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Sentencing Act 2002

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

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

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"Murder can be a more or less serious crime depending on the situation."

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Murder can be a stage-2 or stage-3 offence in certain situations. You need to know that this provision is about how murder is classified. Section 86E was repealed on 16 August 2022, by section 5 of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022.

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Imprisonment: Additional consequences for repeated serious violent offending

86EWhen murder is a stage-2 or stage-3 offence (Repealed)

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    • Section 86E: repealed, on , by section 5 of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 (2022 No 40).