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123 Transitional provision—Magistrates' Court (Infringements) Act 2000
(1) The amendment of section 16 of this Act made by section 15 of the **Magistrates' Court (Infringements) Act 2000** applies to any person who begins a term of imprisonment on or after the commencement of section 15 of the **Magistrates' Court (Infringements) Act 2000**, irrespective of when the term of imprisonment was imposed.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person can only begin a term of imprisonment if, immediately before the term of imprisonment began, the person was not serving any other term of imprisonment imposed on him or her.
S. 123
inserted by No. 54/2000 s. 24, re‑numbered as s. 124 by
No. 2/2002 s. 6.