Under Part 2A of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic), a single drug offence cannot serve the dual purpose of both making a person a 'serious offender' and constituting a 'relevant offence' under s 9(1A)(a); a 'relevant offence' must be an offence committed by a person who is already a serious offender by reason of conviction and sentence for some other qualifying offence. Aggregate sentences should not be imposed for a limited number of indictable counts without identifying the components of the sentence. The question whether an aggregate sentence can found a 'serious offender' classification for future offending remains open.
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