When imposing an aggregate sentence under s 53A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), the guilty plea discount must be applied to the indicative sentences, not to the aggregate sentence. The aggregate sentence is the product of instinctive synthesis from the discounted indicative sentences, not a starting point to which a discount is then applied. For s 66EA offences involving ingredient offences committed outside NSW, the maximum penalties of the foreign jurisdiction are irrelevant because s 66EA(12)(c) defines such offences by reference to the equivalent NSW provision.
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