The 'one transaction rule' has limited utility as a sentencing principle and does not require concurrent sentences merely because multiple offences of the same type were committed over a short period. Six discrete burglaries at different premises involving different complainants are not 'one transaction'. The transitional provisions in Schedule 1, clause 2(1) of the Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 (WA) are mandatory and afford no discretion — a sentencing judge must identify the sentence that would have been imposed under the old provisions and reduce it by one-third.
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