Section 157(3) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) requires a mandatory parole recommendation whenever a court imposes a further term of imprisonment on an offender already serving imprisonment to which a parole recommendation was attached, even where the original recommended parole date has passed. The default halfway formula in s 166(1)(d) of the Corrective Services Act 1988 (Qld) does not apply where s 157(3) operates, and does not support a recommendation for immediate parole eligibility by analogy. The Court of Appeal may consider post-sentencing events when making a parole recommendation on appeal where it is in the interests of justice to do so.
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