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Sentencing Act 1995
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72 Review – periodic
(1) Where the Supreme Court imposes an indefinite sentence, it:
(a) must for the first time review the indefinite sentence not later
than 6 months after an offender has served:
(i) 50% of the offender's nominal sentence; or
(ii) if the offender's nominal sentence is imprisonment for
life, 13 years of the nominal sentence; and
(b) must review the indefinite sentence at subsequent intervals of
not more than 2 years from when the last review was made.
(2) Subject to section 73, the Director of Public Prosecutions must
make the application that is required to be made to cause the
reviews referred to in subsection (1) to be carried out.