Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004) - SECT 121

121 .         Sentences etc. may be stayed pending appeal

        (1)         In this section, unless the contrary intention appears —

        “community order” means —

            (a)         a community order within the meaning of the Sentencing Act 1995 ; or

            (b)         a youth community based order, or an intensive youth supervision order, within the meaning of the Young Offenders Act 1994 ;

        “convicted person” means a person —

            (a)         who is convicted by a superior court; or

            (b)         who is committed to a superior court for sentence having been convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction;

        “stay order” means an order that stays the operation of —

            (a)         an order imposing a fine on, or for the payment of compensation or another sum of money by, a convicted person;

            (b)         a community order imposed on a convicted person;

            (c)         a reparation order made under the Sentencing Act 1995 Part 16;

            (d)         an order for the restitution or delivery of any thing by a convicted person or any other person;

            (e)         an order for the forfeiture, disposal or destruction of any thing;

            (f)         an order imposing a disqualification on a convicted person; or

            (g)         the Sale of Goods Act 1895 section 24(1).

        (2)         At any time after a person becomes a convicted person and before an appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 Part 3 against the conviction or the sentence imposed on the person is commenced, an application for a stay order may be made to the superior court.

        (3)         The application may be made by the convicted person, the relevant authorised officer or a person who is, or will be, affected by the order or statutory provision in relation to which the stay order is sought.

        (4)         On such an application, the superior court may make a stay order on any terms and conditions it thinks fit, including terms and conditions for the purpose of —

            (a)         ensuring that an appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 Part 3 is commenced without delay;

            (b)         securing the safe custody of any record or thing while the stay order has effect;

            (c)         requiring security to be given in relation to any order imposing a fine or for the payment of compensation or another sum of money.