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Sentencing Act 1995
46Duration of order and day order commences
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46 Duration of order and day order commences
(1) An intensive community correction order commences:
(a) on the day that the order is made; or
(b) if the order is made at the same time that another sentence of
imprisonment for another offence is imposed on the offender –
immediately after the offender is released from custody under
that other sentence.
(2) An intensive community correction order may not commence on a
day before the order is made.
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(3) The period an intensive community correction order is in force must
not exceed 2 years.
(4) A court may consider any period of time the offender was
remanded in custody for the offence in determining the period the
order is in force.