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is fully served, as if the amendments made by Division 1 of this Part had not been made.

Sentences and orders under subsection 19b (1), 20 (1) or 20ab (1) of the Principal Act

26. (1) Where an order that has been made under subsection 19b (1) or 20 (1) of the Principal Act is in force immediately before the commencing day, that order has effect, on and after that day, as if it had been made under subsection 19b (1) or 20 (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Where orders have been made under paragraph 20 (1) (b) of the Principal Act in respect of more than one offence committed by the same person, then, despite subsection (1), those orders shall be treated, on and after the commencing day, as if they were a single order made under paragraph 20 (1) (b) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, sentencing the person to the respective terms of imprisonment fixed in respect of each sentence but directing that the person be released at the expiration of the last to expire of the periods of imprisonment required to be served under those first-mentioned orders.

(3) Where a sentence or order that has been passed or made under subsection 20ab (1) of the Principal Act is in force immediately before the commencing day, that sentence or order has effect, on and after that day, as if it had been passed or made under subsection 20ab (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

Section 20b of the Principal Act to continue to apply for A.C.T. purposes on and after commencing day

27. (1) Despite the repeal of section 20B of the Principal Act under section 15 of this Act, that section is to be treated, on and after the commencing day, for the purposes of section 33g of the Interpretation Ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory, as if it had not been repealed.

(2) Where a law of the Australian Capital Territory is expressed to include a provision that makes, or provisions that make, the operation of subsection (1) redundant, then, with effect from the commencement of that provision or those provisions, subsection (1) ceases to be in force.

Non-parole periods for life sentences imposed before commencing day

28. (1) Where, before the commencing day, a sentence of life imprisonment has been imposed on a person in respect of a federal offence, the Attorney-General, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the person

may, whether or not the person has begun to serve that sentence, on or after that day, apply to the court by which the person was sentenced:

    (a) if the sentence