The maximum penalty for the offence of “sexual intercourse with child between 14 and 16.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Prison: 40%
- Suspended sentence (now replaced by intensive correction order)
- Section 9 Bond (now replaced by community correction order)
- CSO (now replaced by community correction order): 7%
- Section 10(1)(c) Bond
- Section 10 bond (now replaced by conditional release order)
The average prison sentence for the offence is 18 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 9.5 months in prison.