Sections 16(1A)(e) and 16(3C) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) create a prima facie rule that sentences for offences committed on bail must be served cumulatively, not merely a negation of the presumption of concurrency. Total cumulation is permissible where the gravity of offending on both presentments, the offender's criminal history, and the separate harm caused by the bail offending justify it, provided the total effective sentence does not offend the totality principle.
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