Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 82

82 .         Effect of CSI

        (1)         An offender sentenced to CSI is not to serve any part of the imprisonment that is suspended unless a court makes an order under section 84F or 84L.

        (2)         The suspension period begins on the day on which the sentence is imposed.

        (3)         If during the suspension period an offender is sentenced to imprisonment for another offence that was not committed during the suspension period, the suspension period continues to elapse while the offender is serving that sentence.

        (4)         An offender who is sentenced to CSI is to be taken to be discharged from the sentence at the end of the suspension period.

        (5)         Subsection (4) does not affect the operation of subsection (1) or sections 84D to 84F.

        (6)         For the purposes of a law other than this Part and Parts 11 and 13, a sentence of CSI is to be taken as being a sentence of imprisonment.

        [Section 82 inserted: No. 27 of 2004 s. 5.]