The procedure under s 16BA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) for taking additional offences into account on sentencing must be undertaken by the court before which the person was convicted; an appellate court cannot remedy a failure to comply with the procedure by undertaking it on appeal. Failure to make the statutory inquiries constitutes a fundamental sentencing error requiring the sentence to be set aside and the matter remitted.
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