Early appropriate guilty pleas

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The Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Reform commenced on 30 April 2018 and applies to all strictly indictable and elected table offences where proceedings commenced after 30 April. Please find below some resources to assist you.

EAGP - primary materials

EAGP Amending Act - Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Bill 2017
EAGP Explanatory Note
Second Reading Speeches - Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
Local Court Practice Note Comm 2 and assisting flowchart
Brief Protocol between ODPP and NSW Police (pdf 2.8MB)

EAGP resources for practitioners

EAGP summary slides (pdf 530KB)
Section 72 assistance for practitioners (pdf 627KB)
Section 72 - Explanation to legally represented accused if statutory utilitarian discount caps apply (pdf 644KB)
Section 72 - Explanation to legally represented accused if statutory utilitarian discount caps do not apply (PDF 478KB)

Case conferencing

Relevant cases

This will be updated as judgments are delivered.

Other reforms

Parole reforms

All Parole reforms have commenced with the exception of Re-integration Home Detention.

Parole Amending Act - Parole Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Parole Explanatory Note
Parole - Second Reading Speeches - Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council

High risk offender reforms

The amendments to High Risk Offender Reforms commenced on 6 December 2017. View the Amending Act.