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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentencing purposes and principles, and provisions of general application - Provisions of general application restricting cumulative sentences

23: No sentence may be cumulative on indeterminate sentence of imprisonment

You could also call this:

"You can't get another sentence added to a prison sentence with no end date."

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If you get a sentence that has no end date, which is called an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment, you cannot get another sentence added on top of it. This means that no other sentence of any kind can be imposed at the same time as an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment. You will serve the indeterminate sentence of imprisonment on its own, without any other sentence being added to it.

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Part 1Sentencing purposes and principles, and provisions of general application
Provisions of general application restricting cumulative sentences

23No sentence may be cumulative on indeterminate sentence of imprisonment

  1. No sentence of any kind may be imposed cumulatively on an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment.