(1) An amendment of this Act made by a provision of section 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 applies to a sentence imposed after the commencement of that provision, irrespective of when the offence was committed and, for this purpose, a sentence imposed by an appellate court on setting aside a sentencing order must be taken to have been imposed at the time the original sentencing order was made.
(2) Section 83A applies to any finding of guilt made after the commencement of section 9 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 , irrespective of when the offence was committed.
(3) The amendment of section 86 of this Act made by a provision of section 10 or 12(2) of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 applies to an application made under that section of this Act after the commencement of that provision, irrespective of when the offence was committed or the finding of guilt made or conviction recorded.
(4) The amendment of this Act made by section 11 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 applies to an application under section 86 of this Act heard or determined after the commencement of that section of that Act, irrespective of when the offence was committed or the finding of guilt made or conviction recorded or the application made.
(5) The amendment of section 87 of this Act made by section 12(3) of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 applies to an order made under section 86(1) of this Act after the commencement of that section of that Act.
(6) Section 95BA and the amendments made to this Act by section 14 apply to a victim impact statement made to a court after the commencement of sections 13 and 14 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1999 .
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inserted by No. 99/2000 s. 16.