Established sentencing principles and patterns have continued, while the flow of prisoners to be sentenced and reviewed on appeal has not abated. One problem associated with the Act involves whether the abolition of remissions that operated prior to the Act should be taken into account when considering the established sentencing pattern for a particular offense. An additional question is whether the Court of Criminal Appeal should simply sentence under the Act or initially assess a sentence and nonparole period that would be appropriate to the circumstances if the Probation and Parole Act of 1983 and relevant provisions of the Prisons Act of 1952 had not been repealed. The Sentencing Act requires the court to set a minimum imprisonment term a person must serve for an offense and to set an additional term during which a person may be released on parole. The additional term must not exceed one-third of the minimum term, unless the court decides there are special circumstances. The effect of the Act on general sentence levels and on public perceptions of the administration of justice is discussed. 20 footnotes