New Specific Penalties for Carjacking

Crimes Amendment (Carjacking) Bill 2016

2016-08-31: This bill was voted against and will not be discussed any more (Defeated).

1st House

2nd House

Law

This Bill was sponsored by Robert Clark ( LIB )

This Bill was sponsored by Edward O'Donohue ( LIB )

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Effects of Bill:

This bill being passed means that:

There are now new offences of carjacking and aggravated carjacking, with 15 and 25 years maximum imprisonment sentences;

There is now a new statutory minimum non-parole term of imprisonment of 3 years for adults for a conviction of carjacking and 5 years for adults for a conviction of aggravated carjacking. NB Carjacking was previously prosecuted under theft and abduction.

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