The mandatory minimum non-parole period under s 10AD of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) operates as a legislative yardstick alongside established sentencing principles, does not affect the instinctive synthesis approach, and does not permit two-stage sentencing. In single-charge cases for aggravated carjacking, the combined effect of the three-year mandatory minimum non-parole period and the s 11(3) requirement creates an effective minimum sentence of three years and six months' imprisonment. The 'compression of sentences' at the lower end of the range is not a free-standing principle but a consequence of applying ordinary sentencing principles within a minimum sentencing regime. The question of how s 10AD operates in multi-charge cases was left open.
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