The standard non-parole period under s 54D must be used as a reference point or guidepost, not as a starting point from which deductions are made. The discount for a plea of guilty must be applied to the non-parole period found to be appropriate in the particular case, not to the standard non-parole period. Pre-Division 1A sentencing statistics for aggravated indecent assault are of very limited use because the legislature intended sentences for this offence to increase.
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