Section 46 — Youth Criminal Justice Act: Exception when youth sentence in respect of earlier offence

The total of the custodial portions of a young person’s youth sentences shall not exceed six years calculated from the beginning of the youth sentence that is determined in accordance with section 43 if a youth sentence is imposed under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r) on the young person already serving a youth sentence under one of those paragraphs; and the later youth sentence imposed is in respect of an offence committed before the commencement of the earlier youth sentence.