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<p>Sentencing guidelines are intended to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing.
The suggested range of sentencing in individual guidelines is intended to reflect
current sentencing practice for the majority of offences of a particular type. Where
there is a high statutory maximum, the range may not include the statutory maximum,
as this was intended by Parliament to cover the worst possible case of the particular
offence which is likely to fall outside the guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Each guideline
has on the front page the statutory maximum for the offence in question.</p><p> </p>
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