http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/14/paragraph/15Criminal Justice Act 1982An Act to make further provision as to the sentencing and treatment of offenders (including provision as to the enforcement of fines and the standardisation of fines and of certain other sums specified in enactments relating to the powers of criminal courts); to make provision for the prescribing of criteria for the placing and keeping of children in different descriptions of accommodation in community homes; to amend the law of Scotland relating to the mode of trial of certain offences and the recall of witnesses; to amend the law of England and Wales relating to the remand in custody of accused persons and to the grant of bail to persons convicted or sentenced in the Crown Court; to abolish (subject to savings) the right of a person accused in criminal proceedings under the law of England and Wales to make an unsworn statement; and for connected purposes.1982-10-28texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2021-07-29 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 14 Minor and Consequential Amendments Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39)15In section 38 of that Act (construction of references to imprisonment, detention, etc.)—ain paragraph (a) of subsection (3)—iafter the word “imprisonment", in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “custody for life, youth custody,"; andiifor the words “or detention in a detention centre or young offenders institution" there shall be substituted the words “detention in a detention centre or young offenders institution or detention under an equivalent sentence passed by a court in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man";bthe following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—6The Secretary of State may by order designate as equivalent sentences for the purposes of this Act and of any enactment referred to in Part III of this Act a description of sentence which a court with jurisdiction in one part of the United Kingdom or in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man may pass and a description of sentence which a court elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in those Islands may pass;.
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