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and, on that day, the aggregate period required to be served to satisfy all of those lesser periods had not been served or, if that

     aggregate period had been served, the person's release on parole had been deferred for whatever reason;

that aggregate period is to be treated, on and after that day, for all purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, as if it were a single non-parole period that had been duly fixed, in respect of all the sentences in respect of which it was fixed, under Division 4 of the Principal Act as so amended.

(3) Where the term of a sentence of imprisonment in respect of which a lesser term of imprisonment was fixed under section 4 of the Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967, or the aggregate term of a number of sentences of imprisonment in respect of which lesser terms of imprisonment were fixed under that section, is 3 years or less, then, for the purpose of the application of the provisions of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, that term, or the aggregate of those terms, as the case requires, is to be taken to be more than 3 years but less than 10 years.

(4) Where, in relation to a federal sentence of imprisonment imposed upon a person before the day when section 9 of this Act commences, a minimum term of imprisonment (however described) has purportedly been fixed by operation of State or Territory legislation, that purported minimum term of imprisonment is to be treated, for the purpose of this section, in the same way as if it were a lesser term of imprisonment fixed by a court under section 4 of the Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967 in relation to that first- mentioned sentence.

Parole orders made under Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967 before commencing day

31. A parole order made under section 5 of the Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967, being a parole order in force immediately before the commencing day, continues in force, with effect from the commencing day:

(a) as if it had been made under section 19AL of the Principal Act as amended by this Act; and

    (b) if the period of the parole order exceeds 5 years—as if the parole period ended on the commencing day or 5 years after the licence was granted, whichever happens last.

Parole orders revoked or cancelled under Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967 before commencing day

32. (1) Where a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment in respect of a federal offence has had a parole order made under the Commonwealth Prisoners Act 1967 in respect of that sentence revoked under paragraph 5 (5) (b) of that Act, or by