s. 9 sentence of imprisonment in respect of all or any two or more of them. (1A) Despite subsection (1), a court must not impose an S. 9(1A) inserted by aggregate sentence of imprisonment if— No. 50/2006 s. 38(2). (a) the offender is a serious offender within the meaning of Part 2A and any of the offences of which the offender is convicted is a relevant offence within the meaning of that Part; or (b) the offences comprise at least one offence committed by the offender while released under a parole order and one offence committed at another time. (2) The term of an aggregate sentence of S. 9(2) amended by imprisonment imposed in accordance with No. 50/2006 subsection (1) must not exceed the total effective s. 38(3). period of imprisonment that could have been imposed in respect of the offences in accordance with this Act if the court had imposed a separate sentence of imprisonment in respect of each of them. (3) If a court proposes to impose an aggregate S. 9(3) amended by sentence of imprisonment, it must before doing so No. 50/2006 announce in open court, in language likely to be s. 38(4). readily understood by the offender— (a) the decision to impose an aggregate sentence and the reasons for doing so; and (b) the effect of the proposed aggregate sentence. (4) If a court imposes an aggregate sentence of S. 9(4) inserted by imprisonment in respect of 2 or more offences, the No. 30/2010 court— s. 5, amended by No. 48/2012 (a) is not required to identify separate events s. 44(1). giving rise to specific charges; and
sentence of imprisonment in respect of all or any two or more of them. S. 9(1A) inserted by No. 50/2006 s. 38(2). (1A) Despite subsection (1), a court must not impose an aggregate sentence of imprisonment if— (a) the offender is a serious offender within the meaning of Part 2A and any of the offences of which the offender is convicted is a relevant offence within the meaning of that Part; or (b) the offences comprise at least one offence committed by the offender while released under a parole order and one offence committed at another time. S. 9(2) amended by No. 50/2006 s. 38(3). (2) The term of an aggregate sentence of imprisonment imposed in accordance with subsection (1) must not exceed the total effective period of imprisonment that could have been imposed in respect of the offences in accordance with this Act if the court had imposed a separate sentence of imprisonment in respect of each of them. S. 9(3) amended by No. 50/2006 s. 38(4). (3) If a court proposes to impose an aggregate sentence of imprisonment, it must before doing so announce in open court, in language likely to be readily understood by the offender— s. 9 (a) the decision to impose an aggregate sentence and the reasons for doing so; and (b) the effect of the proposed aggregate sentence. S. 9(4) inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 5, amended by No. 48/2012 s. 44(1). (4) If a court imposes an aggregate sentence of imprisonment in respect of 2 or more offences, the court— (a) is not required to identify separate events giving rise to specific charges; and
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