The maximum penalty for the offence of “hindering investigations” 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: 45.45%
- Intensive Correction Order: 23.64%
- Conditional Release Order without Conviction: 9.09%
- Prison: 9.09%
- Fine Only: 7.27%
- Conditional Release Order with Conviction: 5.45%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 14 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 8 months in prison.