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provides that if the Magistrates' Court gives a sentence indication and the accused pleads guilty to the charge at the first available opportunity after the indication, the court is bound by the indication to the extent that a more severe type of sentence than that indicated must not be imposed. The court may impose a less severe sentence than that indicated. If the accused does not plead guilty in response to the indication but instead chooses to go ahead with a contested hearing, the contested hearing will be conducted before a different magistrate, unless the parties otherwise agree. A sentence indication may be provided at any time that the court considers appropriate. These provisions also apply to indictable offences being heard and determined summarily. The court has unfettered discretion to refuse to provide a sentence indication. Accordingly, if the material available is insufficient to provide an indication by which the court is prepared to be bound, it may decline to provide a sentence indication. If a sentence indication is requested, a decision to give or not to give a sentence indication is final and conclusive and cannot be appealed. However, this does not limit the number of sentence indications that a magistrate may give. The prosecution and accused retain their rights to appeal against sentence. An application for an indication, the sentence indication hearing and any sentence indication given may not be used as evidence against the accused in any proceeding. Division 4—Entering a plea