58.Section 17 further amends section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 so that (similar to the requirement under section 8(9) of the Act) where a person is convicted of an offence which would result in a disqualification order under the Elections Act 2022, the court must also take the aggravation into account when determining the sentence and state the difference (if any) the aggravation has made to the court’s decision on sentence.
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