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Offence after release for supervision or during further supervision periodE+W

7(1)This paragraph applies where an offender commits an imprisonable offence (“the new offence”)—E+W

(a)after having been released for supervision under a detention and training order but before the date on which the term of the order ends, or

(b)during a period of supervision under a further supervision order.

(2)The court which deals with the offender for the new offence may order the offender to be detained for all or part of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).

(3)That period is the period which—

(a)begins with the date of the order under sub-paragraph (2), and

(b)is equal in length to the period between—

(i)the date on which the new offence was committed, and

(ii)the date on which the term of the detention and training order, or the period of supervision, mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) ends.

(4)A court may make an order under sub-paragraph (2) whether or not it passes any other sentence on the offender.

(5)Detention under sub-paragraph (2) is to be in such youth detention accommodation as the Secretary of State may determine.

(6)The period for which an offender is ordered under sub-paragraph (2) to be detained—

(a)must, as the court may direct—

(i)be served before and be followed by, or

(ii)be served concurrently with,

any sentence imposed for the new offence, and

(b)in either case, is to be disregarded in determining the appropriate length of that sentence.

(7)Where the new offence is found to have been committed—

(a)over a period of 2 or more days, or

(b)at some time during a period of 2 or more days,

it is be taken for the purposes of this paragraph to have been committed on the last of those days.

(8)A person detained under an order under sub-paragraph (2) is deemed to be in legal custody.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 12 para. 7 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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