Under s 12A(1)(b) of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005 (ACT), the one-year minimum sentence threshold for eligibility for a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Order must be met by the sentence for a single offence (the primary offence), not by aggregating sentences for multiple offences. Associated offences may attract sentences of less than one year and still be covered by the treatment order, provided the total imprisonment does not exceed four years.
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