Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts8. Section 443 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:
“443. (1) Every term of imprisonment (except a term imposed in default of payment of a fine or sum of money or one imposed on a person in respect of an offence committed while in custody) shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be served concurrently with any uncompleted part of any sentence of imprisonment imposed on that person, whether before or at the same time as that term.
“(2) Where a court sentences a person to a term of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine or sum of money, the term shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be served—
(a) cumulatively on any uncompleted sentence or sentences of imprisonment imposed on that person in default of payment of a fine or sum of money; and
(b) concurrently with any other uncompleted part of any sentence of imprisonment imposed on that person.
“(3) Where a court sentences a person to a term of imprisonment in respect of an offence committed while in custody, the term shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be served cumulatively on any uncompleted sentence or sentences of imprisonment imposed on that person, whether before or at the same time as that term.
“(4) A court which imposes a term of imprisonment for an offence against the law of the Territory on a person already serving a sentence or sentences of imprisonment for an offence against the law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory, shall direct when the new term commences which shall be no later than immediately after—
(a) if a non-parole period or pre-release period (as defined in Part 1B of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth) was fixed in respect of the sentence or the last of those sentences—the end of the period so fixed; and
(b) in any other case—the completion of the sentence or the last of those sentences.
“(5) A court may direct that part of a sentence be served concurrently with or cumulatively upon another sentence.
“(6) Where a court directs that 2 or more sentences shall be cumulative, they shall take effect one after another as the court directs or, in default of any direction, in accordance with the sequence in which the convictions are recorded.
“(7) In this section—
(a) a reference to a fine shall be read as including a reference to a pecuniary penalty, an amount in respect of costs or any other amount ordered to be paid by a person for or in respect of an offence; and
(b) a reference to any uncompleted part of any sentence of imprisonment shall be read as including a reference to the remainder of a period for which a child has been committed to an institution by an order under paragraph 47 (1) (j) or 47 (1) (k) of the Children's Services Act 1986 .”.