Penalties and Sentences Act 1992

An offender is convicted of a repeat serious child sex offence if—

the offender is convicted of a serious child sex offence (the repeat offence) committed by the offender when the offender was an adult; and

before the offender committed the repeat offence, the offender was convicted of another serious child sex offence committed by the offender when the offender was an adult.

An offender who is convicted of a repeat serious child sex offence is liable to, despite any other penalty imposed by the Criminal Code, imprisonment for life, which can not be mitigated or varied under any law, or is liable to an indefinite sentence under part 10.

For the indefinite sentence under part 10 mentioned in subsection (2), the sentence of imprisonment for life, which can not be mitigated or varied under any law, is—

the nominal sentence under section 163(2); and

the finite sentence under section 173(1)(b).