Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

20 (1) In this Schedule—

• “prison”, unless the context otherwise requires, includes a young offender institution, a young offenders institution, a young offenders centre and a remand centre;

• “sentence of imprisonment” includes any sentence of detention and a sentence of custody for life under section 8 of the 1982 Act, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “supervision” means supervision in pursuance of an order made for the purpose or, in the case of a person released from prison on licence, in pursuance of a condition contained in his licence.

(2) References in this Schedule to a person being remanded in custody are references to his being remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court.

(3) In determining, in relation to any person serving a sentence of imprisonment, the time which is to be served in respect of an equivalent sentence treated as passed in another country or island, regard shall be had, not only to any time already served by him, but also to—

(a) any periods for which he has been remanded in custody, being either—

(i) periods by which his sentence falls to be reduced; or

(ii) periods which have been directed to count as time served as part of his sentence; and

(b) any early release or additional days awarded to him.