Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

14 In section 264 (consecutive terms)—

(a) in subsection (2), omit “on licence”;

(b) in subsection (3), for “any of the terms of imprisonment is a term of twelve months or more” substitute “the aggregate length of the terms of imprisonment is 12 months or more”;

(c) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Where the aggregate length of the terms of imprisonment is less than 12 months, the offender’s release under this Chapter is to be unconditional.”;

(d) omit subsections (4) and (5);

(e) in subsection (6)(a)(ii)—

(i) for “a term of twelve months or more” substitute “any other sentence”;

(ii) for “the term” substitute “the sentence”;

(f) in subsection (7), omit “of 12 months or more”.