Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING) ACT 2005 (NO. 58 OF 2005) - SECT 31

For a combination sentence, a court may set the start or end of the period of any part of the sentence, or of any order forming part of the sentence, by reference to anything the court considers appropriate, including, for example—

        (a)     a stated day; or

        (b)     the lapse of a stated period of time; or

        (c)     whenever a stated event happens, or whenever the earlier or later of 2 or more stated events happens.

Example for par (c)

a 5-year combination sentence consisting of the following orders:

              •     an order for imprisonment (ie full-time detention in a correctional centre) with a 3-year nonparole period

              •     a good behaviour order and a place restriction order, stated to start whenever (if at all) the offender is released on parole and to end at the end of the 5-year term of the sentence

              •     a driver licence disqualification order, also stated to start whenever (if at all) the offender is released on parole and to end at the end of the 5-year term of the sentence

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).