283.Section 98 makes clear that the Sexual Offences Court has the power to convict an accused person of a statutory offence where the accused person is found guilty of committing that offence on an art and part basis – that is, where they participated in the commission of the offence, regardless of the specifics of their involvement. Subsection (2) clarifies that aiding or abetting, counselling, procuring, or inciting the commission of a statutory offence are all to be treated in the same way as the commission of the crime would be treated, for the purposes of sentencing in the Sexual Offences Court.
Crown Application Part 7 – Sexual Offences Court Art and part and aiding and abetting Section 98 – statutory offences: art and part and aiding and abetting