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Sentencing Act 1995
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148 Non-parole period for offences committed before the
(1) This section applies:
(a) to the sentencing of an offender:
(i) who committed an offence against the Misuse of Drugs
Act 1990 or an offence against section 120(1) of the
Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 before the
commencement; or
(ii) to whom Part 3, Division 6A, as in force before the
commencement, applied; and
(b) if a court had not imposed the sentence on the offender in
relation to the offence before the commencement.
(2) If a court sentences the offender to be imprisoned for 12 months or
longer that is not suspended in whole or in part for the offence, the
court must fix a period under section 53(1) of not less than 50% of
the period of imprisonment that the offender is to serve under the
(3) For this section, if any of the conduct constituting an offence
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