A discount for guilty plea and assistance under ss 22 and 23 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) must be applied to each indicative sentence, not to the aggregate sentence, when an aggregate sentence is imposed under s 53A. Failure to do so constitutes error requiring re-sentencing. The parity threshold for appellate intervention is 'marked disparity' as stated in High Court authority, not the expanded formulation 'gross, marked or glaring'.
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