Sentencing Act 1995
Part 13Imprisonment
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Part 13 — Imprisonment
- Terms used and calculations 135
Division 2 — Imposing imprisonment
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Term of 6 months or less not to be imposed 137
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Time on remand may be taken into account 138
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Concurrent, cumulative or partly cumulative terms 138
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Parole eligibility order, court may make 140
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Life imprisonment for murder, imposing 142
Division 3 — Release from imprisonment
- Release from parole term 143
94A. Release on parole of prisoners subject to Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 143
- Aggregation of parole terms for certain purposes 144
95A. Eligibility for parole where certain mandatory minimum sentences imposed 146
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Release from fixed term that is not parole term 147
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Release from life imprisonment 147
Division 4 — Miscellaneous
- Sentence Administration Act 2003, operation of 148
97A. Declaration of serious offence for purposes of High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 and Sentence Administration Act 2003 Part 5A 148