THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals

PART 10Custodial sentences

CHAPTER 2Offenders aged under 18

Detention and training orders

I1C1C2240Period of custody awaiting extradition: effect on term of detention and training order

1

This section applies where—

a

a court proposes to make a detention and training order in respect of an offence,

b

the offender was tried for the offence, or is to be sentenced—

i

after having been extradited to the United Kingdom, and

ii

without having first been restored or had an opportunity of leaving the United Kingdom, and

c

the offender was kept in custody for any period while awaiting extradition to the United Kingdom.

2

The court must—

a

specify in open court the number of days for which the offender was kept in custody while awaiting extradition, and

b

take account of those days in determining the term of the detention and training order.