Part I Sentencing

Mentally disordered offenders

12 Sentence calculation where remand spent in hospital.

In section 210 of the 1995 Act (consideration of time spent in custody), in subsection (1)—

a

at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the words “ , or spent in hospital awaiting trial or sentence by virtue of an order made under section 52, 53 or 200 of this Act ”; and

b

in paragraph (c), after subparagraph (ii) there shall be inserted the following words—

; or

iii

has spent a period of time in hospital awaiting trial or sentence by virtue of an order made under section 52, 53 or 200 of this Act,