Criminal Justice Act 2003

Effect of remand in custody[F1or on bail subject to certain types of condition]E+W

F2240Crediting of periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and detentionE+W

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[F3240ZATime remanded in custody to count as time served: terms of imprisonment and detentionE+W

(1)This section applies where—

(a)an offender is serving a term of imprisonment in respect of an offence, and

(b)the offender has been remanded in custody (within the meaning given by section 242) in connection with the offence or a related offence.

(2)It is immaterial for that purpose whether, for all or part of the period during which the offender was remanded in custody, the offender was also remanded in custody in connection with other offences (but see subsection (5)).

(3)The number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.

But this is subject to subsections (4) to (6).

(4)If, on any day on which the offender was remanded in custody, the offender was also detained in connection with any other matter, that day is not to count as time served.

(5)A day counts as time served—

(a)in relation to only one sentence, and

(b)only once in relation to that sentence.

(6)A day is not to count as time served as part of any [F4automatic release period served by the offender] (see section 255B(1)).

[F5(6A)Where a court has made a declaration under section 327 of the Sentencing Code in relation to the offender in respect of the offence, this section applies to days specified under subsection (3) of that section as if they were days for which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence.]

(7)For the purposes of this section a suspended sentence—

(a)is to be treated as a sentence of imprisonment when it takes effect under [F6paragraph 13(1)(a) or (b) of Schedule 16 to the Sentencing Code], and

(b)is to be treated as being imposed by the order under which it takes effect.

(8)In this section “related offence” means an offence, other than the offence for which the sentence is imposed (“offence A”), with which the offender was charged and the charge for which was founded on the same facts or evidence as offence A.

(9)For the purposes of the references in subsections (3) and (5) to the term of imprisonment to which a person has been sentenced (that is to say, the reference to the offender's “sentence”), consecutive terms and terms which are wholly or partly concurrent are to be treated as a single term if—

(a)the sentences were passed on the same occasion, or

(b)where they were passed on different occasions, the person has not been released at any time during the period beginning with the first and ending with the last of those occasions.

(10)The reference in subsection (4) to detention in connection with any other matter does not include remand in custody in connection with another offence but includes—

(a)detention pursuant to any custodial sentence;

(b)committal in default of payment of any sum of money;

(c)committal for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money;

(d)committal for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone.

(11)This section applies to a determinate sentence of detention under section 91 or 96 [F7of the PCC(S)A 2000, under section 250, 254, 262, 265 or 266 of the Sentencing Code or under] section [F8226A, 226B,] 227[F9, 228 or 236A] of this Act as it applies to an equivalent sentence of imprisonment.]

[F10240A [F11Time remanded on bail to count towards time served]: terms of imprisonment and detentionE+W

(1)[F12Subsection (2) applies] where—

(a)a court sentences an offender to imprisonment for a term in respect of an offence [F13of which the offender was convicted before 1 December 2020] F14... ,

(b)the offender was remanded on bail by a court in course of or in connection with proceedings for the offence, or any related offence, after the coming into force of section 21 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, and

(c)the offender's bail was subject to a qualifying curfew condition and an electronic monitoring condition (“the relevant conditions”).

(2)Subject to [F15subsections (3A) and (3B)], the court must direct that the credit period is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.

F16[F17(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F18(3ZA)Subsection (3ZB) applies where—

(a)an offender is serving a term of imprisonment in respect of an offence, and

(b)the court has made a declaration under section 325 of the Sentencing Code specifying a credit period in relation to the sentence.

(3ZB)Subject to subsections (3A) and (3B), the credit period is to count as time served by the offender as part of the sentence.]

(3A)A day of the credit period counts as time served—

(a)in relation to only one sentence, and

(b)only once in relation to that sentence.

(3B)A day of the credit period is not to count as time served as part of any [F19automatic release period served by the offender] (see section 255B(1)).]

F20(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F21(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F21(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11)[F22Subsections (7) to (9) and (11) of section 240ZA] apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section but as if—

(a)in subsection (7)—

(i)the reference to a suspended sentence is to be read as including a reference to a sentence to which an order under section 118(1) of [F23the PCC(S)A 2000] relates;

(ii)in paragraph (a) after “Schedule 12” there were inserted or section 119(1)(a) or (b) of [F24the PCC(S)A 2000]; and

(b)[F25in subsection (9) the references to subsections (3) and (5) of section 240ZA are] to be read as a reference to [F26subsections (2) and (3ZB)] of this section and, in paragraph (b), after “Chapter” there were inserted or Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

(12)In this section—

• [F27“curfew requirement” means a requirement (however described) to remain at one or more specified places for a specified number of hours in any given day, provided that the requirement is imposed by a court or the Secretary of State and arises as a result of a conviction;]

• “electronic monitoring condition” means any electronic monitoring requirements imposed under section 3(6ZAA) of the Bail Act 1976 for the purpose of securing the electronic monitoring of a person's compliance with a qualifying curfew condition;

• “qualifying curfew condition” means a condition of bail which requires the person granted bail to remain at one or more specified places for a total of not less than 9 hours in any given day; F28...

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241Effect of [F29section 240ZA or direction under section 240A] [F30or under section 325 of the Sentencing Code] on release on licenceE+W

(1)In determining for the purposes of this Chapter F31... whether a person [F32to whom section 240ZA applies or a direction under section 240A ] [F33or under section 325 of the Sentencing Code] relates —

(a)has served, or would (but for his release) have served, a particular proportion of his sentence, or

(b)has served a particular period,

the number of days [F34specified in section 240ZA or in the direction under section 240A] [F35or under section 325 of the Sentencing Code] are to be treated as having been served by him as part of that sentence or period.

[F36(1A)In subsection (1) the reference to [F37section 240ZA includes] section 246 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.]

F38(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

242Interpretation of [F39sections 240ZA][F40, 240A] and 241E+W

(1)For the purposes of [F39sections 240ZA][F40, 240A] and 241, the definition of “sentence of imprisonment” in section 305 applies as if for the words from the beginning of the definition to the end of paragraph (a) there were substituted—

““sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal—

(a)in default of payment of any sum of money, other than one adjudged to be paid on a conviction,”;

and references in those sections to sentencing an offender to imprisonment, and to an offender’s sentence, are to be read accordingly.

(2)References in [F39sections 240ZA] and 241 to an offender’s being remanded in custody are references to his being—

(a)remanded in or committed to custody by order of a court,

(b)remanded [F41to youth detention accommodation under section 91(4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012], or

(c)remanded, admitted or removed to hospital under section 35, 36, 38 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).

F42(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

243Persons extradited to the United KingdomE+W

(1)A fixed-term prisoner is an extradited prisoner for the purposes of this section if—

(a)he was tried for the offence in respect of which his sentence was imposed [F43or he received that sentence]—

(i)after having been extradited to the United Kingdom, and

(ii)without having first been restored or had an opportunity of leaving the United Kingdom, and

(b)he was for any period kept in custody while awaiting his extradition to the United Kingdom as mentioned in paragraph (a)[F44, and

(c)the court has specified under section 327(3) of the Sentencing Code the number of days for which the prisoner was so kept in custody.]

F45[F46(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2A)Section 240ZA applies to days specified under [F47section 327(3) of the Sentencing Code] as if they were days for which the prisoner was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or a related offence.]

F48(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .