Part 12Sentencing

Chapter 6 Release, licences and recall

Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

265Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

(1)

A court sentencing a person to a term of imprisonment may not order or direct that the term is to commence on the expiry of any other sentence of imprisonment from which he has been released

F1(a)

under this Chapter; or

(b)

under Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

F2(1A)

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F3(1B)

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(2)

In this section “sentence of imprisonment” includes a sentence of detention under section 91 F4or 96 of the Sentencing Act or section F5226A, 226B, F6227 or 228 of this Act, and “term of imprisonment” is to be read accordingly.