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SENTENCING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO 22 OF 2015) - SECT 14

Part 17, Division 3 inserted

After section 227

insert

Division 3     Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2015

228     Application of amendments

    (1)     Section 87, as amended by the amending Act, applies if a youth is sentenced by the Court to a further term of detention or imprisonment after the commencement, even if the offence to which the sentence relates was committed before the commencement.

    (2)     Section 130, as in force immediately before the commencement, continues to apply in relation to a sentence, the service of which was suspended under section 130 before the commencement, as if the amending Act had not commenced.

    (3)     In this section:

"amending Act" means the Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2015 .

commencement means the commencement of the amending Act.



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