The Remand in Custody (Effect of Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences of Imprisonment) Rules 2005
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2005/2054 |
2005 No. 2054
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Remand in Custody (Effect of Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences of Imprisonment) Rules 2005
Made 22th July 2005
Coming into force 23th July 2005
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 240(4)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 20031hereby makes the following Rules, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Remand in Custody (Effect of Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences of Imprisonment) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Rules “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
2. Section 240(3) of the 2003 Act does not apply in relation to a day for which an offender was remanded in custody—
(a) if on that day he was serving a sentence of imprisonment (and it was not a day on which he was on licence under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act or Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 19912);or
(b) where the term of imprisonment referred to in subsection (1) of that section is ordered to be served consecutively on another term of imprisonment, if the length of that other term falls to be reduced by the same day by virtue of section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 19673.
Scotland of Asthal, Q.C.
Minister of State
Home Office
22nd July 2005
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules provide for the cases in which a court is not required to direct under section 240(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)that the number of days spent by an offender remanded in custody is to count as time served by him as part of his sentence.
Under Rule 2 (a), no direction should be made if, while on remand, the offender was also serving another sentence of imprisonment and was not released on licence. Rule 2(b) provides that no direction is to be made where a court imposes a sentence to be served consecutively on a sentence to which section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967(c. 80)applies.
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