Corrections Regulations 2018
28Period of sentence
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28 Period of sentence
(1) If a prisoner was sentenced at the one time to 2 or more periods of imprisonment, a reference in this Part to the period for which the prisoner was sentenced is a reference to the total period for which he or she could lawfully have been imprisoned by virtue of that sentence, whether or not he or she has been released before the expiration of that total period.
(2) If a prisoner was sentenced at different times to 2 or more periods of imprisonment, a reference in this Part to the period for which the prisoner was sentenced is a reference to the latest of those periods, whether or not he or she has been released before the expiration of that latest period.