Non-parole period for offences committed before the commencement
148 Non-parole period for offences committed before the commencement
This section applies:
to the sentencing of an offender:
(i) who committed an offence against the Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 or an offence against section 120(1) of the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 before the commencement; or
(ii) to whom Part 3, Division 6A, as in force before the commencement, applied; and
(b) if a court had not imposed the sentence on the offender in relation to the offence before the commencement.
(2) If a court sentences the offender to be imprisoned for 12 months or longer that is not suspended in whole or in part for the offence, the court must fix a period under section 53(1) of not less than 50% of the period of imprisonment that the offender is to serve under the sentence.
(3) For this section, if any of the conduct constituting an offence occurred before the commencement, the offence is taken to have been committed before the commencement.
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