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240Crediting of periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and detentionE+W
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(1)This section applies where—
(a)a court sentences an offender to imprisonment for a term in respect of an offence committed after the commencement of this section, 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, that is to say, any other offence the charge for which was founded on the same facts or evidence.
(2)It is immaterial for that purpose whether the offender—
(a)has also been remanded in custody in connection with other offences; or
(b)has also been detained in connection with other matters.
(3)Subject to subsection (4), the court must direct that 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 him as part of the sentence.
(4)Subsection (3) does not apply if and to the extent that—
(a)rules made by the Secretary of State so provide in the case of—
(i)a remand in custody which is wholly or partly concurrent with a sentence of imprisonment, or
(ii)sentences of imprisonment for consecutive terms or for terms which are wholly or partly concurrent, or
(b)it is in the opinion of the court just in all the circumstances not to give a direction under that subsection.
(5)Where the court gives a direction under subsection (3), it shall state in open court—
(a)the number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody, and
(b)the number of days in relation to which the direction is given.
(6)Where the court does not give a direction under subsection (3), or gives such a direction in relation to a number of days less than that for which the offender was remanded in custody, it shall state in open court—
(a)that its decision is in accordance with rules made under paragraph (a) of subsection (4), or
(b)that it is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection and what the circumstances are.
(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 paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 12, and
(b)is to be treated as being imposed by the order under which it takes effect.
(8)For the purposes of the reference in subsection (3) to the term of imprisonment to which a person has been sentenced (that is to say, the reference to his “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 under this Chapter at any time during the period beginning with the first and ending with the last of those occasions.
(9)Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been committed on the last of those days.
(10)This section applies to a determinate sentence of detention under section 91 of the Sentencing Act or section 228 of this Act as it applies to an equivalent sentence of imprisonment.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 240 modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations (S.I. 2009/2042), {regs. 7}, 10
C2S. 240(1) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations (S.I. 2009/2042), {regs. 5}, 10
C3S. 240(2)(a) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations (S.I. 2009/2042), {regs. 6}, 10
C4S. 240(5)(a) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations (S.I. 2009/2042), {regs. 8}, 10
C5S. 240(6) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations (S.I. 2009/2042), {regs. 9}, 10
Commencement Information
I1S. 240 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; s. 240 not in force at Royal Assesnt see s. 336(3); s. 240(4)(a) in force at 7.3.2005 by S.I. 2005/373, art. 2; s. 240 in force at 4.4.2005 in so far as it is already not in force by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 19 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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