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Youth Justice Act 2005
126Detention or imprisonment to be concurrent unless otherwise
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126 Detention or imprisonment to be concurrent unless otherwise
ordered
(1) If a youth:
(a) is serving, or has been sentenced to serve, a term of detention
or imprisonment for an offence; and
(b) is sentenced by the Court to serve another term of detention
or imprisonment for another offence,
the later term of detention or imprisonment must be served
concurrently with the term of detention or imprisonment for the first
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a) this Act otherwise provides; or
(b) the Court otherwise orders when imposing the later sentence.