Service Orders replaced with Community Correction Orders On 24 September 2018 the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017 commenced which abolished community service ...Continue Reading
Home Detention Orders- Home detention orders replaced by Intensive Correction Orders In September 2018, Section 6 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act was repealed. Under this section, a court could ...Continue Reading
Section 9 Bond NSW- Section 9 Bonds replaced with Community Correction Orders The law has recently changed with regard to sentencing. The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 has been amended ...Continue Reading
Section 12 Suspended Sentence- Section 12 Suspended Sentence Repealed On 24 September 2018, the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017 commenced which repealed s 12 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) ...Continue Reading
Conditional Release Orders NSW- Conditional Release Orders Conditional release orders are created by way of s 9 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act. If a court imposes a CRO, you are discharged ...Continue Reading
Intensive Correction Orders- Intensive Correction Orders NSW If you are convicted of a crime, the court will then proceed to imposing a sentence. The sentence a court imposes will ...Continue Reading
Failure to reduce or remove risk of child becoming victim of child abuse- In 2018 Section 43B was inserted into the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) creating the offence of Failure to reduce or remove risk of child becoming victim ...Continue Reading
Appealing an Apprehended Violence Order to the District Court- Appealing an AVO to the District Court If an Apprehended Violence Order has been made against you, you can make an application to have the AVO ...Continue Reading
AVO and Criminal Records in NSW- Will my criminal record be used in an AVO matter? If there is a history of violence between you and the person for whom an application ...Continue Reading
Apprehended Personal Violence Order- Apprehended Personal Violence Order Lawyers Sydney An Apprehend Personal Violence Order (APVO) is a type of Apprehended Violence Order, which can be made by a court ...Continue Reading