Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 801997–804671

16  Interpretation
 (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
aggregate, in relation to 2 or more sentences or terms of imprisonment, or in relation to the unserved portions of such sentences or terms, means the total effective sentence or term of imprisonment imposed, or remaining unserved, as the case may be, having regard to whether the sentences or terms are to be served cumulatively, partly cumulatively or concurrently.
Examples demonstrating meaning of aggregate
             Example 1: The aggregate of 3 sentences, each of 2 years, to be served concurrently, is 2 years.
             Example 2: The aggregate of 3 sentences, each of 2 years, where 2 sentences are to be served concurrently and one is to be served cumulatively, is 4 years.
             Example 3: The aggregate of a one year unserved portion of a sentence, a 2 year unserved portion of another sentence, to be served concurrently with the first sentence, and a 2 year sentence to be served cumulatively, is 4 years.
Australian travel document has the same meaning as in the Australian Passports Act 2005.
family has a meaning affected by subsection 16A(4).
federal offence means an offence against the law of the Commonwealth.
federal offender means a person convicted of a federal offence.
federal sentence means a sentence imposed for a federal offence.
fit to be tried includes fit to plead.
harm includes:
 (a) physical, psychological and emotional suffering; and
 (b) economic and other loss; and
 (c) damage.
law, in relation to the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, includes the common law, and any Imperial Act or order, that comprises a part of that law.
licence means a licence granted under section 19AP.
licence period, for a person who is released on licence for a federal sentence, means the period starting on the day of release on licence and ending:
 (a) if a recognizance release order has been made for the federal sentence—at the end of the day before the person is eligible for release in accordance with the recognizance release order; and
 (b) in any other case:
 (i) at the end of the last day of any federal sentence that is, on the day of the release, being served or to be served; or
 (ii) if the person has been given a federal life sentence—at the end of the day specified in the licence as the day on which the licence period ends.
maximum penalty, in relation to an offence at common law, means imprisonment for life.
non‑parole period, in relation to a sentence or sentences of imprisonment, means that part of the period of imprisonment for that sentence or those sentences during which the person is not to be released on parole, whether that