Certainly. That wording, “Despite subsection (5.1)”, was included to clarify that obviously the amendments in Bill C-479 apply only to those offenders serving time for a violent offence. The lengthening of the mandatory parole review period applies only to those offenders.
For all other offenders, for the non-violent offenders, the two-year period will continue to exist. That's why we had to differentiate that the current set of rules will continue to apply for those non-violent offenders, whereas Bill C-479 will take effect for violent offenders.