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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Imprisonment - Additional consequences for repeated serious violent offending

86B: Stage-1 offence: offender given first warning

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"Getting a first warning for a not-so-serious crime"

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If you commit a Stage-1 offence, you will be given a first warning. This warning is part of the rules for people who have committed serious violent offences more than once. You can find more information about this in the Sentencing Act 2002, but the specific rule about this has been repealed, which means it is no longer in effect, as stated in the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Imprisonment: Additional consequences for repeated serious violent offending

86BStage-1 offence: offender given first warning (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 86B: repealed, on , by section 5 of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 (2022 No 40).