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Sentencing Act 1995
60Sentences of imprisonment – whether concurrent or
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60 Sentences of imprisonment – whether concurrent or
cumulative
(1) A court which imposes a term of imprisonment for an offence
against a law of the Territory on an offender already undergoing a
sentence or sentences of imprisonment for an offence against a law
of the Commonwealth must direct when the new term commences,
which must be no later than immediately after:
(a) the completion of that sentence or those sentences if a
non-parole period or pre-release period (as defined in Part lB
of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)) was not fixed in respect of it or
them; or
(b) the end of that period, if one was fixed.
(2) This section has effect despite anything to the contrary in any other
Act.