119Transitional provisions (Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997)

119 Transitional provisions (Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997) (1) An amendment of this Act made by a provision of section 4, 6, 7 or 8 of the **Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997** applies to a sentence imposed after the commencement of that provision, irrespective of when the offence was committed and, for this purpose, a sentence imposed by an appellate court on setting aside a sentencing order must be taken to have been imposed at the time the original sentencing order was made. (2) An amendment of this Act made by a provision of section 14, 15 or 18 of the **Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997** applies only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that provision. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates and the provision of the **Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997** effecting the amendment commences on a date between those two dates, the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that provision. S. 120 inserted by No. 57/1998 s. 27.