Section 20 — Sentencing Act 2002: Guidance on use of combinations of sentences

20 Guidance on use of combinations of sentences (1) A court may impose a particular combination of sentences on an offender only if satisfied that any of the sentences making up the combination, if imposed alone or in any less restrictive combination, would not be in accordance with— (a) the purpose or purposes for which sentence is imposed; or (b) the application of the principles in section 8 to the particular case. (2) A court may only combine a sentence of community work with a sentence of supervision or intensive supervision if satisfied that— (a) a sentence of community work is appropriate; but (b) the offender requires the imposition of standard conditions or any of the special conditions available under a sentence of supervision or intensive supervision to address the causes of his or her offending. Section 20: substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 11 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).