The maximum penalty for the offence of “false accusations” is 7 years in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Community Correction Order: 52.5%
- Intensive Correction Order: 22.5%
- Prison: 12.5%
- Conditional Release Order without Conviction; 10%
- Conditional Release Order with Conviction: 2.5%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 10 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 7 months in prison.