The 2006 amendments to ss 12 and 99 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 do not confer power on a court revoking a good behaviour bond to reset a non-parole period that was already set as part of the original suspended sentence. The transitional provision in Sch 2 cl 56(3) expressly removes the duty to set a non-parole period on revocation where one has already been set. The power to reopen an unperfected sentence is discretionary and will only be exercised where there is some error, oversight or miscarriage — not to review a proper sentence in light of subsequent developments.
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