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79A Aggravated carjacking

1AA An offence against this section is a category 1 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991. See section 5(2G) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence. 1 Section 10AD of the Sentencing Act 1991 requires that a term of imprisonment be imposed for an offence against section 79A and that a non-parole period of not less than 3 years be fixed under section 11 of that Act unless the court finds under section 10A of that Act that a special reason exists.

S. 79A inserted by No. 50/2016 s. 4.Note 1AA to s. 79A inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 92(a).Note 2 to s. 79A amended by No. 48/2018 s. 92(b), repealed by No. 23/2020 s. 16.

(1)A person commits an aggravated carjacking if the person commits a carjacking and—

(a)at the time the person has with them a firearm, an imitation firearm, an offensive weapon, an explosive or an imitation explosive; or

(b)in the course of the carjacking the person causes injury to another person.

(2)A person who commits an aggravated carjacking commits an offence and is liable to level 1 imprisonment (life).

S. 79A(2) amended by No. 54/2025 s. 6.

(3)In this section— explosive, firearm, imitation explosive, imitation firearm, and offensive weapon have the same meanings as in section 77; injury has the same meaning as in section 15.

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