Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO 2) (NO. 42 OF 2023) - SECT 35

substitute

    (3)     If a parole order for a sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a person under a law of a State or another Territory was registered under section 167 before the commencement day—

        (a)     the interstate nonparole period is taken to have been validly set by the appropriate ACT court as the nonparole period for the sentence despite any ACT law to the contrary; and

        (b)     a primary sentence imposed on the person after the order was registered but before the commencement day is taken not to have resulted in the cancellation of the interstate nonparole period because of the operation of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005

, section 66 (3).