2016 No.2 (b) magistrates; and (c) the l\'ational Prosecuting Authority; and (d) the Police Service; and (e) the Prisons and Correctional Sen·ice; and (f) the Law Society ofZimhabwe; and (g) such other organisations and bodies as, in the< 'ommission 's opinion, have expertise or an interest in crime, punishment and the rehabilitation or treatment of criminals; for the purpose of studying and discussing the ohjectin·s. policic~. standards and criteria for sentencing offenders, and formulating draft sentencing guidelines. ( -+) The procedure to he followed at a judicial conference shall be as prescribed or, in relation to any matter that is not prescribed, a~ determined by the Judicial Sen ice Commission. (5) Draft sentencing guidelines may relate to all matters relating to the sentencing of offenders and, in particular, to~ (a) inquiries and in\'estigations to he conducted by courts prior to sentencing offenders; (h) the factors to he considered by courts \\hen sentencing offenders; (c) forms of punishment that may be imposed as alternati,·e-; to custodial sentences; (d) principles and criteria which will assist in promoting consistency in sentencing and the equitable administration of criminal justice in Zimbabv,e; and the~ may be fonnulated so as to be general in nature or so as to appl~ to particular offences or classes of offences or to particular classes of offenders. (6) In formulating draft sentencing guidelines, a judicial conference shall pay regard to~-(a) the need to promote consistency in sentencing; and (b) the impact of sentencing decisions on otTenders and their families as well as on victims of offences; and (c) the need to promote public confidence in the criminal justice system; and (d) the cost of different sentences and their relative effectiveness in rehabilitating offenders and reducing crime. (7) Cnless a judicial conference agrees upon some other form, draft sentencing guidelines shall he in the form of a table of presumptive penalties supplemented by additional guidelines addressing such of the factors referred to in subsection (5) as are rcle,·ant to each otTence or class of offence included in the table. (8) As soon as practicable after a judicial conference has formulated draft sentencing guidelines, the .Judicial Service Commission shall appl'l1\'e them, with or without amendments, for submission to the !\linister in terms of subsection (9). (9) As soon as practicable after approving the draft sentencing guidelines, withorwithoutamendmcnts, the Judicial Service Commission 58