SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally

PART 4Exercise of court's discretion

CHAPTER 3Seriousness and determining sentence

Aggravating factors

64Offence committed on bail

In considering the seriousness of an offence committed while the offender was on bail, the court must—

(a)

treat the fact that it was committed in those circumstances as an aggravating factor, and

(b)

state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.