New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 59

59 Court may vary commencement of sentence on quashing or varying other sentence

(1) A court that quashes or varies a sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person (on appeal or otherwise) may vary the date of commencement of any other sentence that has been imposed on that person by that or any other court.

(2) If a person is subject to two or more sentences, this section applies to each of them.

(3) A court may vary a sentence under this section on its own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceedings on the quashing or variation of the other sentence.

(4) An appeal does not lie merely because the date of commencement of a sentence is varied under this section.

(5) The term of a sentence, or the non-parole period of a sentence, cannot be varied under this section.