New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 57

57 Sentences for offences involving escape by inmates

(1) This section applies to a sentence of imprisonment imposed on an offender in relation to an offence involving an escape from lawful custody committed by the offender while an inmate of a correctional centre (whether or not the escape was from a correctional centre).

(2) A sentence of imprisonment imposed on an offender:

(a) who, when being sentenced, is subject to another sentence of imprisonment that is yet to expire, or

(b) in respect of whom another sentence of imprisonment has been imposed in the same proceedings,

is to be served consecutively with the other sentence of imprisonment or, if there is a further sentence of imprisonment yet to commence, with that further sentence.

(3) In this section, a reference to a sentence of imprisonment is taken to be a reference to:

(a) the non-parole period of the sentence, in the case of a sentence for which a non-parole period has been set, or

(b) the term of the sentence, in the case of a sentence for which a non-parole period has not been set.