Where an offender has served pre-sentence custody and is sentenced for multiple offences to be served by ICO under the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 (ACT), the pre-sentence custody may be accounted for by allowing greater concurrency between the sentences than would otherwise be appropriate, rather than by reducing the headline sentence or backdating the sentence. Reducing the headline sentence to account for pre-sentence custody is inappropriate because it compromises the sentencing record and detracts from the development of sentencing practice.
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