Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) an offender is charged with an offence before the commencement day (whether the proceeding for the offence starts or ends before, on or after the commencement day); and
(b) a court sentences the offender under the old sentence administration law to full-time imprisonment in a correctional centre (however described); and
(c) if the sentence was imposed before the commencement day—the term of the sentence did not end before the commencement day.
Note A court may sentence an offender to imprisonment under the old sentencing law if the offender was charged with the offence before the commencement day (see Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 , s 140 (2) (Application of Act—charges after commencement)).
(2) If the sentence was imposed before the commencement day, this Act applies in relation to the offender on and after the commencement day.
(3) If the sentence is imposed on or after the commencement day, this Act applies in relation to the offender from the time when the sentence is imposed.