Part 9A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 applies to a continuing offence of trafficking where the conduct commenced before and continued after 1 July 1997, because such an offence must be regarded as committed throughout the entire period. A plea of guilty to trafficking over a stated period constitutes an acknowledgment that the business was carried on between the dates stipulated in the indictment. Separate sentences should not be imposed on supply counts where those supplies constitute the trafficking offence.
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