When fixing a new single non-parole period under s.14 of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic), the court must not determine a notional non-parole period for the new sentence and add it to the existing non-parole period. Instead, the court must fix the new single non-parole period by reference to the total effective head sentence, having regard to the totality of offending. Section 14 is not enlivened where the further sentence is one in respect of which a non-parole period cannot be fixed under s.11(2) and (3). The question whether ss.11 and 14 can apply to contempt sentences remains open.
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