Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 221

221 Transitional provision for s 171

(1) For section 171(2)(a)(i) as inserted by the amendment Act, the period of time an offender must have served before the offender’s indefinite sentence must be reviewed for the first time continues to be 20 years if—

(a) the Criminal Code , section 305 (2) as amended by the amendment Act does not apply on sentence; but

(b) that section as it existed before the commencement applies on sentence.

(2) Section 171(2)(a)(iii), as inserted by the amendment Act, only applies to an offender who is serving an indefinite sentence for an offence of murder committed after the commencement.

(3) In this section—

"amendment Act" means the Criminal Law Amendment Act 2012 .

"commencement" means the commencement of the amendment Act, section 16.