(1) If a person has committed more than one offence the length of the aggregate sentence shall be dispositive for a suspension under section 56.

(2) If in cases under section 55(1) the previous sentence had been suspended or early release from it granted and if the aggregate sentence has also been suspended, the minimum of the new operational period shall be reduced by any operational period already expired, but not to less than one year. If the aggregate sentence is not suspended section 56f(3) shall apply mutatis mutandis.